Background
Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth was born on November 26, 1946 in Freiburg, Germany.
philosopher psychologist sociologist university professor
Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth was born on November 26, 1946 in Freiburg, Germany.
After studying sociology, psychology and philosophy in Munich, she obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in 1973. After several fellowships, she graduated from Munich University in 1987.
She holds a professorship at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her main research interest is in social changes and the changing situation of the institution of the family. She is the widow of the late sociologist, Ulrich Beck.
Individualization: institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences.
Married Ulrich Beck, September 12, 1975.