Dariuš Zifonun, born 1968, Dr. rer. soc., is Professor of Sociology at Philipps-Universität Marburg. He was Professor of Sociology at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin (2009-2015), Research Fellow at KWI Essen (2007-2009) and Lecturer at TU Berlin (2007-2009) and Research Associate at the Department of History and Sociology, University of Konstanz (2000-2005). Darius Zifonun was on the Executive Board of the German Sociological Association, DGS, (20172019) and was Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2006) and Hitotsubashi University Tokyo (2005). Studies at the University of Konstanz and at York University/Toronto; gained M.A. in Public Administration and Policy Studies 1998 (University of Konstanz) and doctorate in Sociology 2002 (University of Konstanz). Habilitation in Sociology 2015 (TU Berlin).