{{Short description|German educational advisory body}} {{Infobox organization | name = German Science and Humanities Council | formation = {{start date and age|1957|09|05}} | logo = File:Wissenschaftsrat-Logo.svg | headquarters = Berlin | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Wolfgang Wick | website = https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/ }}

The '''''German Science and Humanities Council''''' (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) is an advisory body to the German Federal Government and the federal state governments. It makes recommendations on the development of science, research, and the universities, as well as on the competitiveness of German science. These recommendations involve both quantitative and financial considerations, as well as their implementation. Funding is provided by the federal and state governments.<ref name="Aufgaben - Organization">'' [http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/Aufgaben/aufg_org.htm Aufgaben – Organization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602133839/http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/Aufgaben/aufg_org.htm |date=2009-06-02 }}'' – Functions and Organization</ref>

The Science and Humanities Council's ''Scientific Commission'' has 32 members appointed by the Federal President. Twenty-four scientists are jointly proposed by the ''German Research Foundation'', the ''Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science'', the ''German Rectors' Conference'', the ''Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres'', the ''Fraunhofer Society'', and the ''Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community''. Another eight persons of high public standing are jointly proposed by the Federal Government and the federal state governments.<ref name="Aufgaben - Organization" />

== Tasks == In the recent past, the German Council of Science and Humanities expressed its views in its statements, recommendations, and position papers on various topics, including university construction (2022),<ref>Probleme und Perspektiven des Hochschulbaus 2030 (PDF; 1&nbsp;MB), January 2022, retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-01-31 |author=Amory Burchard |date=2022-01-24 |title=Marode Unigebäude und moderne Lehre: Sanierungsstau von 60 Milliarden Euro beim Hochschulbau |url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/marode-unigebaeude-und-moderne-lehre-sanierungsstau-von-60-milliarden-euro-beim-hochschulbau/28001788.html |website=tagesspiegel.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator -->, retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref> the transformation of scientific publishing to Open Access (2022),<ref>Empfehlungen zur Transformation des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens zu Open Access auf der wissenschaftsrat.de (PDF; 1&nbsp;MB), January 2022, retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref><ref>https://open-access.network/services/news/artikel/wissenschaftsrat-fordert-open-access-als-standard, retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref> and science communication (2021).<ref>Wissenschaftskommunikation (PDF; 928&nbsp;KB), retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref><ref>https://www.jmwiarda.de/2021/11/08/bitte-schaut-%C3%BCber-den-eigenen-tellerrand-hinaus/, retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref> In 2020, it published the position paper "Impulses from the COVID-19 Crisis for the Further Development of the Science System in Germany,"<ref>Impulse aus der COVID-19-Krise für die Weiterentwicklung des Wissenschaftssystems in Deutschland (PDF; 818&nbsp;KB), retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref> which described ten challenges for research to be crisis-proof.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-18 |date=29 January 2021 |title=Wissenschaftsrat: Zehn Herausforderungen f&#252;r krisenfeste Forschung |url=https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/120480/Wissenschaftsrat-Zehn-Herausforderungen-fuer-krisenfeste-Forschung |website=aerzteblatt.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 2019, it called for more funds for peace and conflict studies.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2021-01-24 |date=2019-07-15 |publisher=zwd Politikmagazin |title=Wissenschaftsrat: Bund soll Friedens- und Konfliktforschung finanziell stärken |url=http://www.zwd.info/wissenschaftsrat-bund-soll-friedens-und-konfliktforschung-finanziell-staerken.html}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2021-01-24 |date=2019-11-08 |publisher=gruene-fraktion-nrw.de |title=Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken |url=https://gruene-fraktion-nrw.de/parlament/die-friedens-und-konfliktforschung-staerken}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In the same year (2019), it issued a statement on the further development of university medicine in North Rhine-Westphalia.<ref>Stellungnahme zur Weiterentwicklung der Universitätsmedizin Nordrhein-Westfalen auf der wissenschaftsrat.de (PDF; 5&nbsp;MB), retrieved 10 February 2022.</ref> In 2016, the Council produced a position paper on knowledge and technology transfer.<ref>[https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=10794 uni-muenster.de 29 January 2020, "Transfer ist nicht etwas für den Feierabend"], retrieved 24 January 2021.</ref> In 2015, in a position paper titled "Major Societal Challenges" internationally referred to as societal challenges or grand challenges,<ref>[http://f20.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2015/05/15/grose-gesellschaftliche-herausforderungen/ Große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301094736/http://f20.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2015/05/15/grose-gesellschaftliche-herausforderungen/ |date=2021-03-01 }} auf der uni-heidelberg.de, Joachim Funke, Psychologisches Institut Heidelberg, retrieved 28 January 2017.</ref> it called for the "integration and flexible recombination of knowledge on ecological, technological, social, cultural, and economic aspects of a transformation process."<ref>[http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/4594-15.pdf Zum wissenschaftspolitischen Diskurs über Große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen] auf der wissenschaftsrat.de (PDF; 356&nbsp;KB), April 2015, retrieved 28 January 2017.</ref>

==Presidents== Presidents (''Vorsitzender'') of the organization:<ref>"[http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/pm_0711.pdf Wolfgang Marquardt neuer Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftsrats]" – New president of the Council of Science and Humanities</ref>

* 1958–1961 – Helmut Coing * 1961–1965 – Ludwig Raiser * 1965–1969 – Hans Leussink * 1969–1972 – Reimar Lüst * 1972–1976 – Theodor Heidhues * 1976–1979 – Wilhelm A. Kewenig * 1979–1982 – Andreas Heldrich * 1982–1985 – Hans-Jürgen Engell * 1985–1987 – Heinz Heckhausen * 1987–1989 – Kurt Kochsiek * 1989-1993 – Dieter Simon * 1993–1994 – Gerhard Neuweiler * 1994–1996 – Karl-Heinz Hoffmann * 1996–1998 – Dagmar Schipanski * 1998–2001 – Winfried Schulze * 2001–2006 – Karl Max Einhäupl * 2006–2011 – Peter Strohschneider * 2011–2014 – Wolfgang Marquardt * 2014–2017 – Manfred Prenzel * 2017–2020 – Martina Brockmeier * 2020–2023 – Dorothea Wagner * 2023–present – Wolfgang Wick

==See also== *Educational accreditation in Germany

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==External links== *[https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/EN/Home/home_node.html German Science and Humanities Council]

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