Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Professor of Sociology of Culture and Media
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organisation (ISKO)
Scharnhorststraße 1
21335 Lüneburg
Room: C5.206
Phone +49.4131677-2314
Fax +49.4131.677-2507
E-mail:
Anna Henkel
Anna Henkel
Research focus
Social and societal theory, knowledge research, political sociology, standardisation and responsibilisation as current phenomena of social change, things and society, empirical focus on health, economic and technology research
Curriculum Vitae
Academic appointment
| 04/2011-02/2013 | Bielefeld University, Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology |
| 12/2009-03/2011 | Bielefeld University, Institute for Science and Technology Studies |
| 09/2005-08/2009 | Doctoral scholarship of the "Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst" |
| Winter term 2007/2008 | Lectureship LMU Munich |
| 01/2005-08/2005 | University of Bielefeld, BMBF project knowledge transfer |
| 03/2003-08/2003 | Systemic Consulting, Berlin |
| 09/2002-11/2002 | Infineon Technologies AG, Munich |
| 07/2001-09/2001 | The Boston Consulting Group, Zurich (job offer) |
| 02/2001-04/2001 | Ducker Research Europe, European Office Paris |
| 02/2000-03/2000 | PricewaterhouseCoopers, Düsseldorf |
| 08/1999-09/1999 | KNAUF, Moscow and Krasnodar / CIS |
| 02/1999-03/1999 | Spillmann Druck AG, Zurich / Switzerland |
| 08/1996-01/1998 | Bankhaus Schröder Münchmeyer Hengst & Co., Frankfurt am Main Vocational training as a bank clerk |
Academic career
03/2005-04/2010 | Doctorate (Dr phil.), University of Witten/Herdecke "Sociology of the Pharmaceutical Industry" |
05/2006-06/2006 and 09/2005-10/2005 | Research stay Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy (Prof. N. Å. Andersen) |
| 10/2001-09/2002 | Institute d'Études Politiques (IEP), Paris |
| 10/1998-07/2004 | Studied economics at the University of Witten/Herdecke |
| 04/1998-09/1998 | Otto-Friedrich-University, Bamberg Interim studies of Russian Studies |
Sponsorship
| 09/2005-08/2009 | Doctoral funding from the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst |
| 10/1998-09/2003 | Study grant from the German National Academic Foundation |
Publications
Book publications and editorship
Henkel, Anna / Åkerstrøm Andersen, Niels (2014) (ed.): Precarious Responsibility. Special issue of the journal Soziale Systeme (in review).
Bora, Alfons / Henkel, Anna / Reinhardt, Carsten (2012) (eds.): Wissensregulierung und Regulierungswissen. Weilerswist: Velbrück. (in print)
Henkel, Anna (2011): Sociology of the Pharmaceutical. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
John, René / Henkel, Anna / Rückert-John, Jana (2010) (eds.): The methodologies of the system. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
Stöber, Anna (2005): Kirche - gut beraten?, Heidelberg: Carl-Auer (Diplom thesis).
Publications in journals
Henkel, Anna (2013): Geneaology of the Pharmacon. New Conditions for the Social Management of the Extraordinary. In: Management and Organisational History.
Henkel, Anna (2013): The drug as Thing. Submitted for the Special Issue "Material Objects as a Challange to Empirical Research". In: Nature and Culture (in peer review).
Henkel, Anna (2012): Sociology of the Pharmaceutical. In: Journal for Sociology. Issue 2/2012.
Henkel, Anna (2011): Social localisation of sociology. In: Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Practice: Issue 2/2011: Sociology and the Public Sphere.
Henkel, Anna (2011): The things of society. First reflections on a social theory of thinghood. The Technical University Technology Studies Workings Papers TUTS-WP-6-2011.
Henkel, Anna / Puteanus, Udo (2010): On the re-professionalisation of the pharmacist. In: PZ Pharmazeutische Zeitung, 115th Vol., No. 39, 30 Sept. 2010.
Henkel, Anna / v. Groddeck, Victoria (2007): The art of organising - the interplay of artistic and organising skills. An interview with Prof. Hutter and Prof. Lampson. In: Revue für postheroisches Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 60-68.
Henkel, Anna (2006): Church community as an organisation: Efficiency versus stability. In: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 74-79.
Publications in anthologies and handbook contributions
Henkel, Anna (2013): Disciplinary perspectives - sociology. In: Samida, Stefanie / Eggert, Manfred / Hahn, Hans Peter (eds.): Material Culture. An interdisciplinary handbook. Stuttgart: Metzler.
Henkel, Anna (2013): Polyphony of Things. In: Vogd, Werner / Knudsen, Morten: Unfolding Observation - a New Sociology of Medical Treatment (in preparation).
Henkel, Anna (2012): Suspension of Power in German Health Politics. In: Åkerstrøm Andersen, Niels / Sand, Inger-Johanne: Hybrid Forms of Governance - Self-Suspension of Power. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Henkel, Anna (2011): Three times the courage to raise and deal with a sociological question. Guest article in: Schöneck-Voß, Nadine / Wenzelburger, Georg / Wolf, Frieder (eds.): Promotionsratgeber Soziologie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Henkel, Anna (2011): Inefficient rationality in church and health. In: Engels, Anita / Knoll, Lisa (eds.): What is economic rationality? - Sociological perspectives. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Henkel, Anna (2011): Released person. Sociological reflection on a marginalised address of attribution. In: Lüdtke, Nico / Matsuzaki, Hironori (eds.): Akteur - Individuum - Subjekt: Fragen zu "Personalität" und "Sozialität". Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Henkel, Anna (2010): Dissemination media, organisation and the next society. In: Roth, Steffen/Scheiber, Lukas/Wetzel, Ralf: Organisation multimedial. Heidelberg: Carl-Auer.
Henkel, Anna (2010): Systems theory methodology: observation with system reference society. In: John, René / Henkel, Anna / Rückert-John, Jana: The methodologies of the system. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
Henkel, Anna (2009): Transformation of the economic good of pharmaceuticals. In: Uncertain times. Proceedings of the 34th Congress of the DGS in Jena 2008. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Henkel, Anna (2009): The function of the community. In: Karle, Isolde: Die Kirche und die Kirchenreform. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
Other publications
Cornelia Gräsel, Michael Jäger and Helmut Willke in collaboration with Melanie Denk and Anna Stöber (2005): Conception of a comprehensive transfer research including the international state of research. Berlin/Bonn: BMBF. Reprinted in Nikolaus/Gräsel (2006) (eds.): Innovation und Transfer. Expertises on transfer research. Hohegehra: Schneider (pp. 445-556).
Stöber, Anna (2005): Consulting for non-profit organisations. Interview on the website www.sozialearbeit.ch
Stöber, Anna (2005): Translation of Jaques Miermont's contribution from French. In: Baecker, Dirk: Key works of systems theory. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.