University of Pittsburgh

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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