Hans-Gerhard Husung

Hans-Gerhard Husung (born May 4, 1950 in Braunschweig ) is a German political official ( SPD ).

Life and work

Husung studied history, political science, sociology, philosophy and education in Braunschweig , Munich and Bielefeld and graduated in 1975 with the state examination in history, political science and education. He then worked on his doctorate (until 1978).

From 1978 to 1979 Husung was personal assistant to the rector of the Technical University of Braunschweig, after which he became a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in London (until 1985). After his return he became personal advisor to the President of the Max Planck Society based in Munich. In 1990 he took over the management of the university planning department at the office of the Science Council in Cologne. After three years as President of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences , Husung moved to the Authority for Science and Research , where he was responsible for strategy projects until he was appointed State Secretary in Berlin.

Hans-Gerhard Husung is married and has three children.

politics

Husung is a member of the SPD.

In 2004 Husung was appointed State Secretary for Science and Research in the Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture, led by Thomas Flierl ( PDS ). Even after the new Senator for Science Jürgen Zöllner (SPD) took office, Husung remained in office.

Zöllner was deputy chairman of the Joint Science Conference (GWK) in 2010 . On October 25, 2010, Husung was elected to succeed Jürgen Schlegel, General Secretary of the GWK, who is retiring for reasons of age. Husung held this position from February 1, 2011 to October 2016. Husung's successor as State Secretary in Berlin was Knut Nevermann (SPD).

Publications

• Protest and repression in the March. Northern Germany between restoration and revolution. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1983.
• Science as a future space. What comes after the Excellence Initiative? Ed .: The President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the interdisciplinary work group Excellence Initiative of the BBAW, BBAW, Berlin 2013 (= Wissenschaftsppolitik im Dialog , 2013,6), ISBN 978-3-939818-35-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GWK elects Dr. Hans-Gerhard Husung as the new General Secretary , GWK press release from October 25, 2010.
2. ^ Change of general secretary in the GWK: Jürgen Schlegel leaves, Dr. Hans-Gerhard Husung is coming  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , GWK press release, January 31, 2011 (PDF; 23 kB).
3. ↑ Dr. Knut Nevermann becomes the new State Secretary for Science and Research in Berlin , press release of October 26, 2011.

Web links

• Hans-Gerhard Husung's curriculum vitae on the website of the German Library Association