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Prof. Dr. Anna Henkel, Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Techniksoziologie und nachhaltige Entwicklung an der Universität Passau

Professor Anna Henkel

Professor Anna Henkel has held the Chair of Sociology of Technology and Sustainable Development at the University of Passau since 2019. Her research focuses are on sociological theory, knowledge, materiality and sustainability research, and digitisation. She combines social theoretical perspectives with empirical work. Her main concern is to use social theoretical thinking to understand and explain social facts. Since August 2021, Henkel has been a substitute member of the "Committee for Health and Safety at Work" of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

Professor Anna Henkel has held the Chair of Sociology of Technology and Sustainable Development at the University of Passau since 2019. Her research focuses are on sociological theory, knowledge, materiality and sustainability research, and digitisation. She combines social theoretical perspectives with empirical work. Her main concern is to use social theoretical thinking to understand and explain social facts. Since August 2021, Henkel has been a substitute member of the "Committee for Health and Safety at Work" of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

“Social aspects generally confront us as a challenge or as a matter of course. Sociology asks how challenges become plausible, how matters of course come about and how both change. Sociology has experience with this. After all, it emerged in the context of a fundamental social change, specifically industrialisation. Therefore, sociology can make a decisive contribution when globalisation and digitisation are threatening and promising to radically transform society and the earth system.”

Public lecture series “10 Minutes of Sociology”

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Professor Anna Henkel has brought the new, interdisciplinary format “10 Minutes of Sociology” to the University of Passau. In the winter semester 2019/2020, the lectures were dedicated to the concept of responsibility. Professor Henkel kicked off the series with a lecture on the subject of the self-medication of responsible patients.

An overview of all the lectures

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