Ad­vis­ory Board

The Advisory Board advises the Executive Board and supervises its management in accordance with Section 21 of the NRW Higher Education Act. As the highest body of the university, it must approve certain strategic decisions of the university management. It gives its opinion and makes recommendations on matters of research, art, teaching and studies that affect the entire university or central institutions or are of fundamental importance. Furthermore, the members of the Advisory Board participate in the election and dismissal of members of the Executive Board in the University Election Assembly. In addition, the Ministry of Culture and Science has delegated the tasks of the highest official authority to the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board of Paderborn University consists of nine members.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier

Chairman of the Advisory Board, 
Former vice-president of the Media Council of East-Belgium,
Honorary professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Andreas Speith

Stellvertretender Vorsitzender des Hochschulrats
Geschäftsführer der Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH.

Prof. Dr. Rita Burrichter

Professor of Practical Theology at the Institute of Catholoic Theology of Paderborn University.

Elisabeth Ewen

Vorständin für Personal, Unternehmenskultur und Recht der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e. V.

Dr. Doreen Hartmann

Leiterin der Abteilung Ausstellungen am Deutschen Hygiene-Museum Dresden mit den Arbeitsschwerpunkten u.a. in der interdisziplinären Wissensvermittlung, Nachhaltigkeit, Diversität und Digitalisierung.

Dr.-Ing. Steffen Jesinghausen

Senior researcher at the Particle Technology Group (Paderborn University), spokesman of the academic mid-Level staff at Paderborn University.

Prof. Dr. Holger Karl

Leiter der Gruppe „Internet Technology and Softwarization“ am Hasso-Plattner-Institut der Universität Potsdam.

Prof. Dr. Urška Kosi

Professorin für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere externes Rechnungswesen und Wirtschaftsprüfung an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften.

Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn

Professor for Integrated Quantum Optics, member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.