Sociologist and social psychologist Harald Welzer is Director of Futurzwei – the Foundation “Zukuntsfähigkeit” and Professor of Transformation Design at the University of Flensburg. As Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Memory Research in Essen and Research Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Witten-Herdecke, he deals with the issues of memory and violence research. His books have been published in 21 countries.