Curriculum Vitae Sabine Brünger-Weilandt

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 GmbH
  • 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 / Director 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)
  • Since 2014: 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 808 101
+49 7247 808 101
s.bruenger-weilandt@fiz-karlsruhe.de