Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Dietmar Köster
Professional Career
--Professorship of Sociology at the FH Dortmund
--Head of the Research Institute Geragogik (FoGera) in Witten
--Former Speaker of the Working Group Geragogik in the German Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology
--Co--Founder and Speaker of the working group Critical Gerontology in the DGGG
--2001 Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Dortmund on the subject of „Elderly Education“
--Studies of Sociology in Bochum
Political Career
--Different Functions with the SPD youth organisation
--Engagement in the Freedom Movement et.al. Co--organizer of the Eastermarch Ruhr in the 1980s
--Member of the local club committee Wetter--Wengern
--1998--2000 urban community chairman in Wetter
--Former civil expert in the committee for sport, school and culture in the city of Wetter
--1998--2000 Member of the sub regional branchboard Ennepe--Ruhr
--Since 2000 subregional branchboard chairman of Ennepe--Ruhr
--Since 2007 Member of the Speakers Circle of the Ruhr--SPD
--2002 –2004 and since 2006 Member of the state executive committee of NRW SPD
Further Memberships
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AWO
Leo--Kofler--Society