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Peter Gundelach

Professor emeritus

1993 …2019

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Born: December 26, 1946

Education

1972, Magister in Sociology, University of Copenhagen

Employment

Since 1994 Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology University of Copenhagen

Other relevant experiences

Member of European Values Study Group and principal Danish Researcher   (1988-)

President of the Danish Sociological Association(1988-1989)

President of the Nordic Sociological Association  (1999)

Member of the European Science Foundation's research programme: Be­liefs in Go­vern­ment. (1994- 1992)

Chairman of the Department of Sociology (1994-2002)

Member of the Danish Social Science Research Council (1996-2001), chairman 1997-2000

Member of the Standing Committee of the Social Sciences (ESF1997-2001)

Member of Steering Committee of EUROHORCs (European Union Research Organisation's Heads of Research Councils)

Member of The Danish Coordinating Committee for the Research councils (1997-2000), vice chairman 1998- 2000

Chairman of The Danish minister of social affairs'  committee on research in Social Work (1997-1998)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Rockwool Foundation (2000-)

Chairman of the Advisory Group of the Velux Foundation's programme on Social Trust ( 2007)

Member of ESF's Assessment Group of the European Values Survey (2007)

Member of the assessment committe of Norwegian sociology (2010)

Primary fields of research

Social values, survey methodology, collective action, utopia, national identity, comparative methodology

Member of the research group Knowledge, Organization and Politics.

Current research

  • European Values Survey
  • The first Danish sample surveys in the latter parts of the 19th century
  • Utopia and sociology

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences

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