OPEN HUMBOLDT is an open "learning" initiative that thrives on versatile impulses, ideas and advice. In October 2020, the OPEN HUMBOLDT Expert Circle was appointed. The ten members accompany and advise Humboldt-Universität in its strategy development process based on their experience in science research, science communication and their expertise at the interface of future scientific topics and socially relevant research.

With the help of this external know-how we aim to develop new formats and projects and reflect on the impact of existing activities. In addition, the Expert Circle focuses on a sustainable implementation and development of the third mission as a new area of performance of the university.

Chairman of the Expert Circle:

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Hornbostel (ret.), former head of Department 2 Research System and Science Dynamics of the German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW).

Members:

• Prof. Dr. Robert Arlinghaus, Research Group Leader Integrative Recreational Fisheries Management, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)

• Prof. Dr. Ariane Berthoin Antal, Emerita Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) / Social Science Research Center Berlin

• Prof. Dr. Peter van den Besselaar, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Organization Sciences and Network Institute; Research Director Teresa Mom Consultancy, Amsterdam

• Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Dirnagl, Department Director Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Founding Director Quest Center for Transforming Biomedical Research at Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)

• Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey, Executive Director Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW), Director of the Department of Science Studies at the University of Bonn

• Prof. Dr. Sunhild Kleingärtner, Director of the museum Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources, and Professor of Archaeology with a focus on transfer at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum

• Beatrice Lugger, Executive Director, National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik)

• Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)

• Prof. Dr. Ruth Schilling, Managing Director of the German Maritime Museum (DSM), Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, and Professor of Maritime History at the University of Bremen