| Date and place of birth | December 10, 1951, Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Position | Professor emeritus of Sociology |
| Institution | Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Kultur- Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Unter den Linden 6 D-10099 Berlin |
| hpmueller@sowi.hu-berlin.de | |
| Degrees | Degrees: 1977: Diploma in Economics, Sociology and Psychology, University of Augsburg 1981: Doctoral Dissertation (Dr. phil.) in Sociology, University of Heidelberg 1990: Habilitation in Sociology, University of Heidelberg |
ACADEMIC EDUCATION, TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
| 1972-1977 | Courses in Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg |
| 1977 | Diploma in Economics, Sociology and Psychology at the University of Augsburg |
| 1981 | Doctoral Dissertation (Dr. phil.) in Sociology at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1990 | Habilitation (Second Dissertation) in Sociology at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1977-1979 | Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the University of Augsburg |
| 1979-1981 | Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1981-1986 | Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the University of the Federal Armed Services in Munich |
| 1986-1987 | John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge/Mass., U.S.A. |
| 1987-1992 | Assistant Professor (Hochschulassistent) at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor at the University of Mannheim |
| 1991 | Visiting Professor at the University of Gießen |
| Since 1992 | Full Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, chair in „General Sociology“ (Allgemeine Soziologie) and chief editor of the „Berliner Journal für Soziologie“ |
| 1993-1994 | Director of the Institute of Sociology at Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1997-1999 | Max Weber Chair at New York University in New York City and Research Affiliate at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey |
| 2005-2006 | Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2009 | Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley (spring term) |
| 2013 | Visiting Professor at Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (spring term) |
| 2017 | 2017 Visiting Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano (spring term) |
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
| 1986 | John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge Mass., U.S.A. |
| Sept. 1994 | Fellowship of the Robert Bosch Foundation in a French-German exchange programme in Paris and Sèvre, France |
| 1997 | Max Weber Visiting Chair at the Center for European Studies of New York University, New York City and Research Affiliate at the Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 1992 – 2020 | Chief editor of the Berliner Journal für Soziologie |
| 1993-1996 | Founding member and member of the executive council of the research committee on Social Inequality and Social Structural Analysis of the German Sociological Association |
| 1996-2004 | Member of the executive council of the research committee on Sociological Theories of the German Sociological Association |
| 1992-1998 | Foreign correspondent of the Swiss Journal of Sociology |
| 2000 | Founding member of the International Social Theory Consortium |
| 1998-2010 | Member of the European committee for the Amalfi Prize, Roma and Amalfi, Italy |
| 2001-2004 | Member of the Jury Senior of the Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France |
| 2001-2005 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Transatlantic Science and Humanities Program (TSHP) of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH, Bonn) |
| 2004-2008 | Co-Director of the newly founded Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) |
| 2004-2011 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Social Science Research Centre (WZB) in Berlin |
| 2004-2019 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin |
| Since 2006 | Member of the Scientific Board of the magazine Actes de savoir |
| Since 2007 | Member of the Editorial Board of TRIVIUM, Revue franco-allemande de sciences humaines et sociales (trivium.revues.org) |
| Since 2009 | Foreign correspondent of the Journal Revue Sociétés contemporaines |
| Since 2014 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Journal Sociétés Contemporaines |
| Since 2014 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Journal Simmel Studies |
| 2019-2021 | Member of the Executive Board of the German Sociological Association (DGS) |
| Since 2021 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Berliner Journal für Soziologie |