Prof. Dr. Thomas Voss (english)

Prof. Dr.
Thomas Voss
Theoretical Sociology

Address: Universität Leipzig Institut für Soziologie Beethovenstraße 15 04109 Leipzig Germany	Room: Office hours: Phone: Fax: E-Mail:	H3 1.08 by appointment with Mrs. Müller 0341 / 97-356-42 (or -60) +49 341 / 97-356-69 voss@sozio.uni-leipzig.de
	Secretary's office:	Simone Müller Room: H3 1.09 Phone: 0341 / 97-356-40 E-Mail: muellers@sozio.uni-leipzig.de

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Personal data:

1955	Born in Wuppertal
1974 - 1980	Studies of sociology and philosophy (dipl. rer. soc.), Ruhr-Universität Bochum
1984	Dr. rer. pol. in sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1990	Dr. rer. pol. habil. (habilitation) in sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1980-1991	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (full time), Akademischer Rat (full time), Oberassistent (C2) and Privatdozent, Institut für Soziologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1990	Visiting Asst. Professor of Sociology (quantitative methods), University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology, USA
1991/1992	Visiting Professor (C4) of sociology, Universität Stuttgart
since 1992	Universitäts-Professor (C4) of Sociology, Universität Leipzig
2001 - 2002	Fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Wassenaar, NL

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Fields of work:

Theoretical sociology

Methodology and philosophy of the social sciences

History of sociological theories, in particular rational reconstruction of classical social theories

Empirical organizational research

Economic sociology

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Selected publications:

Individuelles Handeln und gesellschaftliche Folgen. Das individualistische Programm in den Sozialwissenschaften, Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1981 (with Werner Raub).

Rationale Akteure und soziale Institutionen. München: Oldenbourg, 1985.

"Organizational mortality of small firms: the effects of entrepreneurial age and human capital", Organization Studies 11: 107-129 (1990) (with Peter Preisendörfer).
(23 pages, 4265 kbytes)

"Erfolgs- versus eigenwertorientiertes Handeln. Anmerkungen aus der Sicht der Rational Choice Theorie", pp. 121-168.
In: Agathe Bienfait & Gerhard Wagner (eds.), Verantwortliches Handeln in gesellschaftlichen Ordnungen. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1998.

"Game theoretical perspectives on the emergence of social norms", pp. 105-136 (Ch. 4).
In: Michael Hechter & Karl-Dieter Opp (eds.), Social Norms, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.

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Editorships and professional services:

since 1986	Co-editor "Scientia nova" (book series in philosophy and social science)
1992 - 1994	International Advisory Editor American Journal of Sociology
since 1998	President Research Committee 45 "Rational Choice", International Sociological Association (ISA)
since 2000	Board member Jahrbuches für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie

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