Jürgen Howaldt, PhD

Director of Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund

Howaldt, Jürgen,
born 1960, Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Sciences). Director of Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund (sfs), Central Scientific Unit of the Dortmund University; Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences; President of the Science Forum Ruhr; Member of the Editorial Board of Vision – The Journal of Business Perspective; Affiliate of SIERC (Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Massey University, New Zealand); Member of the board of the European School of Social Innovation; Expert of the German Federal Chancellor, Dialog for the Future


Major expertise on:

  • Innovation Studies and Social Innovation
  • Organisation development and Management Concepts
  • Cooperation Management and Regional Development