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Verena Metze-Mangold

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Verena Metze-Mangold
Verena Metze-Mangold
Born (1946-10-07) October 7, 1946 (age 78)
Kassel, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationPolitical scientist

Verena Metze-Mangold (born 7 October 1946) is a German political scientist,.[1] journalist,[2] and the former president of the German Commission for UNESCO.[3]

Early life

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Verena Metze-Mangold was born in Kassel on 7 October 1946.[4] Verena Metze-Mangold holds a PhD in political science, sociology and history.

Career

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Metze-Mangold is an expert in intercultural communication who specialises in the freedom of the press and information, media and network policy, international law and WTO.[5]

Metze-Mangold headed the Protestant Media Academy (cpa) at the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) in Frankfurt from 1976 to 1987.[6]

From 1987 to 2011, Metze-Mangold working in the directorate of Hessischer Rundfunk, where she was head of press and public relations until 1993[7]

From 1997 to 2014, Metze-Mangold was the vice president of the German Commission for UNESCO, which she had been a member of since 1982.[8] Between 2014 and 2018, Metze-Mangold was the president of the German Commission for UNESCO.

On 19 October 2019, Metze-Mangold was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her voluntary work.[3] In 2019, Metze-Mangold joined the advisory board of Candid Foundation[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Candid Foundation's Advisory Board". CANDID Foundation (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. ^ Erfurt, Universität. "InnoNet ist ausgezeichnetes Vorbild für Nachhaltigkeit". Universität Erfurt (in German). Germany: University of Erfurt. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  3. ^ a b "Verena Metze-Mangold verleihung Bundesverdienstkreuz". German Commission for UNESCO.
  4. ^ "Verena Metze-Mangold". whoswho.de. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Verena Metze-Mangold". www.schader-stiftung.de. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Dr. Verena Metze-Mangold". re-publica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Verena Metze-Mangold". adk-bw.de. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Biographie Dr Verena Metze-Mangold". zugang-gestalten.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Our Advisory Board". candid-foundation.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.