Sebastian Knoll-Jung

Dr. Sebastian Knoll-Jung serves as Research Associate in the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies at Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, specializing in economic and social history with emphases on labor systems, occupational safety, and educational frameworks. His research integrates archival analysis with interdisciplinary methodologies to examine historical workplace transformations.

His scholarly focus spans eight core domains: history of the world of work, accident insurance evolution, business history, social medicine/nursing history, sustainability history, and sports history. Recent publications reveal deep engagement with gendered accident patterns in industrial settings, paradigm shifts in safety prevention, and transnational corporate practices. His monograph From the battlefield of work (2021) established foundational analysis of masculinity's role in workplace accidents during Germany's imperial and Weimar eras.

Dr. Knoll-Jung's research outputs demonstrate consistent thematic progression toward understanding humanization of work concepts, particularly through his current Hans Böckler Foundation-funded project examining 1970s-80s workplace humanization movements. His publications increasingly integrate transnational perspectives while maintaining German historical contexts.

His scholarly contributions have received significant recognition:

• 2021 German Design Award for commemorative publication Caring and Helping
• 2020 Most Beautiful Books in Germany award (Academic Books category)
• 2020 Tokyo TDC Annual Award inclusion
• 2019 DDC Silver Award and TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence

Dr. Knoll-Jung actively supervises graduate theses while leading the 'Humanization of Working Life' project, which examines implementation challenges of workplace humanization concepts during economic crises. His supervision emphasizes source criticism and interdisciplinary methodology within German labor history frameworks.

He contributes to multiple research ecosystems including the SFB 138 'Historical Security Research' collaborative center, PCBH network for transnational corporate history, and interdisciplinary 'Humanization of Work' working group. His institutional memberships span the German Labour History Association, Trade Union History Working Group, and Interdisciplinary Men's and Gender Studies network.