Executive Research Committee

The University Management has established an Executive Research Committee in accordance with Section 11 para. 7 of the Basic Rules. The tasks of this advisory committee are:

• Giving advice in connection with allocation and monitoring of individual funding lines within the internal research funding program
• Advisory participation in pre-selecting and developing quality criteria in quality assurance connected to large-scale third-party funding applications
• Giving advice to the Presidium in connection with research-related questions
• Preparing and supporting the membership process to the German Research Foundation (DFG) pursued by the KU

Members of the Executive Research Committee

(Last updated: January 2023):

Chair:

Vice President for Research Prof. Dr. Jens Hogreve

Other voting members:

• Prof. Dr. Michael Becht (Faculty of Mathematics and Geography)
• Prof. Dr. Bernd Cyffka (Faculty of Mathematics and Geography)
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoffmann (Faculty of Languages and Literatures)
• Prof. Dr. Martin Kirschner (Faculty of Theology)
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schmidt (Faculty of Languages and Literatures)
• Prof. Dr. Marco Steinhauser (Faculty of Philosophy and Education ) as well as

Advisory members:

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