German Science and Humanities Council explained

German Science and Humanities Council
Headquarters:	Berlin
Leader Title:	Chairman
Leader Name:	Wolfgang Wick
Website:	https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/

The German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) is an advisory body to the German Federal Government and the federal state governments. It makes recommendations on the development of science, research, and the universities, as well as on the competitiveness of German science. These recommendations involve both quantitative and financial considerations, as well as their implementation. Funding is provided by the federal and state governments.^[1]

The Science and Humanities Council's Scientific Commission has 32 members appointed by the Federal President. Twenty-four scientists are jointly proposed by the German Research Foundation, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, the German Rectors' Conference, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, the Fraunhofer Society, and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community. Another eight persons of high public standing are jointly proposed by the Federal Government and the federal state governments.

Tasks

In the recent past, the German Council of Science and Humanities expressed its views in its statements, recommendations, and position papers on various topics, including university construction (2022),^{[2] [3]} the transformation of scientific publishing to Open Access (2022),^{[4] [5]} and science communication (2021).^{[6] [7]} In 2020, it published the position paper "Impulses from the COVID-19 Crisis for the Further Development of the Science System in Germany,"^[8] which described ten challenges for research to be crisis-proof.^[9] In 2019, it called for more funds for peace and conflict studies.^{[10] [11]} In the same year (2019), it issued a statement on the further development of university medicine in North Rhine-Westphalia.^[12] In 2016, the Council produced a position paper on knowledge and technology transfer.^[13] In 2015, in a position paper titled "Major Societal Challenges" internationally referred to as societal challenges or grand challenges,^[14] it called for the "integration and flexible recombination of knowledge on ecological, technological, social, cultural, and economic aspects of a transformation process."^[15]

Presidents

Presidents (Vorsitzender) of the organization:^[16]

• 1958–1961 – Helmut Coing
• 1961–1965 – Ludwig Raiser
  • • 1965–1969 – Hans Leussink 1969–1972 – Reimar Lüst 1972–1976 – Theodor Heidhues
• 1976–1979 – Wilhelm A. Kewenig
• 1979–1982 – Andreas Heldrich
• 1982–1985 – Hans-Jürgen Engell
• 1985–1987 – Heinz Heckhausen
• 1987–1989 – Kurt Kochsiek
• 1989-1993 – Dieter Simon
• 1993–1994 – Gerhard Neuweiler
• 1994–1996 – Karl-Heinz Hoffmann
• 1996–1998 – Dagmar Schipanski
• 1998–2001 – Winfried Schulze
• 2001–2006 – Karl Max Einhäupl
• 2006–2011 – Peter Strohschneider
• 2011–2014 – Wolfgang Marquardt
• 2014–2017 – Manfred Prenzel
• 2017–2020 – Martina Brockmeier
• 2020–present – Dorothea Wagner

See also

• Educational accreditation in Germany

External links

• German Science and Humanities Council

Notes and References

1. Aufgaben – Organization – Functions and Organization
2. Probleme und Perspektiven des Hochschulbaus 2030 (PDF; 1 MB), January 2022, retrieved 10 February 2022.
3. Web site: 2024-01-31 . Amory Burchard . 2022-01-24 . Marode Unigebäude und moderne Lehre: Sanierungsstau von 60 Milliarden Euro beim Hochschulbau . tagesspiegel.de., retrieved 10 February 2022.
4. Empfehlungen zur Transformation des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens zu Open Access auf der wissenschaftsrat.de (PDF; 1 MB), January 2022, retrieved 10 February 2022.
5. https://open-access.network/services/news/artikel/wissenschaftsrat-fordert-open-access-als-standard, retrieved 10 February 2022.
6. Wissenschaftskommunikation (PDF; 928 KB), retrieved 10 February 2022.
7. https://www.jmwiarda.de/2021/11/08/bitte-schaut-%C3%BCber-den-eigenen-tellerrand-hinaus/, retrieved 10 February 2022.
8. Impulse aus der COVID-19-Krise für die Weiterentwicklung des Wissenschaftssystems in Deutschland (PDF; 818 KB), retrieved 10 February 2022.
9. Web site: 2024-02-18 . 29 January 2021 . Wissenschaftsrat: Zehn Herausforderungen für krisenfeste Forschung . aerzteblatt.de.
10. Web site: 2021-01-24 . 2019-07-15 . zwd Politikmagazin . Wissenschaftsrat: Bund soll Friedens- und Konfliktforschung finanziell stärken .
11. Web site: 2021-01-24 . 2019-11-08 . gruene-fraktion-nrw.de . Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken .
12. Stellungnahme zur Weiterentwicklung der Universitätsmedizin Nordrhein-Westfalen auf der wissenschaftsrat.de (PDF; 5 MB), retrieved 10 February 2022.
13. https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=10794 uni-muenster.de 29 January 2020, "Transfer ist nicht etwas für den Feierabend"
14. http://f20.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2015/05/15/grose-gesellschaftliche-herausforderungen/ Große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen
15. http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/4594-15.pdf Zum wissenschaftspolitischen Diskurs über Große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen
16. "Wolfgang Marquardt neuer Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftsrats" – New president of the Council of Science and Humanities