> SFU gains world-renowned political scientist
SFU gains world-renowned political scientist
May 27, 2008
Prominent German scholar Hans-Dieter Klingemann will spend a year at Simon Fraser University after receiving this year’s John G. Diefenbaker Award, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Klingemann, a political science professor at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and Freie Universitat Berlin, will study political representation and political identity while at SFU.
“We are delighted and extraordinarily lucky to have one of the world’s most pre-eminent political scientists with us for a full year,” says David Laycock, chair of political science at SFU. Klingemann will bring “tremendous value to the department and the whole Canadian political and social science community,” he adds.
Klingemann will carry out research on left-right orientation and political representation in contemporary democracy. A second research project on political identity will build on his belief that Canada’s experience can provide valuable insight for developing political communities in culturally diverse societies.
Klingemann has made major international contributions to the study of political behaviour, party politics and political ideologies. He has written 13 books and more than 150 articles and book chapters and has been a principal investigator on more than 20 major research grants.
The John G. Diefenbaker Award, named after the former prime minister, is award annually to a scholar who is a German citizen to spend up to 12 months in Canada to pursue research in the social sciences and humanities.
Klingemann will arrive in late August.
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Klingemann, a political science professor at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and Freie Universitat Berlin, will study political representation and political identity while at SFU.
“We are delighted and extraordinarily lucky to have one of the world’s most pre-eminent political scientists with us for a full year,” says David Laycock, chair of political science at SFU. Klingemann will bring “tremendous value to the department and the whole Canadian political and social science community,” he adds.
Klingemann will carry out research on left-right orientation and political representation in contemporary democracy. A second research project on political identity will build on his belief that Canada’s experience can provide valuable insight for developing political communities in culturally diverse societies.
Klingemann has made major international contributions to the study of political behaviour, party politics and political ideologies. He has written 13 books and more than 150 articles and book chapters and has been a principal investigator on more than 20 major research grants.
The John G. Diefenbaker Award, named after the former prime minister, is award annually to a scholar who is a German citizen to spend up to 12 months in Canada to pursue research in the social sciences and humanities.
Klingemann will arrive in late August.
(Photo available)