TU9 Alliance Elects New Executive Board

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07/19/2022 11:39

TU9 Alliance Elects New Executive Board

Nicole Saverschek TU9 Hauptstadtbüro
TU9 German Universities of Technology

Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl, President of the TU Darmstadt, and Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, President of TU Braunschweig, will lead the TU9 Alliance as dual leaders in the future. They were unanimously elected as the new TU9 Executive Board for the term 2022 to 2024 at the TU9 General Assembly on July 18, 2022.
The new TU9 Board will take office on October 01, 2022, with Brühl and Ittel taking over from Professor Dr. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart, and Prof. Dr. Volker Epping, President of Leibniz Universität Hannover, who have chaired the Alliance since 2018. Under TU9’s constitution, the incumbent TU9 Board was not eligible for re-election.

Professor Dr. Tanja Brühl, President of the Technical University of Darmstadt, and Professor Dr. Angela Ittel, President of Technische Universität Braunschweig, will lead the TU9 Alliance as dual leaders in the future. They were unanimously elected as the new TU9 Executive Board for the term 2022 to 2024 at the TU9 General Assembly on July 18, 2022. The new TU9 Board will take office on October 01, 2022, with Brühl and Ittel taking over from Professor Dr. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart, and Prof. Dr. Volker Epping, President of Leibniz Universität Hannover, who have chaired the Alliance since 2018. Under TU9’s constitution, the incumbent TU9 Board was not eligible for re-election.
Prof. Ressel welcomes the election result and wishes the new leadership all the best for their joint endeavors and the strategic development of TU9: “I congratulate both TU9 colleagues Prof. Tanja Brühl and Prof. Angela Ittel very warmly on their election as the new TU9 Board. I know that the office is in good hands and I am looking forward to the future cooperation in the TU9 Alliance in a new constellation.“

Prof. Tanja Brühl and Prof. Angela Ittel made the following statement upon their election: “We are very pleased to be elected as Presidents of the TU9 Alliance and we thank our colleagues for the trust they have placed in us. At Technical Universities, technologically-focused research and practice is seamlessly integrated with approaches from the humanities and social sciences. Technical Universities form the nucleus of lively innovation ecosystems. Inter- and transdisci-plinary cooperation and networking are essential when working with our partners to find appropriate solutions for the complex societal challenges of both today and tomorrow. As Presidents of the TU9 Alliance, we will work together to make this important innovation-driving role of Technical Universities – which can help to shape our future at a global level – even more visible and prominent.”

Brief CV for Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl
Tanja Brühl has been President of Technical University of Darmstadt since 2019. Previously, she had been a Professor of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on international institutions and peace processes. From 2012 to 2018, she also served as Vice President for study and teaching. Tanja Brühl has been President of the Unite! European University Alliance since 2019.

Brief CV for Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel
Angela Ittel has been President of Technische Universität Braunschweig since 2021. From 2008 to 2021, she was Professor of Educational Psychology at Technische Universität Berlin. Angela Ittel’s main professional role from 2014 to 2021 was as Vice President for Strategic Development, International Affairs, Junior Scholars and Teacher Education at Technische Uni-versität Berlin. Since 2020, she has been an elected member of the Executive Committee at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

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Prof. Angela Ittel
Kristina Rottig
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