»Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes bei Zeiss, berufliche Umorientierung.«
The city of Jena, the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena and the Free State of Thuringia would like to bring the “Zukunftszentrum – Centre for German Unity and European Transformation” to Jena. To this end, a powerful, interdisciplinary project and bid team is being assembled. Here is a brief overview.
Team and structure
At the heart of the project team is the so-called Bid Management Team, consisting of 20 people representing the city, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena and Jena’s civil society. The project leadership is in the hands of Martin Fischer from the Central Process and Project Management of the city of Jena as well as Christine Schickert, the Scientific Director of the special research area “Structural Changes in Property” at the University of Jena https://www.uni-jena.de/. Four working groups [Arbeitsgruppen, AG] have formed to develop content for Jena’s bid. In additional, an Advisory Board of high calibre members provides important ideas and advice to the project team.
Since the start of the bidding process, dialogue and an exchange of ideas have been sought again and again with the city community and civil initiatives. Below is a list of all project members and groups. A list of all past and future events related to the bidding process can be found on our calendar.
Working groups
AG Science
AG Gallery of Transformation and Unity
AG Dialogue and Encounter
AG Architecture und Construction
AG Communication und Public Relations
The following people are involved in the working groups:
- Dr. Christian Faludi
Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Demokratiegeschichte e.V. (Society for Research into the History of Democracy) - Prof. Dr. Jörg Ganzenmüller
Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena | Ettersberg Foundation in Weimar - Dr. Axel Salheiser
IDZ Jena | Institute for Democracy and Civil Society - Christine Schickert
Director the special research field Structural Change in Property| Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Dr. Tobias Schwessinger
Service Centre for Research and Transfer | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Tilo Schieck
Thuringia Archive for Contemporary History - Dirk Postler
Advisor General Management JenaKultur - Katja Bär
Department Head and Press Officer| Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Julia Dünkel
City of Pößneck, Hear of Finance and Culture - Martin Fischer
Central Process and Project Management | City of Jena - Dr. Thomas Eberlein
Construction Management | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Kristian Philler
Press Officer City of Jena - Birgit Liebold
Corporate Communications JenaKultur - Axel Burchardt
Head of Press and Information, University of Jena - Katrin Bubat
Central Project Management City of Jena - Stefanie Braune
Head of Press and Public Relations City of Jena - Juliane Superka
BERATUNGSRAUM Kommunal- und Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Leipzig - Michael Kubach
BERATUNGSRAUM Kommunal- und Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Leipzig - Dr. Oliver Pänke
Leiter Servicebereich der Universität Jena - Eva Göbel
JenaKultur
Advisor board
- Prof. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer
Professor of Eastern European History| Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena and Co-Director of the Imre Kertész College - Wolfgang Tiefensee
Thuringia Minister for Economics, Science and Digital Society - Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich
Director of the Institute for Social Research (Goethe University of Frankfurt), Professor of Social Theory and Social Research - Dr. Ulrike Lorenz
Director of the Klassikstiftung Weimar - Dr. Albrecht Schröter
Former Mayor of the City of Jena - Dr. Thomas Oberender
Former Artistic and Managing Director of the Berliner Festspiele, Author and Curator from Jena - Eugen Ermantraut
Chair | CEO of BLINK AG - Dr. Peter Wurschi
State Representative of the Free State of Thuringia for Processing the SED Dictatorship - Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser
Professor for the Political System in the Federal Republic of Germany | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Prof. Dr. Torsten Oppelland
Head of the Field Comparative Governmental Theory and Institute Director | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Prof. Dr. Christopher Spehr
Comparative Church History | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Prof. Dr. Achim Seifert
Professor of Public Law, German and European Labour Law and Comparative Law | Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena - Dr. Judith Enders
Member of the Federal Government Commission “30th Anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution and German Unity” and Lecturer at Alice-Salomon College, Berlin
Steering Committee
- Dr. Thomas Nitzsche
Mayor - Christian Gerlitz
Deputy of Dr. Nitzsche - Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal
Vice-chair - Prof. Dr. Kim Siebenhüner
Deputy of Prof. Dr. Rosenthal