Achim Wiesner
Dr. Achim Wiesner is head of the Staff Unit for Strategic Initiatives (Stabsstelle Strategische Projekte und Exzellenz – SPE) at the University of Bremen/Germany. The Unit provides impulses for strategic development and designs strategy and change processes – most recently in developing a strategy for digital transformation. 2010–2015 he was Head of the Unit "Research Services" at the University of Bremen. In this function, he played a critical role in drafting the successful proposal for the "Ambitious and agile" Institutional Strategy that was successful in the German Excellence Initiative.
Prior to his work in science management, Achim Wiesner taught and researched as a political scientist at the universities of Hamburg, Duisburg-Essen and Bremen; he studied in Hamburg and Amsterdam.
His PhD thesis was on negotiations and decision-making in higher education in the federal system of Germany. He was a founding member of the “Netzwerk Wissenschaftsmanagement” (the German Science Management Network). At the Center for Science and Research Management (Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement in Speyer) he has been teaching "Strategy in Science and Research Institutions" since 2010.
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