Wilhelm Heitmeyer
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Wilhelm Heitmeyer is a German academic, sociologist, administrator and Professor of Socialisation at Bielefeld University
in Germany
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and on group-focused enmity.
From 1982, he headed various research associations on right-wing extremism, violence, xenophobia, and ethnic-cultural conflicts.
Since 1996, he has been the head of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
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, xenophobia
, ethnic-conflicts, social disintegration and group-focused enmity.
In 1996 Heitmeyer founded the Institute for interdisziplinary Research on Conflict and Violence.
Together with Douglas Massey
, Steven Messner, James Sidanius und Michel Wieviorka
he is editor of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence.
Wilhelm Heitmeyer is a consultant for various institutions that promote research, including the Volkswagen Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German-Israeli Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Thyssen Foundation, and Hans Böckler Foundation.
His editorial activities include membership of the editorial board of the series »International Studies of Childhood and Adolescence« (de Gruyter Verlag). He is also co-editor of the series Youth Research (Juventa Verlag) and managing editor of the series Culture and Conflict (Suhrkamp Verlag), »Konflikt und Gewaltforschung« Conflict and Violence Research (Juventa Verlag) and »Deutsche Zustände« German Conditions (Suhrkamp Verlag)
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encompasses roughly 120+ works in 250+ publications in 4 languages and 3,700+ library holdings.
Bielefeld University
Bielefeld University is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the established universities...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Career
Heitmeyer specializes in the research on right-wing extremismExtremism
Extremism is any ideology or political act far outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common moral standards...
and on group-focused enmity.
From 1982, he headed various research associations on right-wing extremism, violence, xenophobia, and ethnic-cultural conflicts.
Since 1996, he has been the head of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence at Bielefeld University is a research center concentrated on theoretical and empirical analyses of both constructive and destructive conflicts and their consequences.The institute publishes the International Journal of Conflict and...
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Academic Research
His research interests are right-wing extremism, violenceViolence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
, xenophobia
Xenophobia
Xenophobia is defined as "an unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange". It comes from the Greek words ξένος , meaning "stranger," "foreigner" and φόβος , meaning "fear."...
, ethnic-conflicts, social disintegration and group-focused enmity.
In 1996 Heitmeyer founded the Institute for interdisziplinary Research on Conflict and Violence.
Together with Douglas Massey
Douglas Massey
Douglas S. Massey is an American sociologist. Massey is currently a professor of Sociology at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and is an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania...
, Steven Messner, James Sidanius und Michel Wieviorka
Michel Wieviorka
Michel Wieviorka is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change....
he is editor of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence.
Wilhelm Heitmeyer is a consultant for various institutions that promote research, including the Volkswagen Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German-Israeli Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Thyssen Foundation, and Hans Böckler Foundation.
His editorial activities include membership of the editorial board of the series »International Studies of Childhood and Adolescence« (de Gruyter Verlag). He is also co-editor of the series Youth Research (Juventa Verlag) and managing editor of the series Culture and Conflict (Suhrkamp Verlag), »Konflikt und Gewaltforschung« Conflict and Violence Research (Juventa Verlag) and »Deutsche Zustände« German Conditions (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Selected works
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encompasses roughly 120+ works in 250+ publications in 4 languages and 3,700+ library holdings.
- (with Hagan, John) The International Handbook of Violence Research. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003
- (with Heinz-Gerhard HauptHeinz-Gerhard HauptHeinz-Gerhard Haupt was born 1943. Since 1998 he is professor of Social History at Faculty of History, Theology, and Philosophy, Bielefeld University .-Academia:...
; Kaletta, Barbara; Kirschner, Andrea: (2008) Control of Violence - A view on the concept of control In: ZiF Mitteilungen , S. 4 - 13 . Bielefeld http://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/foda_publ/publ/Publikation_Detail.jsp?publId=8843542 - Zick, Andreas; Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2008) Prejudice and Discrimination - Constructive and Critical Advances . New York, Springer
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Sitzer, Peter: (2008) Right-wing extremist violence among adolescents in Germany In: New Directions for Youth Development No. 119, Fall 2008 , S. 169-185 . Jossey-Bass
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Zick, Andreas: (2008) The Syndrom of Group-Focused Enmity: The Interrelation of Prejudices Tested with Multiple Cross-Sectional and Panel-Data In: Journal of Social Issues , S. 363 ? 384
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Legge, Sandra: (2008) Youth, Violence, and Social Disintegration In: New Directions for Youth Development No. 119, Fall 2008 . San Francisco/Jossey-Bass http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121449995/issue?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
- Anhut, Reimund; Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2006) Disintegration, Recognition and Violence In: Les C@hiers de Psychologie politique, Revue No. 9/2006 http://cahierspsypol.fr/
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2006) Violence. In: Austin Harrington (Ed.): Encyclopedia of social theory. , S. 657-659 . London: Routledge
- Bergmann, Werner; Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2005) Communicating Anti-Semitism - Are the "Boundaries of the Speakable" Shifting? In: Minerva Institut für deutsche Geschichte Universität Tel Aviv (Hrsg.): Antisemitismus - Antizionismus - Iraelkritik; Tel Aviver Jahrbuch für Deutsche Geschichte , S. 72- 89 . Göttingen/ Wallstein Verlag
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2003) Have Cities ceased to Function as "Integration Machines" for Young People? In: Tienda,M.; Wilson, W.J. (Eds.): Youth in Cities. A Cross-National Perspective. , S. 87-112 . Cambridge/ University Press
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2003) Right-Wing Extremist Violence In: In: Hagan, J.; Heitmeyer, W. (Eds.): International Handbook of Violence Research. , S. 399-436 . Dordrecht,Boston,London/ Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2003) Tolerance as Risk In: Adler, Hans (Hrsg.): Monatshefte für deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur, Volume 95, Number 1 , S. 14- 18 . University of Wisconsin Press - Translated by James Steakley, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2002) Lack of Recognition: The Socially Destructive Consequences of New Capitalism In: The Many Faces of Individualism , S. 155-170 . Leuven, Belgium/Peeters
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm: (2001) Lack of Recognition: The Socially Destructive Consequences of New Capitalism. In: In: Harskamp/Musschenga (Eds.): The Many Faces of Individualism. Leuven , S. p. 155-170.
External links
- Heitmeyer website at Bielefeld University
- He is member of the interdisciplinary working group signatures of threat