New people.
New ideas.
From 14 to 15 July 2022, the new Scientific Advisory Board of the Zukunftskolleg met for the first time in Konstanz.
The new members are Raghavendra Gadagkar (Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), David Gugerli (Professor for the History of Technology, ETH Zurich), Sabine von Heusinger (Professor of Medieval History/ Late Middle Ages, University of Cologne), Michael Matlosz (President of EuroScience), Elke aus dem Moore (Director, Akademie Schloss Solitude), Jane Ohlmeyer (Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History, Trinity College, Dublin), Ursula Schwarzenbart (Director, Global Diversity Office, Daimler, former member of the University Council, University of Konstanz (03/2009-02/2018)), Vinod Subramaniam (President of the Executive Board, University of Twente) and Ingrid Wünning-Tschol (Senior Vice President Health and Science, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany). Manuela Nocker (Senior Lecturer in Organisation and Sustainability, University of Essex) represents continuity in the Scientific Advisory Board of the Zukunftskolleg, as she was already a member from 2017 until 2020.
The task of the Scientific Advisory Board is to support the Zukunftskolleg with its expertise and to set the strategic course for the future development of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Konstanz. The advisory board members’ expertise is highly diverse, and this is what makes it so important: it comes from science and industry, from university politics and from the artistic domain. The advisory board members therefore look at the “fate” of the Zukunftskolleg from different perspectives, some with a different focus.
It was quickly noticeable that the new advisory board members harmonize wonderfully not only as a body, but also as people, which is why it did not take long for them to start giving advice.
In order to be able to give advice, the advisory board members should first familiarize themselves properly with the Zukunftskolleg at their first meeting. The meeting therefore started with a working lunch and a poster session, to which all fellows – Postdoctoral and Research, Associated, Senior, Visiting, ZUKOnnect/Herz Fellows – were invited. Nineteen fellows presented their posters in the corridor of the Zukunftskolleg. This was followed by opening remarks by Katharina Holzinger (Rector of the University of Konstanz) and Manuela Nocker as both an old and new member of the Scientific Advisory Board, followed by a short round of introductions by the members of the board and of the Executive Committee.
After a short break, there was a discussion round with an introduction by Malte Drescher (Vice Rector for Research, Academic Staff Development and Research Infrastructure / member of the Executive Committee of the Zukunftskolleg) and Giovanni Galizia, Director of the Zukunftskolleg. Afterwards, the advisory board members and the fellows discussed in small groups/round tables the future (strategic) direction of the Zukunftskolleg.
The ultimate question was how the Zukunftskolleg can continue to be a role model in the context of national changes in career paths, digital transformation and the Excellence Strategy.
The Scientific Advisory Board and the Executive Committee of the Zukunftskolleg