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Burkart Holzner, Dr. phil. egr.
University of Bonn, 1958
Distinguished Service Professor of International Studies;
Professor of Sociology and Public and International Affairs
2423 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
412-624-1332
holzner@ucis.pitt.edu
Field(s):
Sociology of knowledge; global studies; theory
Teaching:
Sociological theory; Global change and inequality
Selected Publications:
"Global Change and the Organizational and Intellectual Challenges for International Studies in the United States" Social Science Research Council Items and Issues, Fall 2002
"The Transparency Syndrome in Global Change: A Sociological Concept Paper" with Leslie Holzner, PhD. forthcoming in World Society of Ekistics, 2003
"Cultural Dimensions of the Experimenting Society" in William Dunn, editor, The Experimenting Society, Transaction Publishers, 1998
Knowledge Application: The Knowledge System in Society with John Marx, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1979
Reality Construction in Society, Cambridge, Schenkman Publishing Co. 1972
Honors/Awards:
2000 M. LaMarr Kopp Award for life time achievement of the Pennsylvania Council for International Education
2000 Charles Klasek Award for life time achievement of the Association of International Education Administrators
1998 Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award, University of Pittsburgh
1990 Elected Honarary Member of the Univeresity Faculty, University of Augsburg
1979 Elected to membership in the Sociological Research Association
Project(s):
(with Leslie Holzner): Transparency and Secrecy: Information Norms in Global Change
Sociology and Chinese Society in Transition - an edited book project