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Hans N. Weiler is a Professor Emeritus of Education and Political Science at Stanford University, and a Professor Emeritus of Comparative Politics and former rector of the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
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Born September 13, 1934, in Krefeld/Germany, Weiler is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is married and has two sons.
Weiler graduated from the Hochschule St. Georgen, Frankfurt/Main in Philosophy (1956) and went on to study Philosophy, Political Science, and Education at the University of Freiburg/Breisgau, where he graduated in 1960, followed by a stay at the University of London's Institute of Commonwealth Studies and School of Oriental and African Studies.
In 1962 he took up a position as Research Fellow and Chairman of the Africa Division at the University of Freiburg's Arnold Bergstraesser Institute where he obtained a Dr. phil. in Political Science (1965).
That same year Weiler became Assistant Professor of Education and Political Science at Stanford University (Associate Professor as of 1971, full Professor 1979). From 1974-77 he was on leave as Director of the International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO) at Paris.
From 1993-99 Weiler was Professor of Comparative Politics and Rektor of the Europa-Universität Viadrina at Frankfurt/Oder.