Dr Cornelia Schu
Managing Director of the SVR
Cornelia Schu serves as the SVR’s Managing Director. 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
schu@svr-migration.de
Professional background:
Managing Director of the SVR 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 |
Advisory board and committee memberships (selection):
- Member of Heidelberg University's University Council, since 2015
- Chairperson of Goethe-Institut's specialised Advisory Board "Mobility and Migration", since 2021
- 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), 2018–2020
- 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, 2018–2020
- 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
Publications (selection):
Lokhande, Mohini/Schu, Cornelia 2021: Ungleiche Bildungschancen von jungen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund, in: Bildungsgerechtigkeit: Teilhabe in allen Lebenslagen? Archiv für Wissenschaft und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit Nr. 2/2021, 14–23.
Schu, Cornelia 2020: Konsequenzen der Anglophonisierung für internationale Studierende und wissenschaftliche Politikberatung. Integration und Dialogfähigkeit sichern, in: Münch, Ursula/Mocikat, Ralph/Gehrmann, Siegfried/Siegmund, Jörg (Hrsg.): Die Sprache von Forschung und Lehre. Tutzinger Studien zur Politik, Baden-Baden, 111–120.
Morris-Lange, Simon/Schu, Cornelia 2020: German Universities Woo International Students, in: International Higher Education, Issue 103/2020, 9–10. Available online: Link to the article
Schu, Cornelia 2018: Späte Erkenntnis. Analyse zum Thema Zuzugssteuerung durch ein Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz. Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Beitrag vom 31.12.2018. Availaibe online (in German): Link to the article
Bauer, Thomas K./Schu, Cornelia 2017: Integration von Flüchtlingen in Bildung und Arbeit zahlt sich als langfristige Investition aus. Ergebnisse aus dem achten Jahresgutachten des Sachverständigenrats deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration, in: Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens (RdJB), 2/2017, 100–107.
Schu, Cornelia 2016: Integration muss als Teilhabe verstanden werden. Vor allem die Bereiche Bildung und Arbeitsmarkt sind entscheidend, in: Frankfurter Hefte, 3/2016, 17–21. Available online (in German): Frankfurter Hefte 3/2016