political scientist university professor
Weiler graduated from the Hochschule Saint Georgen, Frankfurt/Main in Philosophy (1956) and went on to study Philosophy, Political Science, and Education at the University of Freiburg/Breisgau, where he graduated in 1960, followed by a stay at the University of London"s Institute of Commonwealth Studies and School of Oriental and African Studies.
Born September 13, 1934, in Krefeld/Germany, Weiler is a naturalized United States. citizen. In 1962 he took up a position as Research Fellow and Chairman of the Africa Division at the University of Freiburg"s Arnold Bergstraesser Institute where he obtained a Doctor philosophy in Political Science (1965). That same year Weiler became Assistant Professor of Education and Political Science at Stanford University (Associate Professor as of 1971, full Professor 1979).
From 1974-1977 he was on leave as Director of the International Institute for Educational Planning (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) at Paris.
From 1993-1999 Weiler was Professor of Comparative Politics and Rektor of the Europa-Universität Viadrina at Frankfurt/Oder.
British Council Postgraduate Research Fellow, University of London, 1960-1961 Scholar-in-Residence, Institute for German Studies, Indiana University, 1971 Academy Associate (to James B Conant), National Academy of Education, 1972 University Fellow, Stanford University, 1979-1981 Claude Eggertsen Lecture, Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta, 1983 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1988 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1988-1989 Research Fellow: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 1990. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1991 The Lauwerys Memorial Lecture, Comparative Education Society of Europe, Groningen, 1998 Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, 1999 Honorary Citizenship, City of Frankfurt (Oder), 2000 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2001 Honorary doctorate (Doctor phil hc), Viadrina European University, 2002 “Reformer of the Decade Award”, Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE), 2004.
American Education Research Association. American Political Sei Association. Comparative & International Education Society.
Deutsche Afrika-Gesellschaft.
