Hands and cogs

Office for Strategic Projetcs

Plan, manage and implement projects on current topics
Hands and cogs
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Tasks

The Office manages projects related on current topics under the responsibility of the Executive Board. In their layout, these projects cover multiple fields of activity, are interdepartmental and often involve external partners. The Office reports directly to the President de.

Examples of projects:

  • Coordination of the University of Jena's activities in the federal-state programme of the Excellence StrategyExternal link (funding line II, University of Excellence)
  • Coordination of the DFG University Allowance for the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse"
  • Supporting and monitoring the strategic development of the University of Jena
  • Supporting the strategic process for university development 2030+External link initiated by the Thuringian Ministry 
  • Supporting the further development of the University of Jena's profile areas
  • Participation in the Quality Council of the European University Alliance EC2U
  • Interface between the Executive Board and faculties for the external academic faculty advisory boards of the University of Jena
  • Conception and organisation of prominent events in the University of Jena's "Facets of Freedom" de series

How we work

The Office for Strategic Projects clusters information on the strategic development of the university and makes it available to the Exceutive Board or other units of the university. It coordinates projects and events. It develops project-related programs and measures, and cooperates with various units of the university. It provides a platform for those units involved in strategy development. 

Selected projects

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Contact

Office for Strategic Projects
Katja Daube, Dr
Head (on parental leave)
Präsidialamt
Dr. Katja Daube
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Universitätshauptgebäude, Room 1.21
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link
Information

Please note that Dr Katja Daube is on parental leave from 1 January 2025 until the beginning of 2026. For enquiries regarding the Excellence Strategy, please contact Dr Tobias Schwessinger and Dr Jörg Neumann via email: exzellenzstrategie@uni-jena.de. For all other enquiries, please contact the President's Office of the University of Jena: praesidialamt@uni-jena.de.