Dankwart Danckwerts
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Dankwart Danckwerts (* 1933 at Hamburg) is a German sociologist.
After some time in business he qualified für university studies (Sociology and Economics), graduated at the Hamburg University, 1960, and worked after that at the University of Münster with Helmut Schelsky, where he gained his doctoral degree (Dr. sc. pol.), 1963.
After doing field work in Chile, he was called to a chair of Sociology at the University of Duisburg up to 1998, where he, besides in general theory, specialized in sociology of transportation. He is still [2008] active in sociological research.
