Hans Abbing

Hans Abbing (1946) is an artist, economist and sociologist. From 1965 to 1970 he was manager of the Groningen pop group "the Roaring Doors". From 1990 to 2005 he taught at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he obtained his PhD in 2002. From September 2005 to August 2008, he was professor by special appointment in the sociology of art at the University of Amsterdam, where he held the Boekman chair. He is currently supervising master's theses about music in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.