Association of Democratic Scientists
The Association of Democratic Scientists (BdWi) (when it was founded: Association of Democratic Scientists ) is an association based in Marburg . According to its own statements, it has over a thousand members from the natural, human and social sciences who are interested in and active in an emancipatory science and education policy.
The Federation was founded in 1968 on the initiative of the sociologist Werner Hofmann and the political scientist Wolfgang Abendroth established, whereby the educational scientist Wolfgang Klafki , the lawyer Helmut Ridder , the rhetorician Walter Jens and the philosopher Jürgen Habermas of the founding fathers were - at that time mostly younger male professors especially Humanities provenance. In July 1972 it was reconstituted in Marburg. During the reconstitution, the BdWi spoke out against the radical decree of February 1972, which provided for the verification of the constitutional loyalty of applicants and members of the public service. The Federation has been registered as an association at the Marburg District Court since 1974 .
Its objectives are: formulation of the democratic mandate of science, promotion of the democratic participation of all members of the university in self-administration, research and teaching and defense against discriminatory measures against scientists for political reasons (radical decree). In 1968 it tended to be a solidarity alliance of left-wing university professors who wanted to create a political counterweight to the authors of the Marburg Manifesto (April 1968) and the Freedom of Science Association founded in 1970 . Since the 1990s, students can also become members of the BdWi.
At congresses and seminars as well as in scientific publications and political statements, the BdWi takes a public position on questions of science, research and university development and was an official co-supporter of the data protection demonstration, freedom instead of fear , which is critical of surveillance . Together with the RLS , the association holds an autumn academy lasting several days in the Werftpfuhl educational facility , which is supported by other organizations. The Helle Panke association was also involved in the event until 2012 .
The BdWi belongs to the Cooperation for Peace .
organization
The BdWi has an administrative manager in Marburg (Steffen Käthner) and a political manager in Bonn (Torsten Bultmann). The board consists of Sabine Kiel, Regina Schleicher, Mareike Strauss, Anja Zürn and Daniel Gaittet.
The board of the BdWi belongs (t) en u. a. on:
- Werner Hofmann (1968–1969)
- Walter Jens (1968–1976)
- Wolfgang Klafki (1968–1969),
- Hans Jörg Sandkühler (1968–1969)
- Wolfgang Abendroth (1968–1972)
- Jürgen Habermas (1968–1969)
- Heinrich Düker (1968–1969)
- Rudolf Wiethölter (1969–1972)
- Wilfried Gottschalch (1969–1972)
- Reinhard Kühnl (1972-2000)
- Helmut Ridder (1972–1974)
- Margherita von Brentano (1972–1973)
- Georg Fülberth (1972–1991)
- Wolfgang Fritz Haug (1972–1973)
- Urs Jaeggi (1972–1977)
- Thomas Metscher (1972–1974)
- Ernst Tugendhat (1972–1973)
- Erich Wulff (1972–1973)
- Jutta von Freyberg (1972–1974)
- Wolfgang Däubler (1973–1975)
- Hans-Jürgen Krysmanski (1973–1975)
- Theo Schiller (1973-1975)
- Wilhelm Alff (1974–1977)
- Michael Nerlich (1974–1977)
- Roderich Wahsner (1974–1977)
- Helga Koppel (1974–1982)
- Wilfried von Bredow (1975–1977)
- Karin Priester (1975–1978)
- Gerhard Kade (1976–1981)
- Klaus Holzkamp (1977–1982)
- Hans-Jochen Gamm (1977–1978)
- Irene Pieper-Seier (1977-1983)
- Peter Brokmeier (1977–1982)
- Karl Hermann Tjaden (1978–1979, 2005–2009)
- Frank Deppe (1979–1982)
- Bärbel Meurer (1979–1982)
- Dorothee Roer (1982-1984)
- Rainer Rilling (1982–1983, managing director 1983–1998)
- Richard Sorg (1982-1993)
- Ulrike Beisiegel (1985–1993)
- Marianne Kriszio (1986-1995)
- Emilija Mitrovic (1988-2009)
- Hanny Nover (1988–1999)
- Clemens Knobloch (1991–1997)
- Monika Gibas (1991-2001)
- Helga Adler (1992–1999)
- Gudrun Hentges (1993–1999, 2005–2007)
- Vera Klier (1993–1999, since 2007, managing director 1999–2007)
- Wolfgang Nitsch (1993-2009)
- Christoph Spehr (1993–1997)
- Klaus Labsch (1993-2005)
- More Markard (1995-2009)
- Sabine Kiel (since 1995)
- Rolf Weitkamp (1993-2009)
- Christina Kaindl (1995-2009)
- Wolfgang Adamczak (1995-2003)
- Andreas Keller (1997-2009)
- Marc Kaulisch (2001-2013)
- Werner Krämer-Kranz (2003-2015)
- Alex Demirović (2005-2009)
- Erik Marquardt (2015-2019)
The highest organ of the association is the annual general meeting, which u. a. decides on the political guidelines of the association, determines the budget and elects and discharges the political management and the board every two years. In addition, the BdWi has set up an advisory board made up of twelve to 20 people with a gender quota and has the statutory task of "commenting on the long-term development of the association and current issues" and "advising the association in scientific and political terms".
BdWi publishing house
Since June 1984 the BdWi has published the quarterly specialist journal Forum Wissenschaft . The magazine cooperates with Linksnet and also acts as a member magazine of the BdWi. The association's own BdWi-Verlag was founded in 1993 and builds on previous publications of the BdWi. According to his own statements, he publishes publications that are critical of society and science. Among others, publications by Reinhard Opitz , Eberhard Rebling and Lin Jaldati , Rainer Rilling and Ulrike Beisiegel have been published by BdWi-Verlag .
FIB e. V.
The BdWi has had the “Research and Information Center at BdWi e. V. (FIB) ”set up as a separate scientific institute. It has the legal form of a registered association and is non-profit. The following fields of work are named:
- North-South conflict / international understanding
- ecology
- Risk / Research and Technology Policy
- racism
- Media, public and communication.
literature
- Thorsten Bultmann and Steffen Käthner (eds.): Swimming against the current. 50 years of BdWi . Marburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-939864-24-0 .
Web links
- Website of the BdWi
- Herbert Claas : BdWi foundation in 1968. A foundation in 1968? In: infopartisan.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Notes on the history of a club. In: bdwi.de, accessed on June 8, 2018.
- ^ Demonstration of freedom instead of fear 2008. List of supporters. In: vorratsdatenspeicherung.de, accessed on June 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Helle Panke" e. V. - Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Berlin. In: helle-panke.de. December 2, 2013, accessed June 8, 2018.
- ↑ Contributors. (No longer available online.) In: koop-frieden.de. Cooperation for Peace, archived from the original on August 26, 2017 ; accessed on July 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Board of Directors. In: bdwi.de. April 27, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Forum Wissenschaft. In: bdwi.de. Retrieved July 6, 2019 .
- ^ BdWi-Verlag - the publishing house of the BdWi. In: bdwi.de. Retrieved June 3, 2018 .