Dr. Heide Hackmann

Secretary-General, International Social Science Council (ISSC) – on behalf of International Council for Science (ICSU) and ISSC, France

Heide Hackmann's Curriculum Vitae


Heide Hackmann read for a M.Phil in contemporary social theory at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and holds a PhD in science and technology studies from the University of Twente in the Netherlands . Heide has worked as a science policy maker, researcher and consultant in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and South Africa. In her research work at the Universities of Stellenbosch (South Africa), Bielefeld (Germany), Keele (UK) and Twente (Netherlands), she has specialised in science policy studies, the governance of science, and research evaluation. She has participated in a number of EU Framework Programme projects and in 2004 initiated and directed the establishment of an ERA-NET Coordination Action focusing on the coordination of research between Europe and China (CO-REACH). Heide has undertaken science policy consultancy work for the South African Department of Science and Technology, the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the German Academic Exchange Service, the All European Academies, and the Netherlands Scientific Research Organisation. From 2003 to 2007 she served as Head of the Department of International Relations and Quality Assessment of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was elected to the position of Secretary-General of the ISSC by the Council's General Assembly in November 2006.