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.
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Professional background (excerpt):
Managing Director of the SVR and Director of the SVR’s Research Unit, since 1June 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 |
The Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration is based on an initiative of the Stiftung Mercator and the Volkswagen Foundation. The initiative includes seven member foundations. In addition to the Stiftung Mercator and the Volkswagen Foundation, the member foundations are: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Freudenberg Foundation, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stifterverband and Vodafone Foundation Germany.
