Andreas Langenohl

Andreas Langenohl is a full Professor at the Institute of Sociology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, holding the Chair in General Comparative Studies. He has held fellowships at institutions like the Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg (Konstanz) and the Collaborative Research Center in Freiburg, and is an Extra-Ordinary Professor at North-West University (South Africa).

• PhD in Social Sciences (1999, magna cum laude), Justus Liebig University Giessen
• M.A. in Sociology and Slavic Philology (1996, with highest honors)

His research spans economic sociology, financial market temporality, security studies, and cultural foundations of integration. He explores intersections of finance and politics, infrastructural security, and socio-temporal dynamics in economic theory. Recent work focuses on geoeconomic hegemony during the Ukraine conflict, pandemic security governance, and decentralized finance algorithms.

Scientific Awards:

• Karl-Polanyi-Award (2010) for economic sociology
• Wolfgang-Mittermaier-Award (2007) for academic teaching
• Knowledge Unlatched Open Access selection (2020)

Grants: He has secured multiple DFG and foundation grants for projects on financial infrastructures, securitization, and EU-Russia relations, including collaborations with institutions like Cornell University and the Einaudi Center for European Studies.

Labs & Teams: Langenohl leads projects within the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 138 Dynamics of Security (Giessen & Marburg) and contributed to the Center of Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration (Konstanz).