Dorothea R\u00fcland was honoured at the Federal Foreign Office for her services to international exchange in science<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hamburg, 16 February 2022 \u2013 Dr Dorothea R\u00fcland, Secretary General of the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, this week for her many years of service to international exchange in science. Minister of State Katja Keul presented her with the award on behalf of the Federal President at the Federal Foreign Office. Before Mrs R\u00fcland began her work at HIAS in the summer of 2021, she was in the service of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for three decades, including eleven years as Secretary General. In this role, she has significantly shaped the international cooperation of researchers and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her laudation, Minister of State Keul emphasised: \u201cInternational scientific exchange is of outstanding importance for tackling global challenges such as the climate crisis. Dorothea R\u00fcland has worked tirelessly to strengthen it. I am very pleased to present her with the Cross of Merit First Class for her outstanding commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International cooperation as a central task<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strengthening and expanding international networks is one of the most important goals Dorothea R\u00fcland has proclaimed for HIAS in her current position. Gathering outstanding personalities from all over the world in Hamburg and bringing them into conversation with each other is a task close to her heart. Hamburg\u2019s State Counsellor for Science Dr Eva G\u00fcmbel said on the occasion of the award: \u201cWe are very pleased and proud to have won Dr Dorothea R\u00fcland for Hamburg as a centre of science. We can only benefit from her many years of experience and expertise. Dr. R\u00fcland has dedicated her life to science and science promotion. She is an expert with an excellent international network who will contribute to the further development and expansion of HIAS with her experience and her commitment to transdisciplinary exchange. I warmly congratulate her on this important award.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dorothea R\u00fcland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Dorothea R\u00fcland has been Secretary General of the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study since 1 August 2021. Before that, the German language and literature graduate headed the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as Secretary General for eleven years. Between 1991 and 2008, she worked for the DAAD in various positions and on almost every continent, including several years in Southeast Asia, where she had already worked as a lecturer after completing her doctorate in 1984. From 2008 to 2010, the Berlin native headed the \u201cCenter for International Cooperation\u201d, which she founded, at the Free University of Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) is a joint institution of nine Hamburg science institutions, with which the recommendation of the Science Council for increased cooperation in Hamburg as a centre of science and scholarship is being resolutely implemented. Since 2020, up to 20 excellent researchers and artists from all over the world have been given intellectual freedom without the usual professional obligations at HIAS for a limited period of time. Interdisciplinary exchange among each other is promoted, as well as direct connection to Hamburg\u2019s scientific landscape and discourse with the city\u2019s citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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