Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (born 14 October 1946 in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

), is a German sociologist. She holds a professorship at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 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 ...

. After studying sociology, psychology, and philosophy in Munich, she obtained her PhD in 1973. After several fellowships, she graduated from

Munich University The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

in 1987. Her main research interest is in social changes and the changing situation of the institution of the family. She was married to German sociologist

Ulrich Beck Ulrich Beck (; 15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015) was a German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, Sociology of scientific ignorance, ignora ...

until his death in 2015.

Works

*''Das halbierte Leben'' (1980) *''Vom Geburtenrückgang zum ganz normalen Leben'' (1984) * * *''Das ganz normale Chaos der Liebe'' (1990) ** *''Was kommt nach der Familie?'' (2000) ** * * *''"Ein Türke geht nicht in die Oper" – was Deutsche über Türken wissen'', in: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): ''Kultur und Gerechtigkeit'' (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 2), Baden-Baden 2007,

References

External links

Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim: ''Die Kinderfrage''"Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim", ''LMU Ringvorlesung: "Wir und die anderen" Voraussetzungen für Gewalt und Frieden''Private Homepage of Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim
German sociologists 1946 births Living people German women sociologists Family sociologists {{Germany-sociologist-stub