Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Julian Nida-Rümelin, former Minister of culture.
The philosopher and author Julian Nida-Rümelin teaches at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, as an honorary professor at the Humboldt Universität Berlin and as a visiting professor at foreign universities.
He is a member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the European Academy of Sciences, and director at the Bavarian Institute for Digital Transformation. He is a board member of the Parmenides Foundation.
He was the Head of the departement of culture of Munich from 1998 to 2000 and subsequently served as State Minister for Culture and Media until the fall of 2002. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Trieste; in 2016, the Bavarian state government awarded him the Europe Medal, and in 2019, the Bavarian Order of Merit. Since May 2020, he has been vice chairman of the German Ethics Council.
Julian Nida-Rümelin regularly publishes newspaper articles, books and scientific essays and gives lectures at companies and associations. In case of interest, please contact Dr. Nathalie Weidenfeld.