Board of Academic Advisers to the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development

The board of academic advisers to the Federal Minister of Transport was set up in 1949 to advise the Federal Minister of Transport in preparing and carrying out his tasks and to help integrate scientific knowledge into both traffic policy and specialised work.

The board members are scientists and outstanding experts with extensive experience in the areas which fall into the ambit of the Federal Minister of Transport. The member structure of the board of academic advisers is interdisciplinary: Besides economists specialising in macroeconomics and business administration, members also include university engineering lecturers. This composition reflects the diverse economic, technical and socio-political aspects of transport policy and academic transport work.

The members are appointed to the board of academic advisers not as representatives of a group, specifically an interest group, but solely in terms of their person. Proposals for appointing members are issued by the board, whilst actual appointment is undertaken by the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development. The board and the ministry are united in their efforts to secure the independent position and academic character of the board.

Constant academic exchange

Via regular meetings in alternating locations, the board members make use of the opportunity to remain in constant academic exchange regarding essential and current transport policy problems. Continuous contact with leading ministry staff ensures that the flow of information from transport policy to transport academia and vice-versa is maintained.

The members of the board of academic advisers carry out these activities on a voluntary basis. This is all the more deserving of thanks and recognition when one considers that involvement in the board of academic advisers is relatively work-intensive for its members due to the comparatively high number of meetings each year.

The board currently numbers 17 members.

Task areas

The task of being the advisory body to the minister and the ministry necessitates that the board be independent of the ministry as an opinion-forming committee. Its debates can be stimulated via discussions with the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development himself or also ministry representatives. In keeping with the board's independence from the ministry, it follows that its comments are exclusively expressions of the opinion of the board and its members, and do not reflect the opinion of the ministry. Thanks to this position, the board is at liberty to select its topics. It deals both with problems specified by the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development and with questions which appear to the board to be particularly topical and significant to transport policy.

The board of academic advisers' activities are broken down into three main task areas:

• Formulation of essential, expert opinions on key transport policy issues
• Composing statements on current transport policy topics;
• Provision of direct advice to the minister and senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development.

In recent years, the academic board of advisers has drawn up a considerable number of statements

Chairman of the board of academic advisers

Prof. Dr.-lng. Klaus Beckmann

German Institute of Urban Affairs
Institute Director
Zimmerstraße 13 - 15
D-10969 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 390 01214
Fax: +49 (0) 30 390 01216
email: beckmann@difu.de

Secretariat of the board of academic advisers

Siglinde Lauer

Robert-Schuman-Platz 1
D-53175 Bonn
Phone: + 49 (0)228 99-300-2613
Fax: + 49 (0)228 99-300-2499 or 300-3428
email: siglinde.lauer@bmvbs.bund.de

Further members of the board of academic advisers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd-Axel Ahrens

Dresden Technical University
Transport and Infrastructure Planning
D-01062 Dresden
Phone: + 49 (0)351 4633 2975 (University)
Fax: + 49 (0)351 4633 7264
Mobile: + 49 (0)173 6072472 (private)
email: gerd-axel-ahrens@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr. Herbert Baum

Institute of Transport Science
at the University of Cologne
Universitaetsstrasse 22
D-50937 Cologne
Phone: + 49 (0)221 470 2312 (University)
Fax: + 49 (0)221 470 5183
Phone: + 49 (0)221 391869 (private)
email: h.baum@uni-koeln.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Beckmann

German Institute of Urban Affairs
Zimmerstraße 13 - 15
D-10969 Berlin
Phone: + 49 (0)30 39 00 12 14
Fax: + 49 (0)30 39 00 12 16
email: beckmann@difu.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Boltze

Darmstadt Technical University
Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering
Petersenstraße 30
D-64287 Darmstadt
Phone: + 49 (0) 6151 162 025
Fax: + 49 (0) 6151 164 625
Phone: + 49 (0) 6151 917 168 (private)
E-Mail: boltze@verkehr.tu-darmstadt.de

 

Prof. Dr. Alexander Eisenkopf

Phoenix Chair for Business Administration and Mobility Management
Zeppelin University GmbH
Am Seemooser Horn 20
D-88045 Friedrichshafen
Phone: + 49 (0)7541 6009 1211
Fax: + 49 (0)7541 6009 1299
email: aeisenkopf@zeppelin-university.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Fricke

Technical University Dresden
"Friedrich List" - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Director of the Institute of Logistics and Aviation
D-01069 Dresden
Phone: + 49 (0)351 4633 6739
Fax: + 49 (0)351 4633 6898
email: fricke@ifl.tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Goepfert

Philipps University Marburg
Chair of General Business Administration and Logistics
Am Plan 2
D-35037 Marburg
Phone: + 49 (0)6421 2823 91415 (University)
Phone: +49 (0)6421 51768 (private)
Fax: + 49 (0)6421 2823 745 
email: goepfert@wiwi.uni-marburg.de

Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen

Dresden University of Technology
Department of Business Management and Economics
Chair of Energy Economics and Public Sector Management
D-01062 Dresden
Phone: + 49 (0)351 463 39 770
Fax: + 49 (0)351 463 39 763
Mobile: + 49 (0)172 323 5552
email: cvh@mailbox-tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr. Guenter Knieps

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Institute of Transport Science and Regional Policy
Platz der Alten Synagoge
D-79085 Freiburg
Phone: + 49 (0)761 203 2370
Fax: + 49 (0)761 203 2372
email: knieps@vwl.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr

German University of
Administrative Sciences Speyer
Chair of Economics
National and International Economic Policy
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 2
D-67346 Speyer
Phone: +49 (0) 6232 65 41 57
Secretariat: +49 (0) 6232 65 43 52 (Mrs Steiger)
Fax:  +49 (0) 6232 65 42 56
Mobile: +49 (0) 174 1 75 31 21
email:  knorr@dhv-speyer.de

Prof. Dr. Kay Mitusch

Institute for Economic Policy Research at the University of Karlsruhe (TH, KIT)
Kollegium am Schloss, Bau IV
Kaiserstraße 12 (Uni)
D-76128 Karlsruhe

Scientific Advisor Sector Mobility
IGES Institut GmbH
Friedrichstraße 180
D-10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 721 60 83 07 1 (University)
Fax:  +49 (0) 721 60 88 89 23
Mobile: +49 (0) 177 3 69 00 56
email:  mitusch@iww.uni-kalrsruhe.de

Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter

Institute of International Affairs
Hamburg University
Schlueterstrasse 28
D-20146 Hamburg
Phone: + 49 (0)40 42838 4565
Fax: + 49 (0)40 42838 6262 
Phone: + 49 (0)40 60951957 (private)
email: s-oeter@jura.uni-hamburg.de

Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher

Institute for Research into Application-oriented Knowledge Processing
Chair of Information Technology
Ulm University
Lise-Meitner-Strasse 9
D-89081 Ulm
Phone: + 49 (0)731 5039 102
Fax: + 49 (0)731 5039 111
email: radermac@faw-neu-ulm.de

Prof. Dr. Volker Schindler

Berlin Technical University
Institute of Land and Marine Transportation Systems
Automotive Engineering
Secr. TI.313
Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25
D-13355 Berlin
Phone: + 49 (0)30 314 72970
Fax: + 49 (0)30 314 72505
email: Volker.Schindler@tu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Juergen Siegmann

Berlin Technical University
Specialist Field: Rolling Stock and Railway Operation
SG 18
Salzufer 17-19
D-10587 Berlin
Phone: + 49 (0)30 314 23314 (University)
Fax: + 49 (0)30 314 25530 (University)
Phone: + 49 (0)5109 63848 (private)
Fax: + 49 (0)5109 565692 (private)
Mobile: + 49 (0)152 292 637 46
email: jsiegmann@railways.tu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schlag

Dresden University of Technology
Department of Transportation Science
Chair for Traffic and Transportation Psychology
Hettnerstraße 1
D-01062 Dresden
Phone: + 49 (0)351 463 36510/36520
Fax: + 49 (0)351 463 36513
Phone: + 49 (0)241 83363 (private)
Mobile: + 49 (0) 173 9292635
email: schlag@verkehrspsychologie-dresden.de

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stoelzle

Presiding Director of the
Kuehne Institute of Logistics
at the University of St. Gallen
Dufourstrasse 40a
CH-9000 St. Gallen
Phone: + 41 (0)71 2247 280 (University)
Fax: + 41 (0)71 2247 315
Phone: + 41 (0)71 44 03 723 (private)
Mobile: + 41 (0)177 2042505
email: wolfgang.stoelzle@unisg.ch