Ulrich Radtke

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Ulrich Radtke (born May 12, 1955 in Werther (Westf.) ) Is a German geographer and since April 1, 2008 rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen .

Life

Education

After graduating from high school , Radtke studied biology , geography , history , philosophy and pedagogy at the University of Düsseldorf from 1974 to 1980 .

Scientific career

From 1980 on, Radtke worked as a research assistant at the Geographical Institute at the University of Düsseldorf . In the meantime , he did his doctorate in 1983 on the genesis and age determination of the marine terraces between Civitavecchia and Monte Argentario (Central Italy) with special attention to the electron spin resonance age determination method .

In 1988 he completed his habilitation at the University of Düsseldorf on the subject of marine terraces and the problem of sea level fluctuations - case studies from Chile, Argentina and Barbados . In 1992 Radtke took up a professorship at the Technical University of Karlsruhe for one year . In the following year he moved to Cologne University as a professor of physical geography . In 2013 he took over the professorship for "Global Change with a focus on transnational governance structures" at the University of Duisburg-Essen, of which he has been Rector since 2008.

Ulrich Radtke is in favor of abolishing the chair principle in order to protect the freedom of teaching and to end the precarious situation of researchers below a professorship in Germany too; He recommends the submission of the Junge Akademie Berlin Brandenburg .

He is married and has four kids.

Academic self-government

  • 2001–2003: Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Cologne
  • 1999–2001 and 2005–2007: Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Cologne
  • Since April 1, 2008: Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen
  • 2014–2016: Deputy spokesman for the universities member group of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)
  • Since August 1, 2016: Spokesman for the Universities member group of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)
  • 08/2016 - 07/2018: HRK Vice President for Knowledge Transfer in Business and Society
  • Since 08/2018: HRK Vice President for Governance and University Management

Prizes and awards

Publications (selection)

Scientific publications

  • H. Gebhardt, R. Glaser, U. Radtke, P. Reuber and A. Vött (Eds.) (2020): Geography - Physical Geography and Human Geography . Elsevier Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg, 1272 pp.
  • Fischer, P., Hambach, U., Klasen, N., Schulte, P., Zeeden, C., Steiniger, F., Lehmkuhl, F., Gerlach, R., Radtke, U .: Landscape instability at the end of MIS 3 in western Central Europe: evidence from a multi proxy study on a Loess-Palaeosol-Sequence from the eastern Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany. Quaternary International, 2017: 1-18
  • G. Schellmann and U. Radtke, with contributions by Franziska Whelan (2004): The Marine Quaternary of Barbados . - Cologne Geographical Works, 81, 137 p., Cologne.
  • U. Radtke (1989): Marine terraces and coral reefs - The problem of the Quaternary sea level fluctuations explained using case studies from Chile, Argentina and Barbados . - Düsseldorfer Geographische Schriften, 27, 246 p., Habilitation thesis, Düsseldorf.
  • U. Radtke (1983): Genesis and age of the marine terraces between Civitavecchia and Monte Argentario (Central Italy) with special consideration of the electron spin resonance age determination method . Düsseldorfer Geographische Schriften, 22, 179 S., Düsseldorf.

Science policy publications and contributions

Differentiation of the German university landscape

  • U. Radtke (2013): The self-declared chosen ones. How clubs and cartels harm the German university landscape. Open letter to the university rectors and university presidents in the HRK.
  • U. Radtke, U. Kunkel (2014): Fragmenting the German Higher Education Landscape. - Leadership and Governance in Higher Education 2, 2-26.

Young scientists

  • U. Radtke (2018): "Many correct thoughts" - duz, 09/2018, 40.
  • U. Radtke (2018): "It's about respect" - guest post in the science blog by Jan-Martin Wiarda, published on November 7, 2018.

Science landscape in the Ruhr area

  • U. Radtke (2009): University Landscape in Transition - Atlas of the Ruhr Metropolis. Diversity and change in the Ruhr area in the map. Ed .: Achim Prossek, Helmut Schneider, Burkhard Wetterau, Horst A. Wessel, Dorothea Wiktorin. Emons-Verlag, 130-131.
  • Radtke (2019): The Ruhr Science Landscape since the first universities were founded in the 1960s; in: The city of cities - The Ruhr area and its upheavals. Ed .: Michael Farrenkopf, Stefan Goch, Manfred Rasch, Hans-Werner Wehling. Klartext-Verlag. 419-423.

other topics

  • U. Radtke (2007): A tightrope act. Personal notes from a dean. - Research & Teaching, 8/2007, 458-460.
  • U. Radtke (2011): For us, excellence in research and teaching is not an end in itself; Society: A benchmark for the Uni - duzAKADEMIE, 4/2011, 4-5.
  • U. Radtke (2015): A new kind of adult education center? - duz, 09/2015, 34.
  • U. Radtke (2016): "We feel offended" - Research & Teaching, 6/2016, 465.
  • U. Radtke (2016): “University Council is an asset” - Research & Teaching, 8/2016, 684.
  • U. Radtke (2018): Climate Research, Politics and the Problem of Scientific Credibility. In: On dealing with facts. Ed .: Peter Strohschneider, Günther Blamberger and Axel Freimuth. Publisher Wilhelm Fink. 173-184.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Departments instead of chairs", URL: https://www.diejungeakademie.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/aktivitaeten/wissenschaftsppolitik/stellungshaben_broscheuren/JA_Debattenbeitrag_Department-Struktur.pdf .
  2. ↑ University Rectors' Conference : press release. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ University Rectors' Conference : Presidium. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Ulrich Radtke: The self-declared elect. How clubs and cartels harm the German university landscape. In: University of Duisburg-Essen. 2013, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ It's about respect. November 7, 2018, accessed on May 13, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Radtke, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Werther (Westphalia)