Thomas Scheidtweiler

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Thomas Scheidtweiler at the opening of the annual meeting of the Cusanuswerk on June 14, 2019 in Kasteel de Berckt near Venlo, NL

Thomas Scheidtweiler (born July 13, 1964 in Zülpich ) is a German agricultural engineer and science manager. Since 2014 he has been general secretary of the Cusanuswerk bishopric for gifted students .

Life

After graduating from high school (1983), Scheidtweiler first completed an agricultural apprenticeship (1983–1985) and then from 1985 to 1990 studied agricultural sciences at the University of Bonn . From 1990 to 1994 Scheidtweiler was the head of an agricultural trade center in Tanzania . During his time as coordinator of the master’s course ARTS (M.Sc. in Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics) at the University of Bonn (1994–1995) Scheidtweiler began a doctoral project in agricultural engineering, which he completed in 1996. Scheidtweiler received a scholarship from the Cusanuswerk during his studies and doctoral studies . From 1995 to 2007 Scheidtweiler worked as head of the Africa department at KAAD ( Catholic Academic Foreign Nationals Service ), then in 2007/2008 at the International Office of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as coordinator of the policy dialogue on sustainability research (D4S) with Brazil , Russia , India , China and South Africa . In 2008 he took up the position of Head of Division for Africa and the Middle East at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . In 2014 he moved to the Cusanuswerk as general secretary.

Scheidtweiler is married and has two grown daughters. He lives in Mechernich . There he is a member of the board of a foundation for the preservation of the Brother Klaus field chapel designed by Peter Zumthor , which was built by the Scheidtweiler family.

Functions / Awards

Scheidtweiler worked as an international election observer for the EU and the UN . In July 2016 Scheidtweiler was elected to the Central Committee of German Catholics as a representative for the Cusanuswerk .

Publications (selection)

  • Corn cultivation in East Africa. In: Development and Rural Areas. DLG publishing house, Frankfurt a. M., 6/1989.
  • Process comparison of a tensioned spade precision planter with the manual sowing of maize, which is common in East Africa. Diss. VDI / MEG series of publications No. 195, Bonn 1996 (225 pages).
  • Ed .: Human and Economic Development - The Importance of Civil Society and Subsidiarity. Proceedings of a Conference on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of KAAD, November 12-16, 1998. KAAD Bonn, Kumasi, Ghana, 2000.
  • Animal-drawn punch planters: a key technology for smallholder agricultural development in the 21st Century. In: PG Kaumbutho, RA Pearson, TE Simalenga (Ed.): Empowering Farmers with Animal Traction. Proceedings of the workshop of the Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (ATNESA) held September 20-24, 1999. Mpumalanga, South Africa 2000 ( pdf ).
  • Punch planting (together with Gottfried Eikel). In: Landtechnik / Agricultural Engineering , special issue 1/2001 ( pdf ).
  • Can Africa still be saved? Development problems of our neighboring continent and their causes. In: BKU Journal , March 2001.
  • Ed. Together with Ingo Scholz: Worlds Apart. Local and Global Villages. From Villagization to Globalization in One Generation. Konrad Adenauer Foundation Bonn 2004.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Supports Beacons of Hope (together with Sonja Spal). In: ITB infoservice 05/2013, 30–32 ( online ).
  • Edited together with Susanne Schaefer: Connecting talents. Shaping the future. In Christian responsibility. Anniversary publication of the Cusanuswerk Episcopal Study Fund. Results of the network study. 60 years of Cusanuswerk, bishop's scholarship. Cusanuswerk Bonn 2016 ( Writings of the Cusanuswerk , No. 20 - pdf ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.cusanuswerk.de/startseite/news-archiv/news/thomas-scheidtweiler-ist-neuer-generalsekretaer-des-cusanuswerks.html
  2. ↑ https://www.cusanuswerk.de/wir-ueber-uns/geschaeftsstelle/mitarbeiterinnen/mitarbeiterinnen-details/address/thomas-scheidtweiler.html
  3. ↑ https://www.zdk.de/veroeffnahmungen/mektiven/detail/Arbeitsgemeinschaft-der-katholischen-Organisations-Deutschlands-waehlt-ihre-ZdK-Mitglieder-93Y/
  4. ^ ZdK - Central Committee of German Catholics | Structure | Members | Member list. Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Scheidtweiler, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural engineer and science manager
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Zülpich