Christian Joppke is a German political sociologist, professor and chair in general sociology at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
[1] He is the author of more than one hundred publications, monographs and manuscripts and among the most widely cited authors in the field of citizenship and immigration.
Essentially a critic of multiculturalism, Joppke is self-defined "a reactionary liberal.
"[2] Joppke holds a PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley, United States.
[3] He is married to Catherine Kratz, a French lawyer, and has two sons, Ben and Nicolas.