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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Jutta Allmendinger

Berlin Social Science Center

Christian Thiel/Deutscher Ethikrat

“Ethical issues are questions that concern, affect and characterise the whole of society and each and every one of us. The Ethics Council addresses these questions. It is not a matter of right or wrong, yes or no. It is about collating data and arguments from many different disciplines, evaluating them and making well-founded recommendations. That really appeals to me. At the same time, I see our work as a foundation on which citizens can engage, to expand and sharpen our knowledge. This collaboration is particularly valuable to me.”

Focus of the commitment in the German Ethics Council

  • Social consequences of demographic change (declining birth rate, reproductive medicine, longer life expectancy)
  • Social inheritance of educational and training opportunities
  • Causes and consequences of social inequality

Professional background

  • Since 2012 Honorary Professor of Sociology at the Free University Berlin
  • Since 2007 Professor of the Sociology of Education and Labour Market Research at the Humboldt University Berlin
  • Since 2007 Berlin Social Science Center, until 2024 President
  • 2022 Chair of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council under the German G7 Presidency
  • 2003–2007 Director of the Institute for Employment Research
  • 1992–2007 Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • 1999–2002 President of the German Sociological Association
  • 1993 Habilitation (venia legendi in Sociology) at the Free University Berlin
  • 1988–1991 Research Fellow in the Center for Sociology and the Study of the Life Course at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
  • 1989 Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
  • 1987 M.A. in Social Sciences from Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
  • 1984 M.A. in Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (USA)
  • 1983–1984 Graduate Studies in Sociology, Economics and Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (USA)
  • 1981–1983 Research Associate at the Centre for Surveys, Methods and Analyses (ZUMA), Mannheim
  • 1982 Diploma in Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Mannheim

Memberships

  • Since 2025 Member of the Executive Committee of Plan International Germany
  • Since 2025 Member of the German Science and Humanities Council
  • Since 2024 Member of the German Ethics Council
  • Since 2024 Chair of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony
  • Since 2023 Member of the University Board of the University of Vienna
  • Since 2023 Chair of the Board of Berlin Research 50
  • Since 2023 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the German League for the Child in Family and Society
  • Since 2023 Member of the International Advisory Board of Bocconi University, Milan
  • Since 2023 Member of the Founding Commission of the University of Technolgoy Nuremberg
  • Since 2022 Member of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
  • Since 2021 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City
  • Since 2020 Member of the Council of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Since 2017 Member of the ZEIT editorial board
  • Since 2017 Member of the Council of Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Since 2016 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Berlin Waste Management (BSR)
  • Since 2014 Member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum
  • Since 2012 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of German Business (SDW)
  • Since 2011 Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Children and Youth Foundation
  • Since 2011 Member of acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Since 2010 Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
  • Since 2007 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Distinctions

  • 2024 Trailblazer for Inclusion Award from the Berlin International University of Applied Sciences
  • 2022 Marie Juchacz Women’s Prize of the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 2021 German Diversity Award „Personality of the Year“ from BeyondGenderAgenda
  • 2020 Science Communication Medal at the Göttingen Literature Autumn
  • 2017 Helge Pross Prize from the University of Siegen
  • 2016 Marsilius Medal of the University of Heidelberg
  • 2014 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tampere (FIN)
  • 2013 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germanys
  • 2013 Schader Prize of the Schader Foundation
  • 2012 Waldemar von Knoeringen Prize of the Georg von Vollmar Academy
  • 2012 Soroptimist International Promotional Award Germany
  • 2012 Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
  • 2011 TUM Distinguished Affiliate Professorship of the Technical University of Munich
  • 2011 Berlin Women’s Prize of the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues of the State of Berlin
  • 2009 Communicator Award of the „Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wirtschaft“
  • 2003 Prize of the German Women’s Council
  • 1996 Award of the Munich University Society for outstanding achievements in teaching
  • 1992 Prize of the Foundation of the German Culture Council
  • 1982 Award for the thesis of the „Stiftung Rheinische Hypothekenbanken“

Selected publications

Please see Berlin Social Sience Center