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The Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration

The Expert Council

Expert Advice on Migration and Integration

 

Berlin Office

The staff members of the Berlin office

Dr. Cornelia Schu

Managing Director of the SVR and Director of the Expert Council’s Research Unit

Cornelia Schu serves as the SVR’s Managing Director as well as the Director of the SVR’s Research Unit. Before joining the SVR, Dr. Schu led Stiftung Mercator’s thematic cluster on integration, where she gained extensive expertise in integration policy. Dr. Schu also worked as Personal Assistant to the Secretary General and the Chairman of the German Council of Science and Humanities. Dr. Schu holds a PhD in German studies.

Tel.: +49 30. 288 86 59 – 0
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Professional background:

Managing Director of the SVR and Director of the SVR’s Research Unit, since 1 June 2014

Stiftung Mercator
2011–2014 Head of Stiftung Mercator’s thematic cluster on integration
2010–2011 Project Manager at Stiftung Mercator’s Centre for Science and Humanities
German Council of Science and Humanities
2006–2010 Research Consultant in the Research department
2005–2008 Personal Assistant to the General Secretary and the Chairman
2003–2005 Research Consultant in the Higher Education Governance department
University of Bonn
2000–2003 Researcher (German studies)
Education
1995–2000 PhD at the University of Bonn
1988–1995 Magister Artium (M.A.) degree, University of Bonn

Advisory board and committee memberships (selection):

  • Member of Heidelberg University's University Council, since 2015
  • Member and Deputy Chairperson of Goethe-Institut's specialised Advisory Board "Mobility and Migration", since 2017
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Duisburg-Essen and Federal Institute for Population Research's "German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study" research project, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), since March 2018
  • Member of the Board of Experts advising the Statewide Coordination for Local Government Integration Centres in North Rhine-Westphalia's "Promoting Local Conflict Management: Constructively Shaping Participation and Integration" project, since spring 2018
  • Mentor in the Humboldt University of Berlin's "I_Professional Graduate Programme Mitte" empowerment programme, since 2018
  • Member of the expert group on immigration advising the immigration agency, since 2015
  • Member of the PHINEO Integration Fund's Project Advisory Board, 2016–2017
  • Mentor in the Deutschlandstiftung Integration's mentoring programme, 2016–2018
  • Member of the "Bildung als nationale Aufgabe" group of advisors to the Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, 2014
  • Member of Arnsberg District Authority's Integration Advisory Board, 2012–2014