Sascha Spoun

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Sascha Spoun (born January 26, 1969 in Munich ) is a German-Swiss economist. He has been President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg since 2006 . He also works as a visiting professor for university management at the University of St. Gallen . In June 2019 he was elected President of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . In August 2019, however, after doubts about the legality of the electoral procedure carried out by the University of Göttingen , he announced that he would no longer be available for the office. Since then he has continued his office as President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

Education

Spoun studied economics (lic.oec. HSG, diploma HEC Paris) and political science in Ann Arbor ( University of Michigan Business School ), Munich ( University of Politics) , Paris ( Sciences Po , HEC ) and St. Gallen from 1988 to 1996 . He graduated from the University of St. Gallen with a degree in 1994 and a doctorate in 1998. During his studies he was President of the St. Gallen Student Union for two years (1992–1994) . He was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation .

Worked at the University of St. Gallen

After completing his doctorate , he was elected lecturer in business administration at the University of St. Gallen ; from 2004 he also taught at the economics faculty of the University of Zurich . His research is dedicated to public management as well as the goals, content, methods and results of university and university development.

Between 1999 and 2006, he was also in charge of the reform project “New conception of teaching” in St. Gallen, a fundamental conversion of the degree to Bachelor and Master degrees and the introduction of various didactic and organizational innovations . Among other things, he was responsible for the program of context studies , in which students develop practical skills in both the Bachelor and Master’s degree, the start week and the coaching and mentoring program.

Worked at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Spoun was elected as the new President of the University of Lüneburg by the University's Senate in October 2005. He took office on May 1, 2006. Spoun was first confirmed in office in May 2011. In January 2019, he was elected for a third term (2020-2028) by the University's Senate.

In May 2006, Spoun replaced the transitional presidium of the then University of Lüneburg, which had been formed from the two heads of the previous institutions as part of the merger between the University of Applied Sciences Nordostniedersachsen and the University of Lüneburg . An initial search process was terminated without any result after two candidates withdrew their applications. Spoun then got involved in the process in a second attempt through the mediation of the university expert Klaus Landfried , former president of the university rectors' conference . A selection committee had proposed him to the Senate as the only candidate. In his election he was supported by mutual agreement from all status groups of the university.

Even before his election, Spoun had already explained his vision for the future of the University of Lüneburg to the Senate and the Board of Trustees and highlighted the development of an internationally recognized research culture, the establishment of a special Lüneburg study model and the expansion of various links with practice as important development goals for the university.

In the following years, at the head of the university management, he was responsible for renaming the university to Leuphana University of Lüneburg and its fundamental reorientation as a model university for the Bologna process . As part of this reorientation, the university introduced a college for bachelor’s studies, a graduate school for master’s and doctoral studies, and a professional school for part-time continuing education. This study and university model, which is new for Germany , achieved nationwide attention and received numerous awards, including a. from the Donors' Association for German Science , the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation , the Mercator Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation .

The major EU project Innovations-Incubator Lüneburg with an investment volume of almost 100 million EUR, an increase in third-party funding for research from 5 million EUR (2006) to around 18 million EUR (2016) and the construction of a new central building for the university Plans by the architect Daniel Libeskind shaped the further development of the university during his tenure. However, the cost explosion in the construction of the central building, which opened in 2017, aroused strong criticism.

Elected at the University of Göttingen

On June 20, 2019, Spoun was elected President of the university by a large majority by the Senate of the Georg-August University of Göttingen as the successor to Ulrike Beisiegel from 2020.

On August 21, 2019, however, Spoun announced in a press release from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg that, due to serious doubts about the legality of the appointment process carried out by the University of Göttingen, he would no longer be available for the office of President of the University of Göttingen and resigned from his position as President of Leuphana University of Lüneburg to continue. As a justification, he cited "formal errors in the documentation of individual selection steps" by the University of Göttingen, due to which there were "considerable doubts about the legal conformity of the electoral process".

further activities

Spoun is a member of the system accreditation specialist committee of the accreditation agency Acquin eV ( Bayreuth ), the board of trustees of the non-profit Hertie Foundation ( Frankfurt am Main ), the supervisory board of the Hertie School of Governance ( Berlin ), and the presidium of the Council of the German-American Conference at Harvard eV (Berlin) and on the Board of Trustees of the Haniel Foundation ( Duisburg ).

criticism

When he was re-elected for a second term as President of Leuphana University Lüneburg in April 2011, Spoun drew criticism because he had stated in advance of the election that he would only accept the election on the condition that his Vice President Holm Keller also held his post will be confirmed. After the Senate was unable to agree on a final recommendation for the re-election of Keller in the first ballot, the committee initially agreed in May 2011 on a part-time re-election of Keller. To justify this compromise, the professor for sustainability communication and member of the Senate Gerd Michelsen said: “We absolutely wanted to keep Spoun because we didn't want to endanger the positive development. We were ready to accept the compromise proposed by the President ”. A Senate newly constituted in 2012 finally confirmed Holm Keller full-time in office in May 2012.

In the run-up to his re-election for a third term as President of Leuphana University Lüneburg in January 2019, Spoun was criticized for being available for re-election without a public tender. Regardless of the wish for a public tender, expressed mainly by students, Spoun was confirmed by the Senate in office for the period 2020 to 2028.

His election as President of the University of Göttingen in June 2019 was followed by considerable internal university conflicts, as 49 Göttingen professors questioned their legality and meaningfulness. An unsuccessful competitor filed competitors suit the Administrative Court Göttingen one against the choice of the German Association of University Professors was supported. SPIEGEL commented on this: “The dispute over the presidential election reveals a dispute over the direction that has been smoldering at the university for years. It is not just about the main focus of the content, but also questions that are currently bothering other universities: What is the idea of ​​the university? What should it be, how should it be governed? Which hierarchies and decision-making mechanisms are up-to-date? "It's about power and influence that the professors are in danger of losing," said an expert on the university scene to SPIEGEL behind closed doors. Another explains: 'In Göttingen there is a fight for the full-time university and arguments about what it might look like in the 21st century.' "

Publications

Spoun's publications include a.

  • T. Eberle, S. Spoun (Ed.): Developing leadership qualities through coaching: Recognizing and promoting core competencies. Versus, 2012.
  • S. Spoun, T. Meynhardt (Ed.): Management - a social task. Nomos, 2010.
  • UJ Heuser, S. Spoun (Ed.): Viral communication: possibilities and limits of process-initiating marketing. Nomos, 2009.
  • T. Beyes, H. Keller, D. Libeskind, S. Spoun (eds.): The city as perspective: for the construction of urban spaces. Hatje Cantz, 2006.
  • S. Spoun, W. Wunderlich (Ed.): Study objective personality: Contributions to the educational mission of the university today. Campus, 2005.
  • S. Spoun, DB Domnik: Studying successfully. Pearson, 2004. (2nd edition 2011)
  • S. Spoun, W. Wunderlich (Ed.): Media culture in digital change: processes, potentials, perspectives. Haupt, 2002.
  • S. Spoun: Internationalization of Universities: A Study Using the Example of the Community of European Management Schools. University of St. Gallen, 1998.
  • S. Spoun, E. Müller-Möhl, R. Jann (Hrsg.): University and practice: tendencies and perspectives of scientific responsibility for economy and society. The University of St. Gallen on the 100th anniversary. Neue Zürcher Zeitung book publisher, 1998.

Press articles

National press coverage of Spoun includes u. a.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sascha Spoun. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
  2. ^ Sascha Spoun | University of St. Gallen - Executive MBL-HSG. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Sascha Spoun elected Unipräsidenten. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  4. ^ Sascha Spoun remains President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  5. ^ Sascha Spoun | University of St. Gallen - Executive MBL-HSG. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Board of Trustees confirms Dr. Sascha Spoun as the new President of the University of Lüneburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  7. ^ Sascha Spoun | University of St. Gallen - Executive MBL-HSG. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  8. ^ Sascha Spoun | University of St. Gallen - Executive MBL-HSG. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Board of Trustees confirms Dr. Sascha Spoun as the new President of the University of Lüneburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  10. ^ Senate of Leuphana University Lüneburg votes for re-election of the university leadership. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  11. ^ NDR: Leuphana President Spoun re-elected. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Board of Trustees confirms Dr. Sascha Spoun as the new President of the University of Lüneburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Board of Trustees confirms Dr. Sascha Spoun as the new President of the University of Lüneburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Profile and cooperation. March 7, 2016, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  15. ↑ New impulses for teaching. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  16. ^ Björn Quäck: Campus & Community. October 19, 2015, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  17. ^ Björn Quäck: Data Literacy Education. March 16, 2018, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Regional. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  19. ↑ University of Lüneburg is disadvantaged - LZonline. In: landeszeitung.de. December 30, 2016, accessed April 2, 2019 (German).
  20. ↑ Central building. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  21. ^ Till Briegleb: In an inclined position . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed April 2, 2019]).
  22. ↑ Dankwart Guratzsch: Daniel Libeskind: This is what the Lüneburg University looks like from the star architect . April 6, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed April 2, 2019]).
  23. ↑ a b Amory Burchard: The question of excellence divides the University of Göttingen. In: Der Tagesspiegel . July 25, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen- Public Relations: Press Releases - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  25. ^ Sascha Spoun remains President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Technical committees | ACQUIN. Accessed April 2, 2019 (German).
  27. ↑ Committees. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Prof. Dr. Sascha Spoun. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Prof. Dr. Sascha Spoun | Harvard GAC eV Retrieved April 2, 2019 (American English).
  30. ↑ Board of Trustees. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  31. ^ Jan-Martin Wiarda: Universities: cracks behind a beautiful facade . In: The time . May 19, 2011, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 2, 2019]).
  32. ^ Senate of Leuphana University Lüneburg votes for re-election of the university leadership. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  33. ↑ Choose until it finally fits. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  34. ↑ Spoun and Keller receive certificates of appointment. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  35. ↑ Spoun wants to take the shortcut - LZonline. In: landeszeitung.de. January 11, 2019, accessed on April 2, 2019 (German).
  36. ↑ Spoun should apply again - LZonline. In: landeszeitung.de. January 19, 2019, accessed on April 2, 2019 (German).
  37. ↑ University Senate wants Spoun eight more years. In: landeszeitung.de. January 24, 2019, accessed April 2, 2019 (German).
  38. ^ Heike Schmoll: Uprising against the university president in Göttingen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 8, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  39. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Quarrel about top office. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  40. ↑ gri: Göttingen Administrative Court examines Spoun's choice. In: www.forschung-und-lehre.de. August 9, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  41. ↑ Christine Prußky, DER SPIEGEL: Uni-Göttingen: Wilhelm Krull resigns after Sascha Spoun - DER SPIEGEL - Panorama. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  42. ^ Sascha Spoun - Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Spoun, Sascha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss economist, President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich