Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann

Hans-Dieter Klingemann earned his academic degrees from the University of Cologne and the University of Mannheim. He has been a senior academic at the Center for Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim (1974-80), the Free University of Berlin (1980-2002), the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB, 1989-2003), and many other universities in Canada, France, Italy, Germany and the United States of America. His current research interest is in the field of Democratic politics and the development of political science as a discipline. Publications include numerous books and journal articles. In 2001, he was elected member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR).