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Dr. Daniel Künzler

Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Entwicklungssoziologie

WS 2018/19 and SS 2019: Professor for Development Sociology at the University of Bayreuth
Since 1.3.2013: Lecturer in Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Fribourg
1.9.2009-30.6.2013: Doctoral assistant, University of Fribourg (Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work)
1.1.2008-31.8.2009: Senior Assistant, University of Zurich (Sociology)
1.10.2005-31.12.2007: Assistant, University of Zurich (Sociology)
1.10.2004-30.9.2005: Visiting scholar at the Departement of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
23.5.2003: Promotion in Sociology at the University of Zurich
1992 to 1998: Study of Sociology, Political Science and Media Science at the University of Zurich

Courses in German at the Universities of Fribourg, Lucerne and Zurich, courses in French at the Universities of Neuchâtel and Abomey-Calavi (Bénin)

Main current research focus: Kenya
Additional research focus East Africa
Former research focus West Africa (Benin, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso)

Drivers and varieties of social policies in sub-Saharan Africa
Popular culture (rap, video films, football)
Currently working on the dynamics and politics of social policies in Kenya, citizenship and social policies in Kenya, the social policies of leftist governments in sub-Saharan Africa, colonial legacies and social policies in Middle Africa

Dr. Daniel Künzler

E-mail: daniel.kuenzler@uni-bayreuth.de