Sabine Kunst

Sabine Kunst is a German university teacher and politician who has been serving as president of Humboldt University since 2016.[1][2][3] Since 2014, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[4]

Sabine Kunst
President of Humboldt University
Assumed office
19 January 2016
Personal details
NationalityGerman
Children3
OccupationAcademic

Political career

From 2010 to 2011, Kunst served as president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); she was the first woman to hold that office.[5] She unsuccessfully applied for the position as president of the University of Leipzig in 2010; instead, the position went to Beate Schücking.[6]

From 2011 to 2016, Kunst served as State Minister of Science, Research and Culture in the government of Brandenburg, in the governments of successive Ministers-President Matthias Platzeck and Dietmar Woidke.[7]

Other activities

Recognition

Personal life

Kunst is married and has three children. The family has been living in Werder, Havel since 2007.[27] Her sister is Kirsten Fehrs.

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References
  1. "Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Sabine Kunst Foto: Matthias Heyde Anschrift". Humboldt University . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. "Sabine Kunst". forschung-und-lehre. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. "Sabine Kunst is the new HU president". Humboldt University . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. Jan Kixmüller (January 18, 2016), Weggang von Ministerin Sabine Kunst: Unterschätzt und beharrlich Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  5. Jan-Martin Wiarda (July 8, 2010), Neue DAAD-Präsidentin: Lächelnde Strategin Die Zeit.
  6. Jan Kixmüller (November 17, 2010), Sabine Kunst bleibt Präsidentin der Universität Potsdam Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  7. Jan Kixmüller (January 18, 2016), Weggang von Ministerin Sabine Kunst: Unterschätzt und beharrlich Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  8. Supervisory Board Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).
  9. Board of Trustees Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.
  10. Council Foundation for the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace.
  11. Advisory Board Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP).
  12. Board of Trustees German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
  13. Board German-Polish Science Foundation (DPWS).
  14. Board of Trustees Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History.
  15. Board of Trustees Leo Baeck Foundation.
  16. Supervisory Board Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC).
  17. Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics.
  18. Board of Trustees Natural History Museum, Berlin.
  19. Board of Trustees Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
  20. Board of Trustees Stiftung St. Matthäus, Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia.
  21. Board of Trustees Stephanus-Stiftung.
  22. Board of Trustees University of Lübeck.
  23. Board of Trustees Urania Berlin.
  24. Board of Trustees Weizenbaum Institute.
  25. Board of Trustees Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
  26. Gudrun Mallwitz (November 16, 2013), In Potsdam wird erstmals jüdische Theologie unterrichtet Berliner Morgenpost.
  27. Berliner Staatssekretär mit Stasi-Vergangenheit: Das Dilemma der HU-Präsidentin im Fall Holm, Der Tagesspiegel, January 12, 2017.
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