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:

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

  • Facetten der Freiheit

     de

    Panel discussions with Nobel laureates, journalists, and authors

    Clockwise from top left: Herta Müller, Andrea Wulf, Natan Sznaider, Irina Scherbakowa
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper / Antonina Gern / Claudia Hoehne / Jens Meyer
  • Mission Statement

    A new mission statement for the University of Jena

    Laser show at the summer festival of the University of Jena
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
  • EC2U

     de

    Quality Council der Europäischen Hochschulallianz EC2U

    Seven Students
    Image: Adobe Stock | Collage: Sabine Müller
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Contact

Katja Daube, Dr

Head (on parental leave)
Office for Strategic Projects
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 until 30 July 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.