Kai Gehring (politician)

Kai Gehring (2020)

Kai Gehring (born December 26, 1977 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ), social scientist and member of the German Bundestag.

Life and work

After graduating from the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Velbert in 1997 , Gehring did his community service at the Evangelical Student Community (ESG) in Essen and, from 1998, studied social sciences at the Ruhr University in Bochum , which he graduated in 2003 as a social scientist (Dipl.-Soz.-Wiss.) Finished. His residence is in Essen-Rüttenscheid and he lives in a same-sex partnership.

Political party

Gehring became a member of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in 1998 and was one of the co-founders of the State Association of Green Youth (GJ) in North Rhine-Westphalia , of which he was a spokesperson from 1999 to 2002 and from 2000 to 2002. From 2002 to 2006 he was also a member of the state board of the green state association of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2015 he has been one of the two chairmen of the Essen district association of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen. He is also a regular delegate to state and federal party conferences (LDK / BDK) and in the Ruhr district association of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen.

MP

He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2005 and has entered the Bundestag via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia . From 2005 to 2011 he was the spokesman for youth and university policy in the Bundestag parliamentary group Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen. From June 2011 to September 2013 he was spokesman for education and higher education policy in the parliamentary group. Gehring has been the spokesperson for research, science and universities since October 2013. He is the chairman of his parliamentary group in the committee for education, research and technology assessment and a deputy member of the budget committee, as well as the sub-committee for foreign cultural and educational policy. Since 2018 he has also been a member of the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and the Board of Trustees of the Federal Agency for Civic Education. In addition, he is a member of various parliamentary bodies and groups and is vice-chairman of the parliamentary group for Central Africa and the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East.

Memberships in committees and organizations

Gehring is a member of the board of trustees of the German Student Union , the board of trustees of the Federal Agency for Civic Education , the board of trustees of Aktion Deutschland hilft , and the board of trustees of the Evangelisches Studienwerk e. V. Villigst, on the advisory board for the study work of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and in the Green Academy of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. He is also a member of the Senate of the Leibniz Association and deputy chairman of the Advisory Board of the FernUniversität Hagen .

Selected publications

Kai Gehring / Henrik Rubner (2020). An important compass in troubled times. Peace Research and the Recommendations of the Science Council from a Political Perspective. Journal for Peace and Conflict Research . Https://doi.org/10.1007/s42597-020-00031-3
Kai Gehring / Henrik Rubner (2019). Free research for free love. Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute for Sexology , in: Blätter für German and international politics , 7/19. Pp. 115-120.
Kai Gehring / Udo van Lengen (2015). Hunters of the periphery. Agenda setting by educational journalists, in: Klaus Klemm / Jutta Roitsch (eds.): Hauptsache Bildung. Science, politics, media and trade unions according to PISA . Waxmann, pp. 67-74.
Kai Gehring (2009). The face behind the ticker reports. Karl-Heinz Reith , in: Maybrit Illner / Hajo Schumacher (ed.): Lubricants. Politicians over journalists . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, pp. 145–150.

Web links

Commons : Kai Gehring - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Kai Gehring is “on political assembly” in Berlin. In: WAZ / The West. December 28, 2012, accessed on October 5, 2013 : “Kai Gehring from Rüttenscheid has been a member of the Bundestag for the Greens since 2005. During a walk through "his" part of the city, where he has been at home for nine years, he explained why too much culture of debate is harmful and how education has to change. "
^ Kai Gehring: Kai Gehring. (Canditature). In: Landesdelegiertenkonferenz Hagen 2012. Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen NRW, October 25, 2012, accessed on October 5, 2013 : “Biography. 34 years old, graduate social scientist, Essen, same-sex partnership; Member of the Bundestag since 2005 ... "
↑ District Association Essen: District Board | District Association of Essen. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (German).
↑ https://www.waz.de/staedte/essen/kai-gehring-gruene-vom-arbeiterkind-zum-polit-profi-id8427021.html WAZ .
^ German Bundestag: Kai Gehring, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen. German Bundestag, accessed on September 16, 2019 .
↑ About Kai - Kai Gehring. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Gehring, Kai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gehring, Kai Boris (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mülheim an der Ruhr

[1] Kai Gehring is “on political assembly” in Berlin. In: WAZ / The West. December 28, 2012, accessed on October 5, 2013 : “Kai Gehring from Rüttenscheid has been a member of the Bundestag for the Greens since 2005. During a walk through "his" part of the city, where he has been at home for nine years, he explained why too much culture of debate is harmful and how education has to change. "

[2] Kai Gehring: Kai Gehring. (Canditature). In: Landesdelegiertenkonferenz Hagen 2012. Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen NRW, October 25, 2012, accessed on October 5, 2013 : “Biography. 34 years old, graduate social scientist, Essen, same-sex partnership; Member of the Bundestag since 2005 ... "

[3] District Association Essen: District Board | District Association of Essen. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (German).

[4] ttps://www.waz.de/staedte/essen/kai-gehring-gruene-vom-arbeiterkind-zum-polit-profi-id8427021.html WAZ .

[5] German Bundestag: Kai Gehring, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen. German Bundestag, accessed on September 16, 2019 .

[6] About Kai - Kai Gehring. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (German).