Sigrid Quack
{{Short description|German social scientist (born 1958)}}
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|fields = Sociology of organisations, Sociology of regulation and law, Comparative and transnational sociology
|workplaces = University of Duisburg-Essen, Brown University, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies,
|alma_mater = Freie Universitaet Berlin
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Sigrid Quack (born 17 July 1958) is a German social scientist working in the field of comparative sociology. She is a professor of sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, where she is the Director of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research.{{cite web |title= Centre for Global Cooperation Research |url= https://www.gcr21.org/en/the-centre/team/directors/prof-dr-sigrid-quack}} Quack was a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University.{{cite web|title=Sigrid Quack, Watson Institute|url=http://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/quack|accessdate=7 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107195028/http://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/quack|archivedate=7 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Soziologie|url=http://www.uni-due.de/soziologie/quack.php|accessdate=1 October 2013}}
Biography
Quack studied sociology in Paris and Berlin. Her doctorate was awarded by the Free University of Berlin in 1992 on the topic of dynamics of part-time work,{{cite web|title=Dynamik der Teilzeitarbeit : Implikationen für die soziale Sicherung von Frauen|url=http://www.gesis.org/sowiport/search/id/iz-solis-90170796|accessdate=15 July 2013|publisher=GESIS - Datenbank SOLIS}} and she subsequently worked at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.{{cite web|title=Pfadkolleg Research Center|date=August 2007 |url=http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/en/forschung/pfadkolleg/_NEU_Mitglieder/Tr__ger_der_3_Kohorte/Quack/index.html|accessdate=15 July 2013|publisher=Freie Universität Berlin}} In 2007, she received her habilitation for scholarship on cross-border institutional development, and became a professor at the University of Cologne based at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies from 2007 until 2013.{{cite web|title=Vita apl. Prof. Dr. Sigrid Quack|url=http://www.mpifg.de/people/sq/vita_en.asp|accessdate=15 July 2013|publisher=Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung}}
Research
File:Governance across borders.pdf and Sigrid Quack]]
Quack is the head of an international research group on transnational institution-building.{{cite web|title=Research Group "Institution Building across Borders"|url=http://www.mpifg.de/projects/govxborders/index_en.asp|accessdate=15 July 2013|publisher=Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung}} Her work has examined the phenomenon of transnationality and governance, with a focus on how global governance institutions increasingly interact with politics and practices on the ground.{{cite book|title=Transnational Communities: Shaping Global Economic Governance|last1=Djelic|first1=Marie-Laure|first2=Sigrid|last2=Quack|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2012|url=http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/management/organisation-studies/transnational-communities-shaping-global-economic-governance}} In particular, she has studied governance across borders in the fields of copyright and open access, financial reporting, the regulation of multinational companies, environmentalism, and labor rights. She is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on globalization, institutions and regulation.{{cite web|title=Google Scholar: Sigrid Quack|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9a9GCdAAAAAJ&hl=en|accessdate=15 July 2013}}
In 2020 and 2021, Quack was President of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, a key international scholarly society in the field of economic sociology.{{cite web|date=October 29, 2019|title=SASE President-Elect: Sigrid Quack|url=https://sase.org/uncategorized/sase-president-elect-sigrid-quack/|accessdate=29 October 2019|publisher=SASE}}{{cite web|title=Officers, Honorary Fellows, Executive Council, and Committees of SASE|url=https://sase.org/about/leadership/|accessdate=29 October 2019|publisher=SASE}}
References
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External links
- Blog [http://www.governancexborders.com Governance Across Borders]
- Sigrid Quack page on [http://www.academia-net.de/alias/Profil/Prof-Dr-Sigrid-Quack/1037964 AcademiaNet]
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Category:German women sociologists
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