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Josef Weidenholzer (6 March 1950 in Sankt Florian am Inn) is Professor of Social Policy and since 1998 Director of the Institute for Social Policy at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Since 1991 he is the President of Volkshilfe Österreich and of the European NGO platform ´Solidar´. He is a Member of the European Parliament of the 7th parliamentary term. == Life and career == After attending Catholic school in the Kremsmünster Abbey, Weidenholzer studied sociology in the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz from 1968 until 1973. As a student be became actively engaged in the Association for Socialist Students VSStÖ. In 1973 he completed his Magister degree, followed by his doctorate in 1977 and his habilitation in 1982. Weidenholzer commenced his professional career in 1973 when he worked as a research assistant for the Institute for Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Linz, and as a university assistant at the Institute for Social and Development Studies in 1975. In addition, he has worked for Karl Stadler at the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft for the History of the Workers Movement, at the University of Linz. Weidenholzer lectured in academic institutions around the world: in Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the United States, and in Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria. He enjoyed repeated research stays in Great Britain and earned a guest professorship at Staffordshire University, England. With his reputation thus enhanced, Weidenholzer was appointed Extraordinary University Professor for Societal and Social Policy. In 1984, Weidenholzer was awarded the Advancement Award by the Victor Adler National Award for the history of social movements. From 1984 until 1998, he was director of the Research Institute for social planning and, from 1998 until 2003, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Economy in Linz. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josef Weidenholzer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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