National and regional commissioners
The Rectorate first started appointing national and regional commissioners for various key countries and regions in 2012. Their goal is to bundle the diverse academic relationships between the BUW and other universities and institutions abroad and to provide them with sustainable support. The national and regional clusters were selected on the basis of defined quality standards, the activities preferred and the potential of the key areas for future projects. Because of their regional competence, the national and regional commissioners function as contacts and multipliers both internally and externally.
Along with the visibility of partnerships and activities, the respective cluster also focuses on networking between university teachers. In this context, regular national workshops provide an opportunity for exchange and the interdisciplinary initiation of new project ideas. All university teachers with an interest in this topic are warmly invited to these meetings.
The current national and regional commissioners are:
CHINA Prof. Dr. Smail Rapic => DAAD-Country information China
FRANCE Prof. Dr. Alexander Schnell => DAAD-Country information France
INDIA Prof. Dr. Ursula Kocher => DAAD-Country information India
ITALY Prof. Dr. Jochen Johrendt => DAAD-Country information Italy
JAPAN Prof. Dr. Frank Göhmann => DAAD-Country information Japan
KOREA N.N => DAAD-Country information Korea
LATIN AMERICA Prof. Dr. phil. Peter Imbusch => To selection DAAD-Country information
NORTH AMERICA Prof. Gert Trauernicht => To selection DAAD-Country information
TURKEY Prof. Dr. Petra Buchwald => DAAD-Country information Turkey
You will find more information about the key countries and regions on their respective national/regional web pages together with the commissioners’ contact information.
Contact:
Séverine Bertsch
UniService Internationales
Campus Grifflenberg. O.06.13
Tel.: +49 (0) 202-439 5607
Email: bertsch[at]uni-wuppertal.de