Dr. Philipp Degens
Research Associate (until November 2023)
Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability"
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Academic background
Academic training
08/2016: awarded the degree Dr. rer. pol. from the University of Cologne. Doctoral dissertation: Geld als Gabe. Zur sozialen Bedeutung lokaler Geldformen, published by transcript, 2019
01/2012: Magister Artium (medieval/modern history, sociology, ethnology), University of Cologne. Master’s thesis: Die internationale Genossenschaftsbewegung vor dem ersten Weltkrieg: Einheit oder Mythos?
07/2007: Diplom in economics with a focus on the social sciences (specialization in sociology), University of Cologne. Diplom thesis: Vertrauen zu Mikrokrankenversicherungen – Theoretische Überlegungen und ihre empirische Überprüfung anhand von Beispielen aus Indien
Professional career
Since 10/2019: research associate, German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” at Universität Hamburg
10/2016–09/2019: research associate at Universität Hamburg, Department of Socioeconomics, professorship for sociology, with a focus on dynamics and regulation of economics and society
01/2008–09/2016: various positions (research associate, research assistant, doctoral researcher) at the Seminar for Co-operative Research and the Chair for Social Policy of the University of Cologne
01/2014–05/2014: London School of Economics, Department of Sociology, visiting researcher (host: Prof. Nigel Dodd)
04/2012–09/2012: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, study on alternative monetary concepts (with Prof. Wolfgang Streeck)
01/2008–04/2010: research associate in the EU-financed EDULINK project “Pro MHI Africa—EU-African University Network to Strengthen Micro Health Insurance,” Seminar for Co-operative Research, University of Cologne
02/2009–03/2009: University of Botswana, Gaborone, Faculty of Business, visiting researcher (host: Prof. Swami Bonu)
Press
- Zahl lokal! Regiogelder als Modell der Zukunft?, German broadcast on Ö1 Radio, 30.12.2020
- Warum wir mit Hilfsbereitschaft auch uns selbst helfen, German Podcast „Meine Challenge“, MDR Wissen, 31.8.2020
- Warum schenken wir? Die 100 großen Fragen des Lebens. Interview (in German) with Hamburger Abendblatt, 22.12.2018
- Genossenschaften: Nur gemeinsam sind wir stark!, Article (in German) for DR Wissen – Hörsaal, 5. März 2016.
- Degens, Philipp 2014: Die Erschöpfungsgeschichte der Banken, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 161 (15.7.2014), S. 12.