EIKE GEBHARDT
EIKE GEBHARDT, Ph.D., a native of Berlin, received his M.A. and
Ph.D. from Yale University. For 13 years he taught at various American colleges
and universities, including Yale, the University of Chicago, The Cooper Union and
the City University of New York. In 1984 he moved back to Germany and has held various
visiting professorships in both countries. He is the editor, along with Andrew Arato,
of The Essential Frankfurt School Reader (1978), and of Dawn and
Decline: Notes of Max Horkheimer (1978). His books on the social and
psychological correlates of creativity appeared in 1992, and on leadership psychology
1994, both in German. (Kreativität und Mündigkeit; Abschied von der Autorität - die
Manager der Postmoderne).
His specialities include interdisciplinary projects bridging seemingly remote areas:
Science and Society, Culture and Economy, Politics and Lifestyles. A host to several
regular talk-shows on Swiss and German radio, Eike invites guests from the frontiers
of science, technology, the arts, and international politics.
In addition, Eike has been working as a coach and consultant for corporations and
institutions, focusing on re-training personnel in the areas of creativity, motivation,
and communication. He also advises corporations and political institutions on cultural
affairs and public relations. Eike Gebhardt co-organized, for instance, the EU-conference
"A Working Culture II - Culture, Politics and Labor" in June 1999, and
curated the International Einstein Conference 2005 in Tel Aviv.