Introduction

Werner Raub, Department of Sociology/ICS, research line "Cooperation in Social and Economic Relations"

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Education and academic degrees

1984    PhD in Social Sciences,  Utrecht University (with distinction)

1980     Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftler (MA), Ruhr-Universität Bochum (with distinction)


Academic Positions

1996-present
Professor of Theoretical Sociology (Chair), Department of Sociology / ICS, Utrecht University; member of the national board of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), (1996-2011); chairman of the national board of the ICS (2001-2003; 2007-2009); scientific director of ICS Utrecht (1997-2011); coordinator of the research master program 'Sociology and Social Research' (prestigemaster program of Utrecht University; 2003-2011); vice-dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2010-present)

1995-1996
Professor of Sociology (Chair), Institute of Social Sciences, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

1993-present
Principal Investigator (with Jeroen Weesie) of the PIONIER-Program 'The Management of Matches' of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1988-1995
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology / ICS, Utrecht University

1984-1988
Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg


Visiting appointments, honors and awards, professional activities (selection)

2010-2013
Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

2009
Royal decoration Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for scientific achievements

2009-present
Member of the International Scholarly Advisory Committee of the Institute for Empirical Social Science (IESSR), Xi’an Jiatong University (XJTU), China

2009-present
Member of the Supervisory Board of the National Initiative Brain and Cognition (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO)

2007
Elected Member of the German Academy of Sciences – Leopoldina and Member of the Section on Economics and Empirical Social Science

2007, 2011
Visiting Professor for a lecture series in Taiwan (National Chengchi University, National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, Tunghai University, National Dong Hwa University, Academia Sinica), April 2007, funded by National Science Council Taiwan; Visiting Professor, National Chengchi University, Taiwan,  for a workshop for PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty from various universities and Academia Sinica, April 2011, funded by National Science Council Taiwan

2005
Offer of a professorship (chair) in sociology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, (chair held previously by René König); declined

2003
James S. Coleman Award of the Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

2001-2002
Fellow-in-Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS),  Wassenaar, Netherlands for the academic year 2001/2002

2001-2007
Beirat, Zeitschrift für Soziologie

2000
Member, European Academy of Sociology (President 2008-2011)

1998
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

1994, 1997
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Bern

1992-1995
International Editor, Contemporary Sociology

1992
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

1990-1992
International Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology

1990
Visiting Research Associate, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

1986- present
Editorial Board, 'Scientia Nova' R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich

Erdös number 4 (Erdös - Van Lint - Van Tilborg - Buskens)

Research interests
 

Theoretical sociology
Organization theory
Economic sociology
Mathematical sociology
Game-theoretic models in the social sciences
New political economy and public choice
Philosophy (logic, moral philosophy, and philosophy of science)

Teaching experience

Interesting links

Research Center ICS Utrecht
Department of Sociology, UU (Dutch)

ICS research line Cooperative Relations
Research school Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), with information on vacancies (fully funded) for PhD students and vacancies for postdocs

Sociology Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Research Master's Program Sociology and Social Research, with information on admission procedure etc.
Undergraduate sociology program (BA), UU (Dutch)
Master's Program on Policy Studies, UU
 

Key publications

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Some of my work on applications of game theory in the social sciences has been collected and is accessible in Andreas Diekmann’s virtual library on rational choice and game theory at ETH Zürich: click here.

Selection of key publications:

Van Assen, M., V. Buskens, and W. Raub (eds.) (2011) Micro-Macro Links and Micro-Foundations, triple special issue of Journal of Mathematical Sociology 35(1-3). Download table of contents (pdf)

Raub, W., V. Buskens, and M. van Assen (2011) Micro-macro links and micro-foundations in sociology, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, triple special issue on Micro-Macro Links and Micro-Foundations 35: 1-25. Download (pdf)

Buskens, V. and W. Raub (2011) Rational choice social research on social dilemmas: embeddedness effects on trust, forthcoming in: R. Wittek, T.A.B. Snijders, and V. Nee (eds.) Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research. Download (pdf)

Buskens, V., W. Raub, and J. van der Veer (2010) Trust in triads: an experimental study, Social Networks 32: 301-312. Download (pdf)

Raub, W. and V. Buskens (2006) Spieltheoretische Modellierungen und empirische Anwendungen in der Soziologie, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie / Sonderheft 44 'Methoden der Sozialforschung': 560-598. Download (pdf)

Raub, W. (2004) Hostage posting as a mechanism of trust: binding, compensation, and signaling, Rationality and Society 16: 319-366. Download (pdf)

Batenburg, R., W. Raub, and C. Snijders (2003) Contacts and contracts. Dyadic embeddedness and the contractual behavior of firms, Research in the Sociology of Organizations 20: 135-188. Download (pdf)

Buskens, V. and W. Raub (2002) Embedded trust: control and learning, Advances in Group Processes 19: 167-202 (James S. Coleman Award 2003 of the Section on Rationality and Society of the American Sociological Association). Download (pdf)

Raub, W. (1999) Vertrauen in dauerhaften Zweierbeziehungen: soziale Integration durch aufgeklärtes Eigeninteresse, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie / Sonderheft 39 'Soziale Integration': 239-268. Download (pdf)

Raub, W. and C. Snijders (1997) Gains, losses, and cooperation in social dilemmas and collective action: The effects of risk preferences, Journal of Mathematical Sociology 22: 263-302. Download (pdf)

Raub, W. and J. Weesie (1990) Reputation and efficiency in social interactions: An example of network effects, American Journal of Sociology 96: 626-654. Download (pdf)

Raub, W. and Th. Voss (1981) Individuelles Handeln und gesellschaftliche Folgen, Darmstadt: Luchterhand (Soziologische Texte, Neue Folge, Band 120). Downloadable per chapter (pdf)
Contents - Introduction - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 -Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - References - Index

Some presentations

Click here (pdf) for a presentation 'How Rational Choice Models Can (and Do) Contribute to Theory and Empirical Research in Sociology' (2011).

Click here (pdf) for a presentation 'Trust and Testosterone: An Experimental Design' (2010).

Click here (pdf) for a presentation 'Trust in Exchange: Complementary Evidence from Survey Research, a Vignette Study, and a Lab Experiment' (2008).

Click here (pdf) for a presentation 'Embedded Trust: An Experiment on Learning and Control Effects' (2008).

Click here (pdf) for a presentation ‘Ex Post Problems in Buyer-Supplier Transactions: Effects of Transaction Characteristics, Social Embeddedness, and Contractual Governance’ (2007).

Contact Information

Attendance

An appointment can be made by sending an email or by contacting the secretary of the Department of Sociology, +31 30 2532101