After finishing her research studies in Bonn, Lemmens began her profession at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), where she worked for 22 years, consisting of two extended assignments abroad. Particularly developmental were her 5 years in New York, where she headed the DAAD The United States and Canada office and worked carefully with the University Alliance Ruhr’s liaison office. “Throughout that time, I acquired deep insights into the work and dynamics of UA Ruhr and became extremely familiar with its structures,” she discusses.
“We are pleased to have actually appointed Dr. Nina Lemmens as Managing Director of the UA Ruhr Management Office,” states Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert, UA Ruhr representative and president of the University of Duisburg-Essen. “She leads the brand-new Management Workplace, which unites all coordination and administrative jobs of our alliance. The objective is to supply a new administrative structure through joint, professional management for the University Alliance Ruhr, which has actually grown considerably and end up being more closely linked– enabling us to achieve even more together.”
In addition to her global experience, Lemmens headed the DAAD’s communications department for several years– know-how she now contributes in her function as Handling Director. She then spent 7 years working in structures, consisting of positions in Hamburg and Bonn, with a concentrate on science, education, and sociopolitical engagement. One particularly prominent initiative was the “Home of Democracy” task. “Universities are pillars of democracy due to the fact that they inform young people and allow totally free research,” Lemmens highlights. She means to integrate this more comprehensive social point of view into her future work at UA Ruhr.
Lemmens discusses her move to UA Ruhr by pointing to the alliance’s special strength: “Cooperations like this are powerful instruments for attending to the significant difficulties these days and tomorrow.” International networks play an essential function in this context. With three liaison workplaces covering North America, Latin America, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia, she sees strong potential to even more expand UA Ruhr’s tactical international connections.
About the Management Office
The Management Workplace was developed under UA Ruhr’s new cooperation arrangement. It brings together the previous administrative workplace and the administration of the Research study Alliance Ruhr. Following the successful start-up phase, the Managing Director of the Research Alliance, Jürgen Hein, will continue to support the shift until completion of the month before going back to Düsseldorf. All other staff members will continue their work for UA Ruhr under the management of the new Managing Director.
About the University Alliance Ruhr