Dr. Heide Ahrens

Secretary General of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Born on 21 January 1962
in Bergen/Celle district

Year	Description
Since 2020	Secretary General of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2017 - 2020	Senator for Science, Health and Consumer Protection, after 2019 Senator for Science and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senate Director, Head of Department 2 "Higher Education and Research”
2011 - 2017	Ministry for Science, Economic Affairs and Transport, after 2012 Ministry for Education and Science of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, after 2014 Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Science and Equality, Head of Section, Head of Department 5 "Science and Research"
2007 - 2011	Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Vice President for Administration and Finance 2008–2010 Acting President
2004 - 2007	University of Bremen Head of Academic Affairs Department
1999 - 2004	Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany Programme manager in the Programme and Funding Division
1995 - 1999	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Division head in the General Policy Division (deputy head of department)
1989 - 1994	Dr. Volkmar Köhler, PStS (ret.), Member of the German Bundestag (MdB) Research assistant to the member of the Bundestag
1989	Student assistant in the German Bundestag's Enquete Commission on the reform of health insurance
1988 - 1989	Member of the CDU/CSU parliamentary working group "Transnuclear Investigation Committee"
1988	Freelance employee in the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government

Year	Description
1994	Doctorate as Dr. phil. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
1987	Master of Arts
1982 - 1987	Degree course at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Political Science (major) Communication Research and Phonetics (major) Contemporary German Literature (minor)
1972 - 1981	Christian-Gymnasium Hermannsburg, A-levels