Bernhard Mann (born 3 December 1950) is a

social scientist Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

and

Master of Public Health The Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) are interdisciplinary profes ...

, professor of

social pedagogy Social pedagogy describes a holistic and relationship-centred way of working in care and educational settings with people across the course of their lives. In many countries across Europe (and increasingly beyond), it has a long-standing traditio ...

management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

and

coaching Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...

at the iba Koeln – University of Cooperative Education, professor emeritus of health and social management at the FHM Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences, former professor of health management and

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at the University of Applied Sciences

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...

adjunct professor An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time. The terms of this appointment and the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, but the term is gen ...

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

social medicine Social medicine is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the profound interplay between socio-economic factors and individual health outcomes. Rooted in the challenges of the Industrial Revolution, it seeks to: # Understand how specific soci ...

and

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

, University of Koblenz-Landau, at the Berlin School of Public Health – Charité, Medical University, at several universities of educational cooperation as well as of applied sciences like in

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

Koeln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

and

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

. He is public-health-coordinator of the German program at the IESS – Institut Européen des Sciences de la Santé Casablanca, Maroc.

Education and career

After college education in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

and

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and the university-entrance diploma in Stuttgart, Bernhard Mann studied

political economics Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Widely-studie ...

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

, sociology,

medical sociology Medical sociology is the sociological analysis of health, Illness, differential access to medical resources, the social organization of medicine, Health Care Delivery, the production of medical knowledge, selection of methods, the study of action ...

and

social policy Some professionals and universities consider social policy a subset of public policy, while other practitioners characterize social policy and public policy to be two separate, competing approaches for the same public interest (similar to MD a ...

at the

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

and the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

between 1971 and 1977. Mann acquired a master's degree in social sciences ( M.A.). He could continue his research for

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

in social gerontology and social planning at the

University of Kassel The University of Kassel () is a university founded in 1971 located in Kassel, Hessen, in central Germany. As of February 2022 it had about 25,000 students and about 3300 staff, including more than 300 professors. A special unit (Studienkoll ...

, his research for a MPH in

at Hannover Medical School and his advanced training in

total quality management Total quality management (TQM) is an organization-wide effort to "install and make a permanent climate where employees continuously improve their ability to provide on-demand products and services that customers will find of particular value." ...

at the

Kaiserslautern University of Technology Technical University of Kaiserslautern (German: ''Technische Universität Kaiserslautern'', also known as TU Kaiserslautern or TUK) was a public research university in Kaiserslautern, Germany. On January 1, 2023, the university was merged wit ...

. Bernhard Mann acted as an assistant professor of sociology at the faculty of economics and social sciences of the

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...

(1978–81) and at the faculty of social sciences of the

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz () is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's southernmost university and is ...

(1991–96), assistant professor of sociology and public health at the faculties of medicine and philosophy of the

(1999–2011) and the faculty of educational sciences of the University of Koblence-Landau (2001–2017). Mann is an adjunct professor of public health at the FOM – University of Applied Sciences

(since 2013), at the iba – International University of Cooperative Education

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

(since 2015) and as well as an adjunct professor of sociology at the IUBH – International University of Applied Sciences

(since 2017). He was a member of the scientific board of the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblence-Landau elected for certifying the Faculty of Social Sciences in Göttingen and the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblence-Landau. Together with three colleges, he is editor of the Koblence memoire for public health and health management, published by LIT (Münster-Berlin-Hamburg-London-Wien-Zürich).

Sociological consultation

Bernhard Mann operated as project manager for public-health-projects for the German health ministry in the case of consulting political refugees, the German family ministry in the case of health promotion with elderly handicaps and the Bavarian social ministry in the case of the social management with elderly handicaps. He was consultant at the Germany Society for Rehabilitation and at the Institute for Vocational Training, Labour Market and Social Policy (INBAS), Offenbach am Main, is senator of the German Association of Sociologists (since 1997) and belongs to the jury in order to select the German city with the best

quality of life Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards ...

for the elderly 2010. Mann was appointed to be an honorary judge at the

administrative court An administrative court is a type of specialized court on administrative law, particularly disputes concerning the exercise of public power. Their role is to ascertain that official acts are consistent with the law. Such courts are usually co ...

Ansbach Ansbach ( , ; ) is a city in the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Mittelfranken, Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränk ...

and

Köln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, especially in the cases of the procedure for granting the

Right of asylum The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (''asylum'' ), is a juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another enti ...

. He is a member of the head of the Social Democratic Party in

Unkel Unkel () is a town in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, near Remagen, about 20 km southeast of Bonn. Unkel is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municip ...

, a place

Willy Brandt Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the Chancellor ...

(

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobe ...

1971) settled and died (1992). Bernhard Mann is living in a house in Unkel, where Willy Brandt settled (1979–1989).

International projects

Mann was funded for international studies in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. In 1970 Mann was a selected delegate of the German youth to the World Youth Conference organized in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

and

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

/ Japan under his patronage the excellence

akihito Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until 2019 Japanese imperial transition, his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Hei ...

. In India he held a research project in Bapagram about the

Basic education According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), basic education comprises the two stages primary education and secondary education, lower secondary education. Universal basic education Basic education featured heavi ...

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

in comparison with the pedagogical concepts by

Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'', in which he reimagines teaching ...

. In 1996 he was a visiting professor ( German-Erasmus-Program) at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

. From 2003 to 2005 Bernhard Mann was elected as adviser for the ''Programme national de recherche 45 – Problemes de l´Etat social, Suisse'' and in 2009 as adviser for Health Sociology for the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

at the Republic of

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

. 2018 Mann was keynote speaker and member at the organizing committees at international congresses in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

. Mann is coordinator of the German Programm of the IESS – Institut Européen des Sciences de la Santé

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

, Member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) and Partner of the

City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven ...

(CUNY). Since 2008 he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World.

Willy-Brandt-Forum

Bernhard Mann is a

Politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

– representative of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

– and a member of the Forum in memory of

German writer

The research in the view of sociology, public health, social planning and social gerontology is documented in various publications: ''Basic Education by Mahatma Gandhi'' and ''Education for liberation'' by Paulo Freire aims to develop the whole personality. The accommodation, adequate supply and health care of ''political refugees'' needs to offer psychosocial services. The elderly entering in a ''retirement home'' needs to protect their personal and social identity and the support of ''elderly handicaps'' in a nursing home require's quality management. In the light of the increasing ''

violence Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence a ...

'', a burden for the health as the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

reports, the development of Public Health will be a very important issue.

Works available in English

*''Aging handicapped in Federal Republic of Germany (FRG): social aspects of non-integration and integration.'' In: E. Beregi, I.A. Gergely, K. Rajczi (Ed.) Recent advances in Aging Science II. Monduzzi Editore. Bologna 1993, *''The Pedagogical and Political Concepts of Mahatma Gandhi and Paulo Freire.'' In: Claußen, Bernhard (Ed.): ''International Studies in Political Socialization and Education. Ed. 8.'' Hamburg 1996, *''Development of Public Health in Germany.'' In: Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education. November 2017. Volume 7. Issue 5. *(with Christiane Barbara Piel) ''Sociological and Public Health based help in refugees camps.'' In: T. Correia, V. C. da Silva (eds.) Old Tensions, Emerging paradoxes in Health: Rights, Knowledge, and Trust. 17th Biennial Conference ESHMS Lisbon 2018 *''Strengthening health care by the pedagogical concepts of

and

–

and awareness.'' In: Meetings International. Emergency Medicine and Nursing Care. Journal of Nursing & Patient Care. September 2018. Volume 3. 2573–4571 *''The supply of the disabled becoming elderly by the capability approach by

Amartya Sen Amartya Kumar Sen (; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, Sen received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions ...

.'' Global Public Health Congress. In: Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences. Oktober 2018. Volume 8. *''Development of Public Health in Germany and Japan: A Chance for Strengthening Democracy?'' In: Schmidt, Carmen and Kleinfeld, Ralf (Ed.): ''The Crisis of Democracy? Chances, Risks and Challenges in Japan (Asia) and Germany (Europe).'' Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2020, p. 443–459

Works available in French

* (avec Wolfgang Petran). ''The expertise of sociologists.'' La sociologie professionnelle en Allemagne. Sociologies d'ailleurs. Revue Sociologies pratiques. 149–159. 2010 – No 20.

Presses Universitaires de France Presses universitaires de France (PUF; ), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is a French publishing house. Recent company history The financial and legal structure of the Presses Universitaires de France was completely restruc ...

Works available in German

*''Aging with handicaps. Public-Health-Gerontology.'' In: Karl, Fred, Schmitz-Scherzer, Jens (Ed.) Social Gerontology. Theory and practical knowledge. In memory of Reinhard Schmitz-Scherzer (1938–2016). LIT. Münster 2018, p. 85–107 *''Health Sociology.'' Staatslexikon. 8th edition. Freiburg im Breisgau 2018 (E-Book) *''Political Refugee. Sociological aspects and Public Health orientated recommendations in collective points.'' München 2007 . *''Violence and Health. Public Health orientated recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO).'' In: Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis 29. Jg. 1/2006. S. 81–91 ISSN 0724-3464 *''Health System Research and Health Sociology.'' In: Health Management (Ed.): Lehrbriefe. University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz 2005 *''Aging and Society between Competence and Ageism.'' In: Soziologische Revue 2/2002. S. 133–148. ISSN 0343-4109 *''Ethics in Sociology.'' Munich 2001 ISBN (E-Book) 978-3-638-86215-8 *''Health Sociology.'' In: University of Köln. Institute of Sociology (Ed.) Gute Gesellschaft. Münster-Hamburg-London 2000 *''Home care. Effects of the Social Law.'' Deutsche Hochschulschriften. Bd. 509. Egelsbach-Frankfurt/Main-Washington 1994, *''Qualities of assimilation. Elderly handicaps living in the retirement home.'' Frankfurt/M. 1990, *''Adult handicaps and the old residing in an old people's home.'' In: Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie, 1, 1988/2, S. 163–172 ISSN 1011-6877 *''Changing to an old people's home and basic strategies in the view of social gerontology.'' In: Bernhard Claußen, Karlheinz Filipp, Klaus Wasmund (Ed.): Materialien zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung. Ed. 3. Frankfurt/M. 1987, *''Political Refugee.'' Foreword:

UNHCR The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and Humanitarian protection, protect refugees, Internally displaced person, forcibly displaced communities, and Statelessness, s ...

(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). Frankfurt/M. 1983, *''Die pädagogisch-politischen Konzeptionen Mahatma Gandhis und Paulo Freires.'' In: Bernhard Claußen (Ed.): Studien zur Politikdidaktik. Band 9. Frankfurt/M. 1979, ISSN 0344-3299 illiteracy and alphabetization
(28 July 2009)

References

External links

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Bernhard Mann (German National Library of Science and Technology – University Library Hannover)

Bernhard Mann (FHM Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences)

* ttp://www.lernende-region-hamburg.de/index.php?id=69 Community development in the region of Hamburg
Political refugees and Public Health

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Education and career

Sociological consultation

International projects

Willy-Brandt-Forum

German writer

Works available in English

Works available in French

Works available in German

See also

References

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