Aylâ Neusel

Aylâ Neusel (* 1936 in Istanbul ) is a German university researcher and science manager. From 1986 to 1990 she was Vice President of the University of Kassel and has retired since 2001 .

Live and act

Aylâ Neusel studied architecture at the TH Stuttgart from 1955 to 1962 , worked from 1963 to 1970 as a scientific assistant at the chair for statics and supporting structures and there headed the research group Didactics of Structural Science from 1969/1970. In 1979 she became a Dr.-Ing. PhD .

From 1971 to 1976 she was a member of the project group for the establishment of the University of Kassel and from 1973 head of the planning group. In 1986 she became Vice President of the University of Kassel and in 1988 she was re-elected to this position for a second term. In 1988 she was appointed honorary professor for university research.

From 1992 to 1997 she was chairman of commissions for the promotion of women's studies at the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture.

Aylâ Neusel was the organizer and from 1999 to 2003 president of the International Women's University "Technology and Culture" (ifu), which was founded on the occasion of the World Exhibition in Hanover in 2000 as a university reform experiment by women for women. 700 women from 95 countries studied at the ifu and acquired internationally recognized certificates (according to ECTS ).

In 2002 she was commissioned by the international university consortium to set up the Woman's Institute of Technology, Development, and Culture (WIT).

Aylâ Neusel is married to Günter Neusel . They have a daughter and a son.

Memberships in science policy committees

• 1993–1994: Member of the advisory board of the BLK model experiment “Promotion of female students in natural and engineering subjects” at the University of Paderborn
• 1994–1999: Curator of the Volkswagen Foundation
• since 1994: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the FrauenMediaTurm
• 1994–1998: Member of the jury for the Elisabeth Selbert Prize
• 1995–1999: Member of the scientific advisory board of the pilot project “Global budget at model universities in Lower Saxony” at the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture
• 1996–1998: Curator of the German Study Prize of the Körber Foundation
• 2003–2008: Member of the University Council of the University of Vienna

Fonts

• The women's university. In: Anne Schlueter , Christine Roloff, Maria Anna Kreienbaum (Ed.): What drives a woman. Women's movement - women's research - women's politics. Festschrift for the 50th birthday of Sigrid Metz-Göckel. Centaurus, Pfaffenweiler 1990, ISBN 3-89085-424-9 , pp. 65-74.
• (Ed.): Uprising in the women's house. Women's studies from Turkey. Translated from the Turkish by Meral Akkent. Translated from the English and French by Karin Ayche. Orlanda, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-922166-66-0 .
• with Ulrich Teichler , Helmut Winkler (Ed.): University of State Politics. Christoph Oehler on his 65th birthday. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-593-35010-6 .
• with Angelika Wetterer (Ed.): Diverse differences. Gender relations in studies, university and work. Campus, Frankfurt am Main, New York 1999, ISBN 3-593-36382-8 .
• (Ed.), Christiane Bradatsch, Gabriele Kreutzner (collaborators): The own university. International Women's University "Technology and Culture". Series of publications by the International Women's University "Technology and Culture". Volume 1. Leske and Budrich, Opladen 2000, ISBN 3-8100-2958-0 .
  Contribution by Aylâ Neusel: The International Women's University "Technology and Culture". The special thing about the concept. Pp. 33-56.
• with Margot Poppenhusen (Ed.): Rethinking the University. The International Women's University "Technology and Culture". Series of publications by the International Women's University "Technology and Culture". Volume 8. Leske and Budrich, Opladen 2002, ISBN 3-8100-3443-6 .
  Contribution by Aylâ Neusel: ifu as a child of its time. Shifting boundaries between state and university. Pp. 301-316.
• Rethinking a university. In: Marion Kamphans, Sigrid Metz-Göckel, Karin Zimmermann: University in dialogue between the sexes and generations. Wiesbaden 2006.

Honors

• 1996: Festschrift for the 60th birthday of Aylâ Neusel:
  Sigrid Metz-Göckel, Angelika Wetter (Ed.): Thinking ahead - thinking outside the box - thinking. Texts for Aylâ Neusel. Campus, Frankfurt am Main, New York 1996, ISBN 3-593-35448-9 .
• 1996: Hessian Order of Merit
• 2001: Special prize from the German Rectors' Conference for outstanding achievements in international university cooperation
• 2001: Federal Cross of Merit 1st class for many years of scientific, women's political and trade union engagement
• 2006: First laureate of the "Rebound Women Foundation"
• 2009: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art

Web links

• Literature by and about Aylâ Neusel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Aylâ Neusel on the website of the International Center for Higher Education Research Kassel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Former University Councilor Neusel receives Cross of Honor for Science and Art , article in the online university newspaper