Alfred Fuhr

07 August 1960 born in Giessen

1966 - 1970 Primary school

1970 - 1979 Secondary school

May 1979 Abitur (A-Level) Goethe Schule

Summer 1990 M.A. in Sociology, History, Psychology

Work experience

July 1999 Founded AvD Institute for Traffic SociologyMission & Services:o sociological consultancy for the AvD mobility concepto collecting & evaluating data for studies on

o traffico technologyo target group / customer behaviour

o sociological services in all questions of mobility:o services for members – e.g. consumer research &

protectiono information agency for clients & partners, e.g.

defining risk determination in the automobile society

o investigating traffic culture in Germany – built on respect, communication & consideration over decades

Since August 1998 PR Consultant at AvD

Feb 1998 – July 1998 Probational period at AvD, Frankfurt

Sept 1997 – Feb 1998 Public Relations Training Programme, daa, Marburg, Certificate: PR-Consultant

Sept 1995 – Aug 1996 Sales, event manager & consultant for light & design 'Sphäre, Licht & Kunst' in Giessen

Sept 1995 – Aug 1996 Self-employed consultant for EKS – Engpaß konzentrierte Strategie according to Wolfgang Mewes

Oct 1994 – Aug 1995 Senior project manager at Giel, media agency

July 1992 – Sept 994 Sales & acquisition at Giel, media agency, Frankfurt/M, clients: Stern, Freundin, Bild am Sonntag, Focus, Der Spiegel

June 1990 – June 1992 Partner in wife's enterprise, interior design, design and decoration for events & shop windows: administration, customer contacts etc.

Oct 1989 – May 1990 Coordination, acquisition & author management for 'Arena', scientific magazine

May 1988 – May 1990 Acquisition, distribution & editor for 'Giessener Magazin Express', newspaper

July 1987 – July 1989 Traineeship as assistant to cinema director at 'Rex Kino Center', Wetzlar, Fa. Theile, Darmstadt: administration, advertisement & PR, technical processes, personnel responsibility

Jan 1987 – Dec 1989 Founded & managed communal cinema – 'Kino4'

July 1984 - Nov 1987 Public relations for 'Litfaßsäule', Wetzlar, magazine for umbrella organisation of youth associations & authorities

Aug 1983 – Sept 1987 Teamer in a social youth project, trained young jobless people to gain money from recycling material

Jan 1981 – July 1982 Social service (consciencious objector) – training as a paramedic in an ambulance service team6 months work in a geriatric institution

June 1979 – June 1980 Industry work at Wild-Leitz / Leica glass laboratory, development dptmt. – learned about industrial processes, experimented in the continuous improvement process of industrial glass fabrication with various chemical elements & substances, invention: improved the process to reduce the surflow and improve the glass quality

1976 - 1982 Newspaper boy - after 2 years started a successful publications distribution system in his village

Experiences, leisure time activities, skills

Aug 1982 – Aug 1983 Travelling across Europe – France, Spain, Berlin (West), and Germany (East & West), Occitania, took part in conferences, investigated artists' villages, alternative economy, work in social and political projects, self-administrated projects in press & publication sector

Leisure time activities Painting, photography, young timers, relaxation methods, books

Language skills English, French, Occitanian (basics) & Turkish (basics)

Membership

Berufsverband Deutscher Soziologinnen und Soziologen (German Sociologists’ Association)

Since May 2001 Board of BDS

PR consultant of BDS