Sabine Kunst
Sabine Kunst is a German university teacher and politician who has been serving as president of Humboldt University since 2016. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.Political career
From 2010 to 2011, Kunst served as president of the German Academic Exchange Service ; she was the first woman to hold that office. She unsuccessfully applied for the position as president of the University of Leipzig in 2010; instead, the position went to Beate Schücking.
From 2011 to 2016, Kunst served as State Minister of Science, Research and Culture in the government of Brandenburg, in the governments of successive Ministers-President Matthias Platzeck and Dietmar Woidke.Other activities
- Berlin Institute of Health, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Foundation for the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace, Member of the Council
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Member of the Advisory Board
- German Institute for Economic Research, Member of the Board of Trustees
- German-Polish Science Foundation, Member of the Board
- Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Leo Baeck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Natural History Museum, Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Stiftung St. Matthäus, Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Stephanus-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees
- University of Lübeck, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Urania Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Weizenbaum Institute, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Berlin Social Science Center, Member of the Board of Trustees
Recognition
- 2013 – Honorary doctorate, American Jewish University
Personal life
Kunst is married and has three children. The family has been living in Werder since 2007. Her sister is Kirsten Fehrs.
