upright=1.7, Bernd Marin (AARP/European Centre Conference, Dürnstein 2008)
Bernd Marin (born 1948 in
Vienna) is an Austrian
social scientist.
Life and career
Marin studied social sciences at the
University of Vienna and concluded post-graduate training at the
Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna. From 1975 to 1984 he served at the ''Institute for Conflict Research'' in Vienna - first as a ''Research Fellow'' and later on as a ''Deputy Director''. During this period he also completed his
habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...
at the
Johannes Kepler University Linz
The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: ''Johannes Kepler Universität Linz'', short: ''JKU'') is a public institution of higher education in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, d ...
and carried out post-doctoral research at
Harvard University.
From 1979 to 1996, he edited the ''Journal für Sozialforschung''. Marin also contributes to civic debates in newspapers and magazines, radio and TV. He has published more than hundred papers in
academic journals and collected volumes and has edited more than twenty books.
From 1984 to 1988, Marin held the chair for ''Comparative Political and Social Research'' at the
European University Institute in
Florence. Marin also served as visiting professor at several other universities (
Zurich,
Warsaw,
Florence,
University of Innsbruck,
Institute of Health Sciences at H. A. Barceló Foundation and
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
).
From 1988 to 2015, he was the Executive Director of the
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, a
think tank on
economics and sociology (Vienna). Marin was director of
Webster Vienna Private University from October 2015 until June 2016.
Research
As a
comparative social scientist, Marin is working on modern
welfare societies,
social security systems and their
sustainability
Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livi ...
, on innovative
employment initiatives,
health,
care
Care may refer to:
Organizations and projects
* CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
* CARE (relief agency), "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and ...
and
disability policies, as well as on
pension reforms. He empirically analyses knowledge production and economic policy-making, focuses on changes and innovations in the
labour markets and
gender roles. Marin's role in the Austrian political campus is quite unique - as became clear for example during the controversial debates on pension reform, when all political parties relyed on his expertise.
In the field of
social theory, Marin works on corporate, intermediary and societal governance, systems of
self-regulation
Self-regulation may refer to:
*Emotional self-regulation
*Self-control, in sociology/psychology
*Self-regulated learning, in educational psychology
*Self-regulation theory (SRT), a system of conscious personal management
*Industry self-regulation, ...
and co-operative
change management, promoting the welfare-mix and societal activation as prerequisites of sustainable
wealth,
health,
welfare and
well-being.
Selected publications
* ''Welfare in an Idle Society? Reinventing Retirement, Work, Wealth, Health, and Welfare''. 2013
* ''Facts and Figures on Healthy Ageing and Long-Term Care. Europe and North America''. With K. Gasior, M. Huber, G. Lamura, O. Lelkes, R. Rodrigues, A. Schmidt, E. Zólyomi, 2012
* ''Women's Work and Pensions: What is Good, What is Best? Designing Gender-Sensitive Arrangements''. Ed. with E. Zólyomi, 2010
* ''Facts and Figures on Long-Term Care. Europe and North America''. With M. Huber, R. Rodrigues, F. Hoffmann, K. Gasior, 2009
* ''Mainstreaming Ageing''. Ed. with Asghar Zaidi, 2007
* ''Transforming Disability Welfare Policies. Towards Work and Equal Opportunities''. Ed. with Ch. Prinz and M. Queisser, 2004
* ''Facts and Figures on Disability Welfare''. with Ch. Prinz, 2003
* ''Innovative Employment Initiatives''. Ed. with Dennis Snower and Danièle Meulders, 2000
* ''Pensionsreformen. Nachhaltiger Sozialumbau am Beispiel Österreichs''. with Ch. Prinz, Okt. 1999, 2. Aufl.
* ''Managing AIDS: Organizational Responses in Six European Countries''. Ed. with Patrick Kenis, 1997
* ''Policy Networks. Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Considerations''. Ed. with R. Mayntz, 1991
* ''Generalized Political Exchange. Antagonistic Cooperation and Integrated Policy Circuits'' Ed., 1990
* ''Governance and Generalized Exchange. Self-Organizing Policy Networks in Action'' Ed., 1990
* ''Unternehmerorganisationen im Verbändestaat'' Vol. I, 1986
* ''Die Paritätische Kommission. Aufgeklärter Technokorporatismus in Österreich'' 1982
References
External links
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and ResearchBiography and list of Publications
*
Der StandardPublications by Bernd Marin
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Living people
20th-century Austrian people
21st-century Austrian people
Austrian social scientists
Austrian political scientists
University of Vienna alumni
The New School people
Academic journal editors
1948 births
