Claus Offe

German political sociologist

Person human Q62725

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[24]
Date of birth: March 16, 1940
Date of death: October 1, 2025
Place of birth: Berlin
Place of death: Berlin
Country of citizenship: Germany^[10]
Occupation: politician, political scientist, sociologist, university teacher
Employer: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Bielefeld University, University of Bremen^[13]^[14]^[15]
Field of work: political science, sociology^[11]^[12]
Educated at: University of Cologne, Freie Universität Berlin, Goethe University Frankfurt^[16]^[17]^[18]
Member of political party: Alliance '90/The Greens^[25]
Award received: Theodor Eschenburg Award^[19]
Spouse: Ulrike Poppe^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[30]
Academic degree: doctorate^[27]
Family name: Offe^[28]
Given name: Claus^[29]
Has written for: Verfassungsblog, Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik
Member of: Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, Basic Income Earth Network^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Movement: Frankfurt School^[26]
Name in native language: Claus Offe^[31]
P14375: OffeClaus
P14437: claus-offe

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🏷️ Also known as

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VIAF cluster ID: 41914763
Library of Congress authority ID: n50029664
GND ID: 11858958X
AE member ID: Offe_Claus
AbART person ID: 170898
Academic Tree ID: 160737
Amazon author ID: B001H6EOFS
Angelicum ID: 27408
Apple Music artist ID: 450119450
BHCL UUID: b3a75c94-4224-4d67-9ce7-82bf9f00ff3f
BIBSYS ID: 90052000

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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): OffeClaus
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12348871f
Bing entity ID: 659e3ab9-2733-a165-8a2a-f594e296018a
BookBrainz author ID: ea661395-af99-4c5f-8725-72cc4f9f568b
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: offe-claus
CANTIC ID: 981058513851906706
CONOR.SR ID: 55295241
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12099610
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741572658048
DDB person (GND) ID: 11858958X
DIZIE ID: offe-claus
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 11858958X
FAST ID: 9842
Freebase ID: /m/08jlds
Goodreads author ID: 117470
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 44802
IMDb ID: nm10236235
INAPP author ID: 4073
IdRef ID: 032463510
IxTheo authority ID: 079382959
KBR person ID: 14759988
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 11858958X
Kallías ID: PE00445423
Lex ID: Claus_Offe
Libraries Australia ID: 35395695
LibraryThing author ID: offeclaus
Libris-URI: gdsw2lf00zz1hph
Munzinger person ID: 00000030927
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA00218606
NDL Authority ID: 00472486
NL CR AUT ID: skuk0001026
NLA Trove people ID: 937809
NLAI ID: 1585297
NLP ID: a0000001121354
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000006900
NSK ID: 981005671489209366
NUKAT ID: n98096837
National Library of Brazil ID: 000309223
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007266001905171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199620576
National Library of Latvia ID: 000342554
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810680763405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX869878
National Virtual Library of India ID: 235564
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069002495
Niedersächsische Personen ID: 1968068910
Open Library ID: OL256965A
Open Library subject ID: person:claus_offe_(1940-2025)
OpenMLOL author ID: 282281
PUG authority ID: 194746
Parsifal cluster ID: 233600
Perlentaucher ID: claus-offe
Persée author ID: 48992
PhilPapers author ID: Claus Offe
Prabook ID: 2513937
Quora topic ID: Claus-Offe
RERO ID (legacy): A003652738
SBN author ID: RAVV011804
SELIBR ID: 340590
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 119350
The StoryGraph author ID: 406e4d72-dc2d-45c3-9b93-38d04d110c19
UOM ID: 86543
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058513851906706
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Person", "ClausOffe::9mhzs"]
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkp4dTFr6TV7Qxtt39Rrq
Yale LUX ID: person/c18eefac-31a1-482c-8736-385a242364a4

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Member of 4

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund, Basic Income Earth Network

Occupation 4

politician, sociologist, political scientist, university teacher

Educated at 3

Goethe University Frankfurt, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Cologne

Employer 3

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Bremen, Bielefeld University

Field of work 2

sociology, political science

Academic degree 1

doctorate

Award received 1

Theodor Eschenburg Award

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Member of political party 1

Alliance '90/The Greens

Movement 1

Frankfurt School

Place of birth 1

Berlin

Place of death 1

Berlin

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Ulrike Poppe

Spouses 1

Ulrike Poppe

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Summary

Claus Offe was born on March 16, 1940^[1], in Berlin^[2]. He died on October 1, 2025^[3], in Berlin^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5], political scientist^[6], sociologist^[7], and university teacher^[8].

FAQs

Where was Claus Offe born?

Claus Offe was born in Berlin^[2].

Where did Claus Offe die?

Claus Offe died in Berlin^[4].

Who was Claus Offe married to?

Claus Offe's spouses include Ulrike Poppe^[9].

What did Claus Offe do for work?

Claus Offe worked as a politician^[5], political scientist^[6], sociologist^[7], and university teacher^[8].

Where did Claus Offe go to school?

Claus Offe was educated at University of Cologne^[16], Freie Universität Berlin^[17], and Goethe University Frankfurt^[18].

What awards did Claus Offe receive?

Honors received include Theodor Eschenburg Award^[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Claus Offe — place of birth (P19): Berlin. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2025-02-28. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Claus Offe — place of death (P20): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Claus Offe — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Claus Offe — spouse (P26): Ulrike Poppe. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Claus Offe — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2025-02-28. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Claus Offe — educated at (P69): University of Cologne. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Claus Offe — educated at (P69): Freie Universität Berlin. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Claus Offe — educated at (P69): Goethe University Frankfurt. Retrieved 2019-07-09. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Claus Offe — field of work (P101): political science. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-11-01. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Claus Offe — field of work (P101): sociology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-11-01. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Claus Offe — member of political party (P102): Alliance '90/The Greens. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Claus Offe — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Claus Offe — occupation (P106): political scientist. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2025-02-28. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Claus Offe — occupation (P106): sociologist. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Claus Offe — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Claus Offe — employer (P108): Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Claus Offe — employer (P108): Bielefeld University. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Claus Offe — employer (P108): University of Bremen. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Claus Offe — movement (P135): Frankfurt School. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Claus Offe — award received (P166): Theodor Eschenburg Award. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Claus Offe — member of (P463): Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Claus Offe — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Claus Offe — member of (P463): Academia Europaea. ae-info.org. ae-info.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Claus Offe — member of (P463): Basic Income Earth Network. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Claus Offe — academic degree (P512): doctorate. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-04-02. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Claus Offe — date of birth (P569): March 16, 1940. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Claus Offe — date of death (P570): October 1, 2025. hertie-school.org. Retrieved 2025-10-07. hertie-school.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Claus Offe — family name (P734): Offe. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Claus Offe — given name (P735): Claus. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Claus Offe — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Claus Offe — name in native language (P1559): Claus Offe. wikidata.org.

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