| Professional Profile | 2011 Appointment to Executive Director of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) 2010 Founding of the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftspolitik und Infrastrukturentwicklung (Society for Science Policy and Infrastructure Development, GWI) and SCIVERO Press, Managing Director since 2007 Managing Director of the German Data Forum (Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, RatSWD) Permanent Visiting Fellow at SOEP / DIW Berlin (since 2007) Research Associate at Rhodes University Grahamstown / South Africa (since 2006) |
| Consultancy Work (Selection) | Office of the Federal Chancellor, DenkwerkZukunft (Foundation for Cultural Renewal), Impulswerkstatt, Agency for Schools and Professional Education, Hamburg, German Archeological Institute Berlin |
| Journalistic Work | BBC World Service, Hessischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Deutschlandfunk, Deutsche Welle TV, WELT am Sonntag, brand eins, numerous other daily newspapers |
| Employment History / Academic Experience | 2004 - 2006 Research Associate at Free University Berlin, and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Department Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 2003 Research Associate at Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) 2002 - 2003 Associate at the Institute of Social and Economic Research of Rhodes University Grahamstown/South Africa 1998 - 2001 Student Assistent at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Department Social Structure and Social Reporting (Prof. W. Zapf) D. Huschka came up with the idea for a documentary film project related to the FIFA World Championship 2010 and acted as scientific advisor to the production company. |
| Education | 1995 - 2001 Studies of Sociology and Political Science at the Berlin University of Technology (2001: M.A. Soc.Sc.) 1993 High School Diploma, Elsterschlossgymnasium Elsterwerda |
| Membership in Scientific Organizations | OECD Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (2002-2003), Section "Social Indicators" of the German Sociological Association (since 2003), ISQOLS (since 2003), American Name Society (ANS) (since 2004), RC55 der International Sociological Association (ISA) (since 2006) |
| Membership in Bodies and Consulting | 2005 - 2010 elected Vice President, as well as member of the Executive Board of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2007 - 2010 elected member of the Board of Directors, 2006 Chair, Member of the program committee of the 7th International Congress of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies in Grahamstown/South Africa, 2004/2006 Chair of the International German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), Young Scholars Symposia, Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst (in cooperation with GSSS/Universität Bremen) Editor (with Gert G. Wagner) of the RatSWD Working Paper Series and the RatSWD Research Notes Series Co-Editor of "Applied Research in Quality of Life" (Springer) |
| Awards, Fellowships and Honors | 2009: Award for the Best Article in NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics 2006: Distinguished Research Fellow of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies for "Substantial Research Contributing to a Better Understanding of Quality of Life Issues" 2006: Appointment to Research Associate of Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) for a period of six years 2004/2007: Scholarship of the Federal Foreign Office 2002: One-year research scholarship from DAAD |
