Opening Speech
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheScience and higher education institutions play an important part in liberal democracies. Especially in times when empirical research is downgraded to individual belief, how can they keep their position as places of societal reflection?
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Dr. Michael IGNATIEFF
President and Rector, CEU - Central European University, Budapest
| 1978-1984 | Senior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge |
| 1985 | Visiting Scholar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris |
| 1985-2000 | Freelance Writer, Broadcaster and Journalist, London |
| 1989-1993 | Editorial Columnist, The Observer, London |
| 1996-1998 | Alastair Horne Visiting Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford |
| 2000-2005 | Professor of Practice and Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge MA |
| Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine | |
| 2006-2011 | Member of Parliament, House of Commons of Canada, Ottawa |
| 2007-2008 | Deputy Leader, Liberal Party of Canada, Ottawa |
| 2009-2011 | Leader, Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa |
| 2011-2012 | Senior Resident Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto |
| 2012-2013 | Professor of International Relations, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto |
| since 2012 | Centennial Chair, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York |
| 2013 | Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA |
| since 2014 | Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA |
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