Helmut Dubiel

Helmut Dubiel, born 1946 in Essen, studied Philosophy and Sociology in Bielefeld and Bochum. From 1983 to 1997 he worked at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, ultimately becoming its Director. Dubiel was professor of sociology at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen until 2009. He suffered for many years from Parkinson’s disease, and died in Frankfurt in 2015.

(Updated: 2020)