Dankwart Danckwerts is a German sociologist.

After some time in business he qualified in (Sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 and Economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

), graduated at the Hamburg University, 1960, and worked after that at the University of Münster

University of Münster

The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...

 with Helmut Schelsky

Helmut Schelsky

Helmut Schelsky, , was a German sociologist, the most influential in post-World War II Germany, well into the 1970s.-Biography:...

, where he gained his doctoral degree (Dr. sc. pol.), 1963.

After doing field work in Chile

Chile

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, he was called to a chair of Sociology at the University of Duisburg

University of Duisburg

-History:Its origins date back to the 1555 decision to create a university for the unified duchies at the Lower Rhine that were later to be merged into Prussia. After the foundation of an academic college in 1559, a university was founded in 1655 by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, the...

 up to 1998, where he, besides in general theory, specialized in sociology of transportation. He remains active in sociological research.

A Festschrift

Festschrift

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was published on his 65th birthday in 1998.