Marcus Böick is Assistant Professor in Modern German History and Fellow at King's College, University of Cambridge. He completed his studies in History, Political Science, Sociology and Social Psychology and obtained his doctorate in 2016. His pioneering study on the Treuhandanstalt, the state instition responsible for privatising East Germany's economy in the early 1990s, was published as „Die Treuhand: Idee - Praxis - Erfahrung" and has seen four editions since 2018. His research focuses on economic, social and cultural transformations, history of postsocialism, security and police history, history of capitalism as well as history of organizations.
Dr. Marcus Böick
- Email: mb2640@cam.ac.uk
- Website: Personal website at University of Cambridge
- Website: Academia-Profil
Activities
Publications
- Böick, M.; Lorke, C. (2022): Zwischen Aufbruch und Abwicklung: Eine Geschichte des „Aufbau Ost", Bonn 2022
- Böick, Markus (2021): "Konjunkturen des Ökonomischen im Umbruch: Retrospektiven auf das lange Schwellenjahr 1990 zwischen enttäuschten Erwartungen und affirmativen Alternativlosigkeiten", in: Ganzenmüller, J.; Schlichting, F. (eds.): Das demokratische Jahr der DDR. Zwischen Friedlicher Revolution und deutscher Einheit, Weimar 2021, S. 47-72.
- Böick, Markus (2020): Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990-1994, 4. Aufl., Göttingen 2020.
- Böick, Markus (2020): "In from the Socialist "Cold", but burned by the Capitalist "Heat"? The Dynamics of Political Revolution and Economic Transformation in Eastern Germany after 1990", in: Sustainability: Science, Practice, Policy. Special Issue: Reform or Revolution? What is at Stake in Democratic Sustainability Transformations, S. 143-154.
