The Wonderful Life of a Retired German Geographer
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Brief Biography
Professor Dr., Dr. Honoris Causa Fred Scholz, b. 1939; PhD Technical University Karlsruhe (1967); Habilitation, University Goettingen (1973); apl. Professor (1975); Full Professor, Free University Berlin (1980); Head of Centre for Developing Studies (ZELF) Free University Berlin (1988); Visiting Professor at University of Kuwait (1982), Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (2004/2010), and Nizwa University, Inner-Oman 2012; Honorary Professor at National University of Mongolia (2010); Honorary Doctor (Dr. Honoris Causa) from the Faculty of Earth Sciences National University of Mongolia (2010); Honorable Member of Baluch Academy, Quetta (1971); Brahui Academy, Quetta (1996); Oman-German-Society Berlin/Muscat; President of Geographical Society of Berlin (1986–89, 1995); Editor/Coeditor of Die Erde (1985–96); Arab Journal forHumanities (1982–91); Erdkundliches Wissen (1991–2004); Sociologus (1976–2004); Retired (emeritiert) 2004.
Scientific interests—Regional: old world dry belt (Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Arab Gulf States / Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Somalia, Benin, Niger). Thematic: nomadism, urbanization, underdevelopment/third world problems, development theories, globalization/fragmentation.
285 publications in German, English, Arabic, French, Italian (1968–2016).