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            Based at each partner university, a team of five coordinators make sure processes and coll

            within the network run smooth. Together with the Heads of the International Offices, they 
            Executive Committee. Regular meetings of this managing group facilitate mutual exchange of
            of wants and needs as well as careful planning of upcoming activities.


            The general network’s coordination is a rotating role that passes on after four years. Aft
            successful period at the University of Vienna [ URL "https://www.central-network.eu/who-we

            #c647932"] , Charles University takes over the presidency on November 12th, 2024. You can 
            about the CENTRAL Ceremony for this occasion here [ URL "https://csp.cuni.cz/CSPEN-51.html






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            * Team of International Coordinators

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            Eva BenešováCharles University
            eva.benesova@ruk.cuni.cz

            Stefan KarschHumboldt University, Berlin
            stefan.karsch@hu-berlin.de
            Klementyna KielakUniversity of Warsaw

            klementyna.kielak@adm.uw.edu.pl
            Katalin Igaz-ÖhlerEötvös Loránd University, Budapest
            katalin.ohler@rk.elte.hu

            Barbara Grodecka-PoprawskaUniversity of Vienna
            barbara.grodecka-poprawska@univie.ac.at







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            * CENTRAL Ambassadors

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            Ambassador Emil Brix

            Dr. Emil Brix, born 1956 in Vienna, diplomat and historian, is the Director of the Diploma
            Wien – Vienna School of International Studies since 2017. After joining the Austrian diplo
            1982, Mr Brix worked as political secretary for the parliamentary group of the Austrian Pe

            1986, he was appointed Head of Cabinet at the Ministry of Science and Research. From 1990 
            served as Austrian Consul General in Cracow, Poland. Subsequently, he was Director of the 
            Institute in London, a position he held for four years. In 2002, Mr Brix was appointed Dir

            Foreign Cultural Policy at the Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria.
            five years as the Austrian Ambassador to the UK from 2010-15, he became Austrian Ambassado
            Federation in 2015. He is deputy chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Centr

            member of the governing board of the Austrian Research Association. He holds a PhD from th
            Vienna and was awarded Dr. hc. by the University of Drohobytsch, Ukraine and by the Univer
            Napoca, Romania. He is an alumnus of the Diplomatische Akademie Wien and published numerou

            articles on Austrian and European history of the 19 th and 20 th century.
            Ambassador (rtd) Andreas Meitzner
            Mr Meitzner was born in 1956. As a law graduate of Bonn University, he joined the German D

            in 1982. He served at the German Embassies in Montevideo, Panama, Lisbon and Prague before
            Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) in 2005 as Head of Human Resources Division. Afte
            as Deputy Ambassador at the German Embassy in Warsaw, he became Ambassador and Deputy Dire

            Foreign Cultural Policy at the Auswärtiges Amt in 2012. In 2015, he was transferred to Mos
            Ambassador at Germany’s largest diplomatic mission abroad. In 2017, Mr Meitzner was appoin
            Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. Since his retirement in 2020, Mr Meitzner is engaged

            volunteering activities – as Programme Director for young foreign diplomats at the Diploma
            Berlin. He is a member of the German Council on Foreign Relations.







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            * Governance Board

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            CENTRAL is governed by a Board of (vice) rectors, one of each partner university. This ste
            oversee the mission and general strategy of the network. They also give impetus content-wi

            defining CENTRAL Agenda that sets the scene for multifaceted research and outreach activit
            partner institutions.
            Prof. PhDr. Eva Voldřichová Beránková, Ph.D.Charles University

            Vice-Rector for International Affairs [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-290.html"]
            Dr. Yoan Vilain, LL.M.Humboldt University, Berlin
            Director of the International Department [ URL "https://www.international.hu-berlin.de/en/

            contact#Head%20of%20department"]
            Prof. Sambor GruczaUniversity of Warsaw
            Vice Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources [ URL "https://en.uw.edu.pl/vice-rectors-a

            Prof. Dr. Imre HamarEötvös Loránd University, Budapest
            Vice-Rector for International Affairs [ URL "https://www.elte.hu/en/university_leaders"]
            Prof. Dr. Manuela BaccariniUniversity of Vienna

            Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs [ URL "https://rektorat.univie.ac.at/re
            vizerektorinnen/vizerektorin-baccarini/"]