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Chancellor Stephan Becker re-elected

Published on 5. Dezember 2019
Senatsvorsitzender Prof. Dr. Moritz Kaßmann, Kanzler Dr. Stephan Becker, Dr. Annette Fugmann-Heesing, Vorsitzende des Hochschulrats und Rektor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer. Foto: Universität Bielefeld

Today (3 December 2019), the members of the University Electoral Committee confirmed Dr Stephan Becker for another term as chancellor of Bielefeld University with a clear majority. Becker's second term of office begins on 4 August 2020 and runs for six years.[Weiterlesen]
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Vice-rectors elected at Bielefeld University

Published on 5. Dezember 2019
New vice-rectorate for Personnel Development and Gender Equality and new vice-rector for Education and Teaching

Bielefeld University’s new rectorate (from left): Professor Dr Martin Egelhaaf, vice-rector for Research and Research Transfer, Rector Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer, Professor Dr Birgit Lütje-Klose, vice-rector for Education and Teaching, Professor Dr Marie I. Kaiser, vice-rector for Personnel Development and Gender Equality, Professor Dr Angelika Epple, vice-rector for International Affairs and Diversity, Chancellor Dr Stephan Becker, Professor Dr Reinhold Decker, vice-rector for Information Infrastructure and Business Relations. Photo: Bielefeld University/J. Dieckmann
Today (29/11/2019) saw the election of five vice-rectors. Two of them are new to the office, and one vice-rectorate has been newly created. Professor Dr Birgit Lütje-Klose is one of those newly elected; she succeeds Professor Dr Claudia Riemer as vice-rector for Education and Teaching. Also new is Professor Dr Marie I. Kaiser, who assumes the newly created vice-rectorate for Personnel Development and Gender Equality. The incumbents of the other vice-rectorates retain their positions: Professor Dr Martin Egelhaaf, Research and Research Transfer, Professor Dr Angelika Epple, International Affairs and Diversity, and Professor Dr Reinhold Decker, Information Infrastructure and Business Relations. The new vice-rectorate’s term of office begins immediately and runs for four years.[Weiterlesen]
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Norbert Elias Fellowships for Researchers from Africa

Published on 5. Dezember 2019
New funding format at ZiF

Science needs diverse perspectives. However, researchers from African countries are still underrepresented in the international scientific community. In order to increase the diversity of perspectives in the ZiF research groups and to make African researchers more visible, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) is now offering two scholarships per year for researchers from Africa: the Norbert Elias Fellowships.[Weiterlesen]
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