Ludger Kühnhardt

Professor Ludger Kühnhardt is Director of the Centre for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and professor of political science at Bonn University. He worked as journalist, served as speechwriter for German Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker, was Professor of Political Science at Freiburg University and visiting professor at prestigious universities around the world. Twice, he was appointed a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C. In 2004 he was awarded the European Science Prize of the European Cultural Foundation.