{"id":3589,"date":"2017-05-25T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T10:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufu.de\/about-us\/wissenschaftlicher-beirat\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:34:09","slug":"scientific-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ufu.de\/en\/about-us\/scientific-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Scientific Advisory Board is the statutory body of the Independent Institute (UfU) e.V. The Board supports and advises UfU in its day-to-day work. The Advisory Board meets every two years to discuss environmental policy developments and research-related issues. In addition <\/span><\/span>the members of the Advisory Board liaise with partner organizations or are invited as experts at discussion events.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rosemarie Benndorf<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Meteorologist, former research associate in the \u201cProtection of the Earth’s Atmosphere\u201d department of the Federal Environment Agency; founding member of UfU e.V. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. John Bonine<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lawyer, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Eugene, Oregon USA, founder of the worldwide environmental law network Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Edmund Brandt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lawyer, political scientist and administrative scientist, holder of the Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Administrative Sciences; also Head of the Institute of Law, Technical University of Braunschweig<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Former university professor Dr. Wilfried Endlicher<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Geographer and Senior Professor of Climatology and Climatological Environmental Research, <\/span><\/span>Humboldt University Berlin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Arnold Fuchs<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Geologist, Head of the Department of Crafts, Interreg, Waste Management, Occupational Health and Safety at the Ministry of Economics, Labor and Health of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. em. Dr. Hartmut Gra\u00dfl <\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Professor of General Meteorology (1989 to 1994 and 1999 to 2005) at the University of Hamburg, also Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, in between Head of the United Nations (UN) World Climate Research Program in Geneva<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Educational scientist and sociologist, Director of the Institute for Educational Futures Research Institut Futur at the FU Berlin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Hermann K\u00f6rndle<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Psychologist, Senior Professor for the Psychology of Teaching and Learning, TU Dresden<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Rolf Kreibich<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Physicist and sociologist, Director and Managing Director of the Secretariat for Futures Studies (SFZ), Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Heike Molitor<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Cultural scientist, Professor of Environmental Education\/Education for Sustainable Development, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Konrad Ott<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Philosopher, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of the Environment at the University of Kiel, member of the German Advisory Council on the Environment from 2000 to 2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Reinhard Piechocki<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Biologist, former employee of the BfN’s International Academy for Nature Conservation on Vilm Island; founding chairman of UfU e.V. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ronald Plath<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> High-voltage engineer,<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Department of High Voltage, Institute of Energy and Automation Technology, TU Berlin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lawyer, Professor of Environmental and Planning Law, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Christian Schrader<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lawyer, Professor of Constitutional, Environmental and Technology Law, University of Applied Sciences in Fulda<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Udo E. Simonis <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Former research professor \u201cEnvironmental Policy\u201d at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); 1992 to 1996 member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), 1992 to 2016 editor and co-editor of the \u201cYearbook Ecology\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Eveline Wittmann<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Commercial teacher, Professor of Vocational Education, TU Munich<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PD Dr. Heike Zimmermann-Timm<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Biologist, Lecturer in Ecology, Evolution and Diversity in the Department of Biology at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main; Deputy Chair of the Earth System Science Board of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; Consultant in the field of scientific organizational development<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Status <\/span><\/span>February 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

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