Tanja Brühl

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Tanja Christina Brühl (born May 10, 1969 in Marburg ) is a German political scientist and former professor for international institutions and peace processes at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . She has been President of the Technical University of Darmstadt since October 1, 2019 .

Life

Brühl studied biology and social studies for teaching at grammar schools at Goethe University and graduated in 1994 with the state examination. Her thesis was later titled The Loss of Biodiversity. A new problem in international relations published. She then worked as a research assistant with Franz Nuscheler at the chair for comparative and international politics at the Mercator University in Duisburg (today University of Duisburg-Essen ). From 1997 she was also active at the Institute for Development and Peace (also in Duisburg). From 1999 onwards she took on a position as a research assistant with Volker Rittberger at the Chair of International Politics at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen .

In 2001 she returned to Goethe University and became a research assistant with Lothar Brock at the Institute for Comparative Political Science and International Relations. There she received her doctorate in November 2002 with a thesis on non-governmental organizations as actors in international environmental negotiations (Dr. phil.). In December 2002 she took over the junior professorship for peace and conflict research . In October 2007 she was appointed professor of political science with a focus on international institutions and peace processes.

In June 2008 she was awarded the 1822 and University Prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, for excellent teaching at Goethe University. In 2009 she and her working group received the Hessian University Prize for excellence in teaching, endowed with 150,000 euros .

In 2010 Tanja Brühl was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Fridtjof Nansen Academy for Civic Education at the Ingelheim Training Center .

On August 29, 2012, Brühl was elected Vice President of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. She took office on October 1, 2012, succeeding physicist Roser Valenti .

On March 6, 2019, Brühl was elected President of the TU Darmstadt . Her term of office began on October 1, 2019. She replaced Hans Jürgen Prömel after his second term of office, i.e. twelve years of presidency.

Interests

A central theme of Tanja Brühl's scientific work is international environmental policy ; for example her essays “From nature conservation to resource management. The Preservation of Biodiversity ”and“ From the Greens to the Genetic Revolution? On the use of biotechnologies in agriculture "or already in your thesis, which in a slightly revised version from 1995 under the title" The loss of biological diversity. A new problem in international relations ”has arisen.

In this publication Brühl deals with the importance of the conservation of biological diversity and the corresponding political measures as well as agreements and agreements at the international level. Here she sees the need to establish a global regime that must go beyond a mere non-binding and cooperative regulation of individual states. In addition to related problems such as high costs, reference is made to the different interests of industrialized and developing countries.

According to Brühl , the richer industrialized countries have "an interest in the long-term preservation of biological diversity (mainly occurring in developing countries )", which is primarily based on economic exploitation ideas (e.g. in the pharmaceutical sector), which is why access to the corresponding areas is accessible to all countries must be. The developing countries would in turn see biodiversity as a location-bound, marketable resource. This would result in the need for cooperation from which both sides could benefit, which the industrialized countries are currently doing better (probably due to greater economic security). Non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) have played an important role in identifying the problem of biodiversity conservation and raising awareness about it.

The anthology "Privatization of World Politics", of which Brühl is co-editor (with Tobias Debiel, Brigitte Hamm, Hartwig Hummel and Jens Martens), deals with the above-mentioned (international) non-governmental organizations. At this point, reference is made to the increasing importance of non-governmental organizations in environmental negotiations on an international level, which draw attention to themselves through their extensive competence, expertise and contacts. However, the quickly emerging limits and possible loss of meaning with "precarious" topics are also pointed out with which they have to struggle.

Fonts (selection)

  • Non-governmental organizations as actors in international environmental negotiations. An explanatory model on the basis of the situation-specific demand for resources , Frankfurt / New York: Campus, 2003. ISBN 359337353X .
  • The loss of biodiversity. A new problem in international relations. Mosbach: AFES-PRESS, 1995. ISBN 3926979585 .
  • Companies in world politics , Dietz, 2004, ISBN 3801203484 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessian University Prize for Excellence in Teaching . Website of the Goethe University Frankfurt. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Goethe University: Presidium of Goethe University receives reinforcement. Prof. Tanja Brühl was elected Vice President by the University Senate today . Press release. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  3. ^ TU Darmstadt: The new President of TU Darmstadt has been determined: Tanja Brühl was elected with 51 votes. More soon at http://www.tu-darmstadt.de. In: Twitter @TUDarmstadt. March 6, 2019, accessed March 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Brühl, Tanja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brühl, Tanja Christina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg