Jutta Allmendinger
Jutta Allmendinger (born September 26, 1956, in Mannheim) is a German sociologist who has been serving as the president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and a professor of educational sociology and labor market research at Humboldt University since 2007. She is also a senior fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Early life and education Allmendinger studied sociology and social psychology at the University of Mannheim and sociology, economics and statistics at the University of Madison, Wisconsin. In 1989, she earned her Ph.D. in social studies at Harvard University. Career Allmendinger worked at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin from 1988 and 1991, followed by an employment at Harvard Business School (1991/92). From 1992 to 2007, she was a full professor of sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (on leave from 2003 to 2007). She also served as director of the Institute of Employment Research (IAB) at the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg from 2003 until 2007. Between 1999 and 2002 she was chairperson of the German Sociological Association. In April 2007 Allmendinger became president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and was appointed professor of educational sociology and