Office for Strategic Projetcs

Plan, manage and implement projects on current topics

Hands and cogs

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Tasks

The Office works on projects related to current topics under the responsibility of the Executive Board. These projects may be cross-departmental and 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 allowanceExternal link 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 of the Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs Science and Digital Society
Supporting the further development of the University of Jena's profiles|profile areas de
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

What we do

The Office for Strategic Projects manages projects on current topics that are initiated by the Executive Board of the University of Jena. In their layout, these projects cover multiple fields of activity, are interdepartmental and often involve external partners. The office answers directly to the President.

Current projects:

Coordinate the university’s activities in the federal-state program of the Excellence StrategyExternal link (funding line II, Excellence University)
Manage the DFG University AllowanceExternal link for the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse"
Support of the preparation and monitoring of the Strategies 2025External link
Support he strategy process "University Development 2030+" of the Thuringian Ministry of Economy, Science and Digital SocietyExternal link
Member of the Quality Council of the European University Alliance EC2U
Coordinate the activities between the Exceutive Board of the university and the external scientific advisory boards of each faculty

Ausgewählte Projekte

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Exzellenzstrategie de Koordination Antragsstellung Exzellenzuniversität
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Leitbild de Ein neues Leitbild für die Universität Jena (beendet)
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EC2U de Quality Council der Europäischen Hochschulallianz EC2U
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Kommunikationszentrum FORUM de Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung fördert Bau von 1 Kommunikationszentrum
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Facetten der Freiheit de Podiumsgespräche mit Nobelpreisträgerinnen, Journalistinnen und Journalisten

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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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Excellence Strategy Coordinate the university's activities in the Excellence Strategy
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Mission Statement A new mission statement for the University of Jena (finished)
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EC2U de Quality Council der Europäischen Hochschulallianz EC2U
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Communication hub FORUM de Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung supports construction of communication hub

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News

2 February 2024 2 February 2024

University of Jena in the final round of the Excellence Competition
6 June 2023 6 June 2023

143 draft proposals for new Clusters of Excellence submitted to German Research FoundationExternal link
1 February 2023 1 February 2023

145 letters of intent for new Clusters of Excellence were submitted to the German Research Foundation.External link
15 December 2022 15 December 2022

A new call for proposals on Clusters of Excellence was published by the German Research Foundation.External link

Contact

Office for Strategic Projects

Katja Daube, Dr

Head (on parental leave)

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Präsidialamt

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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.