[3] In 1982, Jürgen Howaldt began his studies of sociology at Bielefeld University and concluded them in Duisburg (Social Sciences) in 1989.
In 1993, he became the coordinator of the research unit “organisational development, -consulting, and industrial relations” and in 2002, he was appointed as managing director.
After the integration of the Social Research Centre into the TU Dortmund University, in 2007, Jürgen Howaldt was appointed as professor of organisational sociology and work, in 2009.
[8] He has been chair of the European School of Social Innovation, since 2017,[9] and represents the TU Dortmund University at the EU-SPRI-Forum since 2019.
[10] He has been member of the expert group “Transfer and Cooperation“ of the German Rector’s Conference since 2017[11] and was a member of the advisory board of the Project “WISIH: Paths and indicators of social innovations driven by higher education institutions in the field of Nursing Science and Occupational, Organisational and Business Psychology“.