Prof. Dr. Michael Opielka is Scientific Director of the ISÖ - Institute for Social Ecology in Siegburg and Professor of Social Policy at the Ernst-Abbe-University of Jena. From 2012 to 2016 he also headed the IZT - Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin. 2015 Guest Professor for Social Sustainability at the University of Leipzig. Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley (1990-1, 2005-6). Doctorate (HU Berlin 1996) and Habilitation (Univ. Hamburg 2008) in Sociology.