EU researcher Kohler-Koch receives honorary doctorate
2 September 2008 - 4 September 2008
Austria
The honorary doctorate will be awarded at the University's annual celebration September 2, 2008. In connection with her receiving the doctorate professor Beate Kohler-Koch will speak on the subject of "Governance with civil society – EU style" at Centre for European Studies ARENA Thursday September 4.
The University of Oslo awards professor Kohler-Koch the honorary doctorate for her achievements as a pioneer in advancing political integration in Europe on the social science research agenda, both through her own research and her role as an international coordinator. Her publications on multi-level governance and transformation of the political order in Europe belong without doubt to the ‘standard literature’ in the field.
Beate Kohler-Koch (b. 1941) was Professor of Political Science (Lehrstuhl für Internationale Beziehungen und Europäische Politik) at the University of Mannheim from 1990 to 2007. She is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and was head of the research department “European Political Systems and their Integration” at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) for several years. In the period 1996-2005 she coordinated a large programme launched by the German Research Council which had considerable impact also outside Germany as regards focusing European governance. As coordinator of CONNEX Network of Excellence ‘Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-level Europe’ (2004-2008), her role as a network entrepreneur got an even stronger international dimension.
The University of Oslo awards professor Kohler-Koch the honorary doctorate for her achievements as a pioneer in advancing political integration in Europe on the social science research agenda, both through her own research and her role as an international coordinator. Her publications on multi-level governance and transformation of the political order in Europe belong without doubt to the ‘standard literature’ in the field.
Beate Kohler-Koch (b. 1941) was Professor of Political Science (Lehrstuhl für Internationale Beziehungen und Europäische Politik) at the University of Mannheim from 1990 to 2007. She is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and was head of the research department “European Political Systems and their Integration” at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) for several years. In the period 1996-2005 she coordinated a large programme launched by the German Research Council which had considerable impact also outside Germany as regards focusing European governance. As coordinator of CONNEX Network of Excellence ‘Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-level Europe’ (2004-2008), her role as a network entrepreneur got an even stronger international dimension.