Sigrid Quack

Sigrid Quack
Nationality German
Fields Sociology of organisations, Sociology of regulation and law, Comparative and transnational sociology
Institutions University of Duisburg-Essen, Brown University, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies,
Alma mater Freie Universitaet Berlin

Sigrid Quack (born 17 July 1958) is a German social scientist working in the field of comparative sociology. She is a professor of sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, and was a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University.[1][2]

Biography

Quack studied sociology in Paris and Berlin. Her doctorate was awarded by the Free University of Berlin in 1992 on the topic of dynamics of part-time work,[3] and she subsequently worked at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.[4] In 2007, she received her habilitation for scholarship on cross-border institutional development, and became a professor at the University of Cologne based at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies from 2007 until 2013.[5]

Research

Quack is the head of an international research group on transnational institution-building.[6] Her work has examined the phenomenon of transnationality and governance, with a focus on how global governance institutions increasingly interact with politics and practices on the ground.[7] In particular, she has studied governance across borders in the fields of copyright and open access, financial reporting, the regulation of multinational companies, environmentalism, and labor rights. She is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on globalization, institutions and regulation.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sigrid Quack, Watson Institute". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Soziologie". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Dynamik der Teilzeitarbeit : Implikationen für die soziale Sicherung von Frauen". GESIS - Datenbank SOLIS. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pfadkolleg Research Center". Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vita apl. Prof. Dr. Sigrid Quack". Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Research Group "Institution Building across Borders"". Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Djelic, Marie-Laure, Sigrid Quack (2012). Transnational Communities: Shaping Global Economic Governance. Cambridge University Press.
  8. ↑ "Google Scholar: Sigrid Quack". Google. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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