Fritz W. Scharpf

Professor Fritz W. Scharpf is the Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. He taught as Assistant Professor of Law at the Yale Law School (1964-1966) and as Professor of Political Science at the University of Constance (1968-1974). Subsequently he was appointed as director of the International Institute of Management, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (1973-1984). His main focus of research has been on structural asymmetries of European Integration and its liberalizing and deregulatory impacts on the socio-economic regimes of EU member states. His awards include the Johan Skytte Prize, Science Prize, Lifetime Contribution Award, and Bielefeld Science Award.