Dr. Harald Wilkoszewski
Contact
Lisa Heinig
fon: +49 30 25491 513
lisa.heinig@wzb.eu
D-10785 Berlin
Short bio
Harald Wilkoszewski is Head of Communications and Spokesman of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He leads the Department of Communications including press, editorial and event management staff as well as staff for alumni relations and the Friends of the WZB.
Prior to this post, he was Head of the Information Centre and Brussels Office of Population Europe. He also worked as a Policy Analyst for the OECD's Education Directorate in Paris, as a Research Scientist for the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, and as Head of Working Group at the Berlin-based think tank Stiftung Neue Verantwortung.
Harald holds a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and an MA in Political Science, European Law, and Religious Science from the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU). Harald also studied at the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor (ICPSR), the University College Cork (ERASMUS), and the International Max Planck Research School for Demography (IMPRSD).
Op-eds, essays and blogs:
Allmendinger, Jutta und Harald Wilkoszewski (2022): Kontrapunkte in schwierigen Zeiten, WZB-Mitteilungen Nr. 175, März 2022, 65
Allmendinger, Jutta und Harald Wilkoszewski (2021): The pearl fishers, Vorwort zu "Handel's Steckenpferd. An Anglo-German Dialogue between Steffen Huck and Sir Peter Jonas", WZB-EOC Schriften Vol. 4, April 2021
Allmendinger, Jutta und Harald Wilkoszewski (2020): Ohne Druck geht es nicht. Forschung wirkt unweigerlich in Politik und Gesellschaft hinein. Daher müssen sich Wissenschaftler beharrlich in politische Diskurse einmischen, Forschung & Lehre, 10. Februar 2020
Allmendinger, Jutta und Harald Wilkoszewski (2019): Sagt was! Wissenschaft kann in diesen Zeiten nicht unpolitisch sein. Ein Plädoyer für eine gesellschaftlich engagierte Forschung, Tagesspiegel, 2. Oktober 2019
Wilkoszewski, Harald, Elke Loichinger, and Patrick Dick (2016): Turning the tables: policy and politics in an age of ageing. Population Europe Policy Insights, Blog post, 18 October 2016
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2016): That (demographic) ship has sailed: Even a 100% turnout by young Brits or lowering the voting age could not have prevented Brexit. Population Europe Policy Insights, Blog post, 5 July 2016
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2016): Daddy quotas - How Europe can help mothers and fathers. The Brussels Times, Op-Ed, 23 May 2016
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2013): What a Tangled Web We Weave: Strategies for School Improvement. educationtoday, OECD-Blog, 30 July 2013
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2010): Sozialpolitisches Überraschungsei. Berliner Republik, Ausgabe 5/2010, 41-44
Selected publications:
Edel, Andreas, Diana Lopez-Falcon, Emily Lines, Harald Wilkoszewski and Ann Zimmermann (2017): Forschungsnetzwerke als Öffentlichkeitskatalysatoren für die Wissenschaft. In: Stefan Selke and Annette Treibel (Eds.): Öffentliche Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Springer VS
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2017): How will ageing affect social cohesion?. In: James W. Vaupel and Andreas Edel (Eds.): Green Book Ageing Society, Population Europe
Wilkoszewski, Harald and Eli Sundby (2016): From Hard to Soft Governance in Multi-level Education Systems, European Journal of Education, doi:10.1111/ejed.12189
Wilkoszewski, Harald and Eli Sundby (2014): Steering from the Centre: New modes of Governance in Multi-level Education Systems, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 109, OECD Publishing, Paris, 35 pages
Hooge, Edith, Tracey Burns, and Harald Wilkoszewski (2012): Looking Beyond the Numbers: Stakeholders and Multiple School Accountability, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 85, OECD Publishing, Paris, 29 pages
Bengtsson ,Tommy, Jane C. Falkingham Jane C., Anne Gauthier, Nico van Nimwegen, James W. Vaupel, Harald Wilkoszewski, and Frans J. Willekens (2012): Perspectives of policy-relevant population studies, Population Europe Discussion Paper, No. 1, Berlin, 16 pages
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2011): Germany's Social Policy Challenge, London School of Economics and Political Science, 330 pages (Ph.D. dissertation)
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2009): Demographic Change - A Major Political Problem Zone, in: MaxPlanckResearch 4/2009, 5-10
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2009): Age trajectories of social policy preferences. Support for intergenerational transfers from a demographic perspective, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-34
Wilkoszewski, Harald and Elena Muth (2009): Demographic change and the acceptance of population-related policies. A comparison of 13 European countries, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-35
Wilkoszewski, Harald (2003): Die verdrängte Generation. Politische Parteien und die alterndes Gesellschaft in Deutschland, Marburg: Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 196 pages
Memberships
Transfer Unit of Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW) and Wissenschaft im Dialog (WID)unryWisskomm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschu
Member of the Adivsory Board
since October 2022
Siggener Kreis
Think tank for Science Communicationdes Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschu
Member since November 2021
#FactoryWisskomm, Federal Ministry for Education and ResearchryWisskomm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung
Member of the Steering CommitteeMitglied des Steering Committees · Mai 2022–He
since May 2022
Co-chair of the working group "Quality and Evaluation in Science Communication"
November 2020 to December 2021
Queermentor QueermentorgGmbH
Digital diversity-training platform for LGBTQIA
Head of Communications (voluntary work)
since February 2022Kommunikation · Feb. 2022–Heute
Urania Berlinania Berlin
acting Member of the Board of Trustees
since January 2022
Mitglied des Kuratoriums (i.V.) · Jan. 2022–HeutINSIGHTS Committee of the Berlin School of Economics (BSE)GHTS Committee of the Berlin School of Economics (BSE)
Member
since February 2021mber, responsible for Communications · Feb. 2021–Heute
BdKom - Bundesverband der Kommunikatoren e.V. (Federal Association of Communications)BdKom - Bundesverband der Kommunikatorene.V.
Member, active in the working group "Science Communication"
since December 2020
Mentoring Program for International Female Scholars IFS / Universität zu Köln
Mentor
January 2020 to December 2020
Council of Advisors at Population EuropeCouncil of Advisors at Population Europe
Member
July 2012 to March 2018
glied · Dez. 2020–HBundesverband Hochschulkommunikation (Federal Association of University Communication)Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation
Member
since April 2017
OECD GLOBE
LGBTI Association for OECD StaffOECD GLOBE (LGBTI Association for OECD Staff)
Board Member
January 2014 to January 2017
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Researchx Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Research Fellow
July 2011 to December 2014Research Fellow · Juli 2011–Dez. 2014
Max Planck Society - Population and Policy DatabaseMax Planck Society - Population and Policy Database
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
January 2014 to Dezember 2014
Mitglied · Apr. 2017–HeuAkademie für politische Bildung Tutzing (Academy for Political Education)
Member of the Circle of Sponsors
since 2011
Bucerius Summer School on Global GovernanceBucerius Summer School on Global Governance
Fellow and Alumnus
since August 2006Aug. 2006–Heute
Munich European ForumMunich European Forum
Member of the Academic Council
since October 2004
Deutsche Vereinigung für Demografie (DGD, German Assocation for Demography)Deutsche Vereinigung für Demografie (DGD)
Member
since January 2004Mitglied · Jan. 2004–Heute
Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW, German Association for Political Science)Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW)
Member
since November 2003
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Contact
Lisa Heinig
fon: +49 30 25491 513
lisa.heinig@wzb.eu
D-10785 Berlin