Sabine Kunst
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Sabine Kunst | |
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| President of Humboldt University | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2016 | |
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| Born | 30 December 1954 Wesselburen, Germany |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Academic |
Sabine Kunst (born 30 December 1954) is a German engineer, academic and politician who has been serving as chairwoman of the Joachim Herz Foundation since 2022.[1][2]
Kunst served as president of Humboldt University from 2016[3][4][5] until 2021, when she announced her resignation over the reform of the Berlin university law.[6] Since 2014, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[7]
- 1990: Habilitation in civil engineering
- 1990: PhD in political science
- 1982: PhD in civil engineering
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.[8] She unsuccessfully applied for the position as president of the University of Leipzig in 2010; instead, the position went to Beate Schücking.[9]
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.[10]
Other activities
- Hasso Plattner Foundation, Member of the Foundation Council (since 2023)[11]
- German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Member of the Council (since 2022)[12]
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Member of the Supervisory Board[13]
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees[14]
- Foundation for the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace, Member of the Council[15]
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), Member of the Advisory Board[16]
- German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Member of the Board of Trustees[17]
- German-Polish Science Foundation (DPWS), Member of the Board[18]
- Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History, Member of the Board of Trustees[19]
- Leo Baeck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[20]
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Member of the Supervisory Board[21]
- Max Planck Society, Member of the Senate[22]
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Member of the Board of Trustees[23]
- Natural History Museum, Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees[24]
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Board of Trustees[25]
- Stiftung St. Matthäus, Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, Member of the Board of Trustees[26]
- Stephanus-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees[27]
- University of Lübeck, Member of the Board of Trustees[28]
- Urania Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees[29]
- Weizenbaum Institute, Member of the Board of Trustees[30]
- Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Member of the Board of Trustees[31]
