Dr. Georg Mildenberger

Centre for Social Investment (CSI)
Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology
Heidelberg University

Postal address:
Bergheimer Str. 58
69115 Heidelberg

Visitors:
Voßstr. 2, building no. 4410

Phone: 06221 54 11959
E-Mail:
georg.mildenberger@csi.uni-heidelberg.de

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Georg Mildenberger heads the research department of the Heidelberg Centre for Social Investment (CSI) since 2009. Since 1st January 2022, he has been Acting Director of the CSI.

He was awarded a doctorate (Dr. phil.) in 2003 at the Technical University of Darmstadt and worked as a researcher and project manager at the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities of the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen from 2002 to 2007. From spring 2007, he worked as senior researcher at the CSI, prepared the postgraduate programme Nonprofit Management and Governance and supervised its accreditation. Since autumn 2008, he additionally worked as a project manager.

Georg Mildenberger’s main areas of work are the management of various projects (especially collaborative projects), the acquisition of third-party funds, IT support and the representation of the CSI within and outside the university.

His theoretical research interests are social innovation, philanthropy and impact. Empirically, he studies civil society organisations, civic engagement, philanthropy, social innovation and impact measurement. His methodological interests lie in the recording and measurement of social innovation, impact measurement, transdisciplinarity and the transfer of knowledge.

 

Current projects

Completed research projects (selection)

  • SE Mapping (EC)
  • Real-World Laboratory: Asylum Seekers, Cross-sectional project Civic Engagement and Trisectoral Governance (MWK Baden-Württemberg)
  • ISIRC
  • ITSSOIN (EC)
  • CrESSI (EC)
  • TEPSIE (EC)
  • Evaluation of the Equal Opportunities Act of Baden-Württemberg
  • FASI – Impact Assessment of Social Innovations
  • New Technologies and Social Innovation
  • Citizen participation on large-scale construction projects – Identification of non-participation despite personal concern
  • Internationalization of the voluntary services BFD, FSJ, FÖJ – The potential of „Incoming“ for Germany
  • BFD Projekt
  • QBE

You can find further information about projects here.

Publications

Link to my publications in the Heidelberg University Library heiBIB

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2022: Acting Director of the CSI
  • Since 2009: Head of Research (CSI)
  • 2008 - 2009: Project manager, Senior Researcher (CSI)
  • 2007 - 2009: Senior Researcher (Centrum für Soziale Investitionen und Innovationen CSI, Forschungsstelle des Max-Weber-Instituts für Soziologie der Universität Heidelberg)
  • 10/2002 - 08/2007: Senior Researcher and project manager (International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen)
  • 01/2002 - 08/2007: Researcher at Coordination Center for Environment (now Coordination Center for Sustainable Development) at FH Nürtingen (Prof. Dr. Albrecht Müller)
  • 01/2000 - 12/2001: Consultant (denkfabrik 96)
  • 04/1995 - 10/1996: Research Assistant (Academy for Technology Assessment Baden-Württemberg)
  • 2003: Promotion Dr. phil. TU Darmstadt
  • 1997 - 1999: PhD student, fellow (with scholarship) at DFG post-graduate college “Technology and Society” at Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt)
  • 1987 - 1995 : University of Tübingen, MA Philosophy and Political Science

Memberships

  • International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
  • European Research Network on Philanthropy ERNOP member of the board (Schatzmeister)
  • Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, appointed member of the working group "Freiwilligendienste und bürgerschaftliches Engagement" (until 2018)
  • INTRA Lab – Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board (2014-2022)
  • Institute for Work and Technology, Westfälischen Hochschule, member of the advisory board