Werner Reutter has worked as a research fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, the Free University Berlin and as assistant professor at the Humboldt University Berlin. He was visiting professor in Berlin and in Bonn, and is currently Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. His most recent books include: Moglichkeiten und Grenzen internationaler Gewerkschaftspolitik (1998), Verbande und Verbandssysteme in Westeurope (2002, co-editor); Verfassung und Verfassungspolitik in Deutschland und Grobritannien (2001, co-editor).