The Social Construction of Corruption in Europe

About Dirk TänzlerKonstadinos Maras

Dirk Tänzler professor at the Department of History and Sociology of Konstanz University Germany coordinator of the EU-research projects 'Crime and Culture. Crime as a Cultural Problem' (2006-2009) and 'Promotion of Participation and Citizenship in Europe: Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs). Analysis and Enhancement of an Anti-Corruption Tool to Enable Better Informed and Effective Citizen Participation' (2009-2012). Visiting Professor at Vienna University (2005 2006) Zurich University 2007 Lucerne University 2008 publications in the field of cultural visual political economic sociology sociology of knowledge sociology of corruption social theory and methodology. Konstadinos Maras research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Essen Germany and research fellow in the EU-projects 'Crime and Culture' and 'ALACs'. Lecturer at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of the University of Tübingen and research associate at the European Centre for Scientific Ecumenical and Cultural Co-operation in Würzburg. Visiting Scholar at the Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University USA (2004). He has published in critical theory aesthetics European identity and integration and political corruption. Angelos Giannakopoulos Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of History and Sociology of Konstanz University Germany Head of Office of the EU-research projects 'Crime and Culture' and 'ALACs'. Visiting Professor at the Universities of Cyprus (2007 2008) Galatasaray Istanbul (2007) and Budapest (2004) Visiting Scholar at the Centre for International and Area Studies at Yale University USA (2004) and at Waseda University Tokyo (2007). He has published in the fields of the sociology of culture political sociology and European integration.