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]

Sabine Kunst
President of Humboldt University
Assumed office
19 January 2016
Personal details
Born (1954-12-30) 30 December 1954 (age 69)
Wesselburen, Germany
Children3
OccupationAcademic

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]

Education

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Political career

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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

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Recognition

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Personal life

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Kunst is married and has three children. The family has been living in Werder, Havel since 2007.[33] Her sister is Kirsten Fehrs.

References

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  1. ^ Sabine Kunst übernimmt Vorstandsvorsitz der Joachim Herz Stiftung Joachim Herz Foundation, press release of 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ Amory Burchard (19 January 2022) Eine neue Aufgabe für Sabine Kunst Der Tagesspiegel.
  3. ^ "Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Sabine Kunst Foto: Matthias Heyde Anschrift". Humboldt University. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Sabine Kunst". forschung-und-lehre. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Sabine Kunst is the new HU president". Humboldt University. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität tritt zurück". Berliner Zeitung. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  7. ^ Jan Kixmüller (18 January 2016), Weggang von Ministerin Sabine Kunst: Unterschätzt und beharrlich Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  8. ^ Jan-Martin Wiarda (8 July 2010), Neue DAAD-Präsidentin: Lächelnde Strategin Die Zeit.
  9. ^ Jan Kixmüller (17 November 2010), Sabine Kunst bleibt Präsidentin der Universität Potsdam Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  10. ^ Jan Kixmüller (18 January 2016), Weggang von Ministerin Sabine Kunst: Unterschätzt und beharrlich Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.
  11. ^ Foundation Council Hasso Plattner Foundation.
  12. ^ Organization German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
  13. ^ Supervisory Board Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).
  14. ^ Board of Trustees Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.
  15. ^ Council Foundation for the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace.
  16. ^ Advisory Board Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP).
  17. ^ Board of Trustees German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
  18. ^ Board German-Polish Science Foundation (DPWS).
  19. ^ Board of Trustees Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History.
  20. ^ Board of Trustees Leo Baeck Foundation.
  21. ^ Supervisory Board Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC).
  22. ^ Senate, as of December 2020 Max Planck Society.
  23. ^ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics.
  24. ^ Board of Trustees Natural History Museum, Berlin.
  25. ^ Board of Trustees Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
  26. ^ Board of Trustees Stiftung St. Matthäus, Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia.
  27. ^ Board of Trustees Stephanus-Stiftung.
  28. ^ Board of Trustees University of Lübeck.
  29. ^ Board of Trustees Urania Berlin.
  30. ^ Board of Trustees Weizenbaum Institute.
  31. ^ Board of Trustees Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
  32. ^ Gudrun Mallwitz (16 November 2013), In Potsdam wird erstmals jüdische Theologie unterrichtet Berliner Morgenpost.
  33. ^ Berliner Staatssekretär mit Stasi-Vergangenheit: Das Dilemma der HU-Präsidentin im Fall Holm, Der Tagesspiegel, 12 January 2017.