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Prof. Dr. Darius Zifonun is Professor of Sociology with specializations in Social Structure Analysis and Conflict Sociology at Philipps University of Marburg's Institute of Sociology within the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Born in 1968, he completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Konstanz in 2002 and his Habilitation at TU Berlin in 2015.
His academic journey includes professorships at Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (2009-2015), Research Fellow at KWI Essen (2007-2009), and guest professorships at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2006) and Hitotsubashi University Tokyo (2005). His research focuses on everyday sociology, sociology of social worlds, migration and ethnicity research, and social structure and inequality. He has developed a distinctive approach to social theory through interpretive sociology and the sociology of knowledge.
Zifonun's recent publication trends reveal a sophisticated integration of theoretical frameworks with empirical research, particularly in migration studies (2024's 'Handbuch Migrationssoziologie'), sleep research (2023's 'Sleep, Knowledge, Technology'), and social world analysis. His work consistently explores the intersection of theoretical sociology with practical social phenomena, demonstrating particular expertise in how social structures manifest in everyday life and specialized contexts like migration societies, sleep laboratories, and legal settings.
- 2024: Handbuch Migrationssoziologie (with Antje Röder)
- 2023: Sleep, Knowledge, Technology (with Hannah Ahlheim & Nicole Zillien)
- 2023: Rescaling the Patient (with Svenja Reinhardt & Sebastian Weste)
- 2020: Die Interaktionsordnung strafrechtlicher Hauptverhandlungen (with Carina Liebler)
He currently leads a research team at the Institute of Sociology including Dr. Kristian Naglo, Dr. Yvonne Kuhn, Dipl.-Soz. Carina Liebler, Thorsten Szydlik M.A., Svenja Reinhardt M.A., Sebastian Weste M.A., Tasnim Jabaly M.A., and Malvine Bläßer B.A. His supervision extends to numerous doctoral projects, particularly in areas of social structure, migration, and everyday life sociology. The winter semester 2025/2026 finds him on a dedicated research semester, continuing his scholarly work while temporarily reducing teaching responsibilities.
