Prof. Dr. Georg W. Bertram

Areas of Responsibility

Permanent deputy to the president

Professorial appointments

• Professorial appointments strategy – in tandem with the university’s gender equity strategy (with the second vice president, VP2) and its research strategy (with the fourth vice president, VP4)
• Hiring and retention negotiations for professors (with the chancellor, K)
• Structural planning regarding permanent professorial positions, Development and Planning Commission (with the president, P)
• Central pool of professorial positions
• Departmental planning regarding professorial appointments
• Tenure track
• Professorial partnerships
• Co-appointments and their structures

The following departments and central institutes:

• Department of History and Cultural Studies
• Department of Political and Social Sciences
• John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
• Institute for Latin American Studies
• Institute for East European Studies

Freie Universität Berlin’s representative on various boards and advisory councils, including:

• DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research), board of trustees
• GWZ Humanities Centers Berlin e.V., board of trustees
• WZB Berlin Social Science Center, board of trustees
• Selma Stern Center

Further areas include:

• Berlin University Alliance – Berlin Leadership Academy
• Contact person for professors

Personal Assistant (VP11):

Dr. Marion Acker
Tel.: +49 30 838 731 11
Email: ma.acker@fu-berlin.de