Academic Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board is a central body of the Doctoral School NRW. It advises the Board of Supporters, the Executive Board, and the departments on academic matters.

Members of the Academic Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board consists of scholars with a proven academic record and experience in supervising doctoral projects who are neither members nor affiliates of the Doctoral School NRW. They are appointed by the Board of Supporters for a term of five years, based on nominations submitted by the Executive Board.

Prof. Dr. Ralf Dörner


Hochschule RheinMain

  • Professor of Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality
  • Spokesperson of the Doctoral Center for Applied Computer Science

Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Carmen Leicht-Scholten

Chair


RWTH Aachen University

  • Professor of Gender and Diversity in Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and HUMTEC
  • Director of the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Hub

Prof. Dr. Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein


Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

  • Professor of Nursing and Midwifery Science

Prof. Dr. Walter Schober

Deputy Chairman


Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt

  • President of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
  • Chair of Hochschule Bayern, Association of the Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences
  • Professor of Business Administration, Accounting, and Management Control

Prof. Dr. Barbara Thomaß


Ruhr University Bochum

  • Professor (emerita) of International Media Systems
  • Senior Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl


Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

  • Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe
  • Chair of Innovation and Technology Management at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)