Chair of Comparative Government
Membership of Learned Societies
· Elected member of the Academy of Social Sciences, London, since 2010
· Invited member of the Peer Review College of The Danish Council for Strategic Research, Copenhagen, since 2008
· Former scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Network of Humboldtians, since 1990
Academic positions
He has held or still holds positions at the
· University of Constance, 1984
· Free University of Berlin, 1985 to 1992
· Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, since 1992
He was Visiting Professor at the
· University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990
· University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991
· Columbia University at New York City, 1992
· Roskilde University Center in Denmark, 1993
· University of Pittsburgh, P.A., 1997
· University of Leipzig in Germany, 1998
· Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, 2001
· University of Chester, 2003 to 2009
· Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna (Pisa, Italy), 2007
· at IREP (Florence, Italy) jointly with Scuoala Superiore Sant' Anna (Pisa, Italy., where he frequently stays during 2010/11
Consultancies
He has been a consultant for:
· the Commission of the European Communities (Brussels).
· the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD-TUAC).
· ministries several German Länder and other subnational authorities in Europe.
· at national and international levels both labour unions and business organisations on innovation, and on workforce and regional development.
For about six years he has been running a working group on regional innovation and industrial restructuring in East Germany jointly with Wolfgang Thierse (Speaker of the German Upper/Lower House of Parliament).
The Chair's International Reputation Once Again Confirmed
Chester College of the University of Liverpool has invited Prof. Hilpert as a visiting professor for political economy
European Planning Studies - Special Issue: Knowledge in the Region
Due to his internationally renowned publications, Prof. Hilpert has been asked to edit the special edition "Knowledge in the Region" of the journal "European Planning Studies".
Expertise also demanded by policy-makers
Prof. Hilpert has been appointed member of the jury for the BMBF's programme "Innovative Regional Growth Centres"
UCSUR sponsors international Biotechnology Workshop
UCSUR and the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) sponsored a trans-Atlantic research workshop on International Locations in Biotechnology: Europe and the United States. The workshop was held October 6-7, 2004. The workshop continues research by a network of social scientists organized by Ulrich Hilpert, Professor and Chair of Comparative Government at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany. Other international participants included Professor Jesper Norus, Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Dietmar Bastian, Associate Professor, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany; and Professor Desmond Hickie, Dean, School of Business, Management and Law, University College, Chester, United Kingdom. UCSUR faculty and staff also participated. Dr. Doros Platika, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, delivered the main address. Workshop sessions and discussion focused on "Locational, Labor and Management Trends in the European Biotechnology Sector" and "Biotechnology: Developments in the United States and Pittsburgh." Participants planned a series of papers around these themes to be published in a future edited volume.
http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/briem/December 2004 for web.pdf
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