▁ ▁We ing art ▁had ▁various ▁assign ments ▁with ▁the ▁Berlin ▁University ▁and ▁was ▁science ▁expert ▁for ▁the ▁German ▁un ions ▁economic ▁inst itute ▁in ▁Düsseldorf ▁and ▁directed ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁Science ▁research ▁at ▁B iele feld ▁University . ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁ten ure ▁in ▁B iele feld . ▁In ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁he ▁received ▁various ▁fellow ships ▁at ▁Wissenschaft sk ol leg ▁zu ▁Berlin ▁and ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁till ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁he ▁was ▁again ▁in ▁B iele feld . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁We ing art ▁has ▁held ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁Research ▁Chair ▁in ▁Science ▁communication ▁at ▁St ellen bos ch ▁University . ▁ ▁We ing art ▁is ▁member ▁of ▁Berlin - Br andenburg ische ▁Akademie ▁der ▁Wissenschaft en ▁and ▁Han se - W issenschaft sk ol leg , ▁the ▁Han se atic ▁League ▁Institute ▁for ▁Advanced ▁Study . ▁He ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁Scient omet rics , ▁and ▁International ▁Journal ▁of ▁Soci ology ▁and ▁Social ▁Policy . ▁and ▁publish er ▁of ▁Year book ▁Soci ology ▁of ▁the ▁Sciences ▁and ▁ad visor ▁for ▁Su hr k amp ▁Verlag . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁current ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁Min erva . ▁ ▁Pos itions ▁and ▁interests ▁▁ ▁We ing art ▁started ▁early ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁knowledge ▁and ▁its ▁interaction ▁with ▁politics ▁and ▁the ▁media . ▁His ▁book ▁W issen ▁Ber aten ▁Ent sche iden