University Advisory Board

Tasks and Responsibilities of the University Advisory Board

The University Advisory Board facilitates the University’s development by voicing societal and professional expectations towards the university and by promoting the use of scientific knowledge and artistic contributions.

The University Advisory Board has the right of initiative regarding fundamental matters of the university. The University’s strategic plan has to be approved by the University Advisory Board. It provides recommendations on planning study programs, evaluation procedures, agreements of objectives, knowledge transfer, as well as on adequate and efficient administrative processes and management of funds. The University Advisory Board comments on issues pertaining to the University's Basic Statutes, accountability reports, budget planning, the introduction and termination of study programs, and the faculty structure of the university.

The University Advisory Board consists of up to ten members from the business and professional fields, academia, and the arts. Half of the members are nominated by the University and half by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts. The latter is also responsible for appointing the members.

Members

  • Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese
    Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and Professor at the University of Leipzig
  • Prof. Dr. Gunilla Budde (Deputy Chair of the University Advisory Board)
    Professor of German and European History of the 19th and 20th Century at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
  • Thomas Flügge
    Managing Director at the cdw Stiftung gGmbH Kassel and First Chairman of the Kompetenznetzwerk dezentrale Energietechnologien (deENet) e.V.
  • Dr. Christine Fuchsloch
    President of the Bundessozialgericht in Kassel
  • Dr.-Ing. Oliver Grönlund
    Senior Vice President CoE Infusion & Pain Therapy B. Braun Melsungen AG
  • Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Jablonski
    Volkswagen AG, Head of Technical Development & Product Management
  • Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf(Chair of the University Advisory Board)
    Professor of General Sociology at Paderborn University
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Sauter
    Director of the LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics, Hannover
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Urban
    Member of the Executive Committee IG Metall and Honorary Professor at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

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