Curriculum Vitae

Sabine Brünger-Weilandt has been President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure since 2003.

Education

  • 1975 – 1982 Studies in history, German language and literature, philosophy and educational science at the universities of Bonn and Tübingen

  • 1982 State examination in history, German studies and educational sciences at the University of Bonn.

Professional Positions

  • Since 2003 President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure 
  • 2001 – 2003 BrüngerWeilandtConsult (Hamburg)
  • 1999 – 2001 Head of Strategic Consulting at MSBK Proximity / BBDO World­wide GmbH (Hamburg)
  • 1995 – 1999 Head of Communication and Service at Greenpeace Deutschland e. V. (Hamburg)
  • 1993 – 1995 Senior Consultant at Mummert & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH (Hamburg)
  • 1989 – 1993 Authorised Signatory / Head of ASSDATA Assekuranz Datenbank GmbH (Karlsruhe)
  • 1987 – 1989 Lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Department of Information and Documentation)
  • 1985 – 1989 Regional Sales Director of GENIOS-Datenbanken /  Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH (Düsseldorf / Frankfurt a. Main)
  • 1982 – 1985 Deutsche Bank AG / Headquarters, Board Area (Frankfurt a. Main)

Professional Activities and Memberships

  • Since 2022 Leibniz-Ombudsperson, Member of the central Leibniz Ombuds Committee
  • 2019 – 2021 Co-founding Director of Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur – NFDI e. V.
  • Since 2018 Member of the Supervisory Board of the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen
  • Since 2017 Member of the Editorial Board of Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie (ZfBB)
  • Since 2016 Co-Chair of the Financial Committee of the Leibniz Association
  • 2016 – 2021 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association
  • 2016 – 2018 Member of the Foundation Council of the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology, Hanover
  • 2015 – 2017 Member of the platform "Digitalisierung in Bildung und Wissenschaft (Digitalisation in education and science") of the “Digital Summit” of the German federal government
  • Since 2014 Member of the Governing Board of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
  • 2014 – 2022 Member of the (RfII – Rat für Informationsinfrastrukturen); Deputy Chair (2014-2016)
  • 2013 – 2018 Expert and member of the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group on European Research Infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
  • 2012 – 2020 Expert and guest in various ad-hoc working groups of the Joint Science Conference (GWK – Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz of the Federal Government and the Länder)
  • Since 2011 Member of the Advisory Council of the German National Library (DNB), Frankfurt a. Main
  • 2009 – 2011 Chair of the Commission for the Future of Information Infrastructure (KII)
  • 2008 – 2020 Member of the Foundation Council of the Leibniz-Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF), Frankfurt a. Main
  • 2008 – 2014 Advisor to the Executive Board of the Leibniz Association (Präsidiumsbeauftragte) in matters of Information Infrastructure
  • 2008 – 2011 Member of the Advisory Council of the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), Munich
  • 2004 – 2016 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology, Hanover; Deputy Chair 2013 – 2016
  • 2004 – 2008 Member of the Executive Board of the Leibniz Association; Spokeswoman of the Interdisciplinary Association of Infrastructure Institutions
Contact

Sabine Brünger-Weilandt

President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe
Phone:
+49 7247 808 102
+49 7247 808 102
s.bruenger-weilandt [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de