Rolf-Dieter Postlep

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Rolf-Dieter Postlep (born March 17, 1946 in Wolfsburg ) is a German economist who has been honorary president of the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning (ARL) in Hanover since 2015 . Postlep has been President of the German Student Union since 2018 ; previously he was President of the University of Kassel from 2000 to 2015 .

education

Rolf-Dieter Postlep made his Abitur in 1965 at the Ratsgymnasium in Wolfsburg. He then completed an apprenticeship as a banker at Frankfurter Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse . In 1969 he began studying economics at the Philipps University in Marburg , graduating in 1973 with a degree in economics .

science

After completing his studies, he took up a position as a research assistant at the Philipps University in Marburg in 1974 in the department of economics, there in the finance department. 1978 doctorate he in Marburg Dr. rer. pole. Until 1984 he worked as a research assistant. From 1985 he worked as an academic councilor . In 1990 he completed his habilitation in economics, also in Marburg. In 1992 and 1993 he held a visiting professorship in economic policy at the University of Kassel. From 1994 to 1999 he was a department head at DIW in Berlin. During this time he was also a lecturer at the University of Potsdam . From 1996 he worked at the University of Kassel as professor and head of the General Economic Policy department.

Postlep has been President of the University of Kassel since September 2000, succeeding Hans Brinckmann . He prevailed against two competitors. In February 2006 he was confirmed for a second, also six-year term. On February 1, 2012, Postlep was again confirmed in office for six years, but left the office prematurely at the end of September 2015 for reasons of age.

In February 2014, the German University Association published a ranking in which Postlep was chosen as the sixth best President of a German university. Since October 1, 2012, Postlep has also been the spokesperson for the Conference of Hessian University Presidia for two years . In this capacity, he particularly campaigned for adequate basic funding for the Hessian universities.

Memberships

Postlep was, among other things, a member of the broadcasting council of the Hessischer Rundfunk , the advisory board of the Kasseler Sparkasse and chairman of the board of trustees of the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt . Since 2015 he has been president of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL) and was established in December 2016 again for [outdated] elected two years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Council of the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation: Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postlep, representative of the state's universities , April 9, 2009, accessed on January 18, 2011
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postlep elected President of Kassel University . Press release from the University of Kassel. In: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, June 21, 2000
  3. ↑ Kassel University President Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postlep re-elected . Press release from the University of Kassel. In: Science Information Service, February 16, 2006
  4. ↑ University President: Postlep enters third term , HNA , accessed on February 1, 2012
  5. ↑ A presidency as a “success story”: Prof. Dr. Farewell to Rolf-Dieter Postlep. University of Kassel, July 3, 2015, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  6. ^ Postlep is Super-President , HNA , accessed February 20, 2014
  7. ↑ Prof. Dr. Postlep new speaker of the Conference of Hessian University Presidia, press release of the University of Kassel, accessed on October 7, 2013
  8. ^ Postlep: University politics from black and green is going in the right direction , Frankfurter Neue Presse , accessed on January 18, 2014
  9. ↑ Broadcasting Council of Hessischer Rundfunk elects Harald Brandes as new chairman. Press release. Rundfunkrat des Hessischer Rundfunks, February 3, 2017, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Change in the chairmanship of the board of trustees. Evangelical University of Darmstadt, April 15, 2013, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  11. ↑ New Presidium of the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning (ARL). Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning, December 6, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Postlep, Rolf-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist who served as President of the University of Kassel (2000–2015)
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsburg