Hans N. Weiler
Professor of Education and of Political Science, Emeritus and Academic Secretary to the University, Emeritus
Graduate School of Education
Web page: http://web.stanford.edu/people/weiler
Bio
Hans N. Weiler
Professor Emeritus of Education and Political Science, and Academic Secretary, Emeritus, Stanford University
Professor of Comparative Politics and Rektor, Emeritus, Viadrina European University, Frankfurt (Oder)
Having been trained as a political scientist in Frankfurt/Main, Freiburg, and London,
Hans N. Weiler has been a professor of education and political science at Stanford
University since 1965, where he was instrumental in developing Stanford’s program
in international development education (SIDEC). He was director of UNESCO’s
International Institute for Educational Planning in Paris (IIEP) in the 1970s and has
served as a consultant to a number of international organizations (including the
World Bank and the African Development Bank), foundations and national
governments in Europe, Africa, and South East Asia. At Stanford, he served as
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, as a University Fellow, and as Director of the
Center for European Studies. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in
the Behavioral Sciences, and has been awarded research fellowships and grants
by, among others, the British Council, the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, the Spencer Foundation, the Thyssen Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert
Foundation, and the Deutsche Bank Foundation. In 1993, he was appointed a
professor of comparative politics and elected the first Rektor (president) of Viadrina
European University at Frankfurt (Oder), a position from which he retired in the fall
of 1999. He chaired the Commission on Higher Education of the State of Saxony
(1999-2002) and was instrumental in the founding and development of the Hertie
School of Governance in Berlin from 2002 to 2009. He has served in a variety of
advisory and consulting roles in German and European higher education between
1999 and 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he served as Stanford’s Academic Secretary to
the University.
He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the (private) Hertie School
of Governance in Berlin, of the international boards of the Free University of Berlin
and the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, of the Advisory Board of the Center for Higher
Education Development (CHE) in Germany, and of the Global Scientific Committee
for UNESCO’s Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge. His service
as an evaluator includes the “Excellence Initiative” in German higher education, the
Berlin Social Science Research Center (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin), the
University of Freiburg, and various award competitions on research, teaching
quality, and teacher education. His recent speaking engagements have included
invited addresses in New York, Paris, Vienna, Budapest, San Francisco,
Heidelberg, Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Kuala Lumpur, Trieste, Johannesburg, Cape
Town, Munich, Istanbul, and Stanford. He has been awarded the Order of Merit of
the Republic of Poland (Commander’s Cross), of the Federal Republic of Germany
(Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Kl.), and of the State of Brandenburg, as well as an
honorary doctorate by Viadrina University, and honorary citizenship by the city of
Frankfurt (Oder). His publications deal with the politics of educational change, the
international politics of knowledge production, and the dynamics of reform and nonreform
in higher education.
Further information, including a list of publications and a
more detailed CV, is available at www.stanford.edu/people/weiler.
August, 2018
Research Interests
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Educational Policy
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International and Comparative Education
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Philosophy
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Studies (3)
- Directed Reading
EDUC 480 (Spr) - Practicum
EDUC 470 (Spr) - Supervised Internship
EDUC 380 (Spr)
- Directed Reading
All Publications
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Education and Neoliberal Globalization (Book Review)
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW
2009; 53 (3): 465–67
View details for Web of Science ID 000267819600013
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Keyword: International Research on Higher Education Scholarship Between Policy and Science
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ERZIEHUNGSWISSENSCHAFT
2008; 11 (4): 516-541
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11618-008-0050-2
View details for Web of Science ID 000262447000002
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Ambivalence and the politics of knowledge: The struggle for change in German higher education
HIGHER EDUCATION
2005; 49 (1-2): 177-195
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10734-004-2921-7
View details for Web of Science ID 000227078100009
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL-POLICY AND PRACTICE - THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE COLLEGE-PREPARATORY GYMNASIUM IN EAST-GERMANY
HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
1994; 64 (3): 247-277
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PB57400001
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CURRICULUM REFORM AND THE LEGITIMATION OF EDUCATIONAL-OBJECTIVES - THE CASE OF THE FEDERAL-REPUBLIC-OF-GERMANY
1989 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
CARFAX PUBL CO. 1990: 15–27
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DJ68300002
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WHY REFORMS FAIL - THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN FRANCE AND THE FEDERAL-REPUBLIC-OF-GERMANY
JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES
1989; 21 (4): 291-305
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AA46500001
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EDUCATION AND POWER - THE POLITICS OF EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
1989; 3 (1): 31-43
View details for Web of Science ID A1989U353000003
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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN-RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL-PLANNING
PROSPECTS
1989; 19 (1): 11-32
View details for Web of Science ID A1989CA25600001
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THE POLITICS OF REFORM AND NONREFORM IN FRENCH EDUCATION
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW
1988; 32 (3): 251-265
View details for Web of Science ID A1988P848800001
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EQUAL-PROTECTION, LEGITIMACY, AND THE LEGALIZATION OF EDUCATION - THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IN WEST-GERMANY
REVIEW OF POLITICS
1985; 47 (1): 66-91
View details for Web of Science ID A1985ADQ0700004
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THE POLITICAL-ECONOMY OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
PROSPECTS
1984; 14 (4): 467-477
View details for Web of Science ID A1984C903600004
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THE POLITICAL DILEMMAS OF FOREIGN STUDY
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW
1984; 28 (2): 168-179
View details for Web of Science ID A1984ST01300002
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EDUCATION, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE MODERN STATE - IS THERE A CRISIS SOMEWHERE
JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES
1983; 15 (2): 125-142
View details for Web of Science ID A1983QQ12300002
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LEGALIZATION, EXPERTISE, AND PARTICIPATION - STRATEGIES OF COMPENSATORY LEGITIMATION IN EDUCATIONAL-POLICY
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW
1983; 27 (2): 259-277
View details for Web of Science ID A1983QU41900008
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EDUCATION, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE MODERN STATE - DO WE HAVE A CRISIS
PHI DELTA KAPPAN
1982; 64 (1): 9-14
View details for Web of Science ID A1982PF21100004
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THE USES OF EDUCATIONAL-PLANNING - SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS
PROSPECTS
1981; 11 (2): 149-153
View details for Web of Science ID A1981MH73400003
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EDUCATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
1968; 38 (3): 231-242
View details for Web of Science ID A1968ZC83300003