ABOUT THE DANUBE SCHOOL SERIES
The Danube Schools are part of a greater connection of networks and partnerships within the Danube region. They are a result of the work of several institutions, associations and active individuals. Since the European Commission adopted the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) in 2010, there has been a growing demand for individuals who understand this complex region as well as the structures of the EU and other international and national institutions. As the EUSDR was implemented to create synergies and coordination between existing policies and initiatives taking place across the Danube region, there is a great demand of exchange of perspectives, knowledge and opinions through networking, open discussions and expertise.
European Danube Academy (EDA)
Since 2008, the European Danube Academy (EDA) has been working to strengthen cooperation in science, education, culture, politics, and media in the Danube Region. With its network and projects the EDA contributes to mutual cultural exchange and to the integration process in the South-Eastern European countries. Since then, the EDA has also become one of the major platforms for the presentation of ideas, opinions and views from all over the Danube region. With its manifold projects and publications, it is actively contributing to the success of the EU-Strategy for the Danube Region by fostering exchange, science and education.
HfG Foundation Ulm
The Ulm School of Design (HfG Ulm) was founded in Ulm in 1953 by Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicherand Max Bill and closed as early as 1968 due to internal and financial problems. It is considered tobe the most important international design college after the historic Bauhaus. It enjoyed an excellentinternational reputation and was a pioneer and role model both for future design courses atuniversities of design and for the professional profile of the designer.Today, the buildings of the former college are administered by the private foundation of the samename, Hochschule für Gestaltung HfG Ulm. The task of the foundation is the preservation of thehistorical complex in accordance with the monument regulations and the promotion of activities inthe field of science, research and the development of questions of design. Under the name "Centerfor Design", the building complex comprises today a mix of public and private use: it houses thearchives of the historic college, an event area with the former refectory, the lecture halls and theassociated spacious access and communication areas, as well as rental spaces for offices andcompanies with an affinity for design. The former HfG has thus developed into a lively place ofinteraction and communication.
University of Applied Sciences Neu Ulm
Neu-Ulm University (HNU) is the leading international business school for the Alb Danube region. It shapes the future through innovation, sustainable entrepreneurship and digital transformation.
OUR TEAM
PROF. GERHARD MAYER
Initiator & Founding Member EDA
For the last 15 years, Gerhard Mayer has been a strong supporter of the Danube Region integration process. He contributed in various Danube related projects and is a founding member and shareholder of European Danube Academy gGmbH, where he acts as Chairman of the Academic Council (since 2010).
In the name of the European Danube Academy, Professor Mayer has conceptualized and actively promoted the study program “Master of Danube Studies”, that is still in its preparatory phase. Moreover, he initiated and conceptualized the Danube Schools since 2014.
TANJA SALZMANN-REISSER
Coordinator
Tanja Salzmann-Reißer is assistant lecturer and PhD student of Historical and Cultural Anthropology (“Empirische Kulturwissenschaft”) at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She is writing her PhD about transnational cooperation in the Danube Region. She is director of “Jugendwerk der AWO” in Stuttgart and coordinator of international and intercultural youth projects in Europe.
Since 2017 she is also working as freelancer for the European Academy and is coordinating and organizing the Danube School Series.
PAUL F. LANGER
Initiator & Coordinator
Paul F. Langer, is research associate and PhD candidate at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer, Germany. He holds a MSc in Economics and International Strategy from the University of St Andrews, UK and a economics BSc degree from the University of Freiburg.
For the last 15 years he was also involved in multiple Danube Region related projects. Together with Gerhard Mayer, he has initiated the first Danube Summer School in 2014. Since then he manages and coordinates the Danube School series.
DR. NOÉMI FÖLDES-CAPPELLOTTO
Coordinator
She is a research associate at the University of Ulm. She studied psychology in Budapest, Padua and Aachen. She also works as a freelancer for the Treatment Center for Torture Victims Ulm and is a main member of the International Advisory Board in Neu-Ulm,
where she is responsible for a project to promote psychosocial counseling and psychotherapeutic opportunities for foreigners. Since 2021 she works freelance as a Project Officer in the field of Danube Schools for the European Danube Academy.
MARC LUNKENHEIMER
Coordinator
He is a doctoral student at the Munich School of Philosophy and a research associate and lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Neu-Ulm. He studied philosophy and and literature in Mainz and Groningen, and is currently researching economic and business ethics. After his studies, he gained several years of professional experience in communications agencies and in marketing and corporate communications. He has been part of the
Danube School Team of the European Danube Academy.
OUR SCHOOLS
Danube Schools Series currently consists of four Danube Schools taking place in different countries and seasons.
All summer schools are separate units but strongly connected through topics, aims, backgrounds as well as through people and project ideas.
NOVI SAD
Serbia
ULM/NEU-ULM
Germany
BUDAPEST
Hungary
RUSE
Bulgaria
About the European Danube Academy
The European Danube Academy (EDA) has initiated the Danube School Series (DSS) in 2014. Apart from the DSS-Project the EDA generally fosters cooperation in science, education, culture, politics, and media in the Danube area. With its network and projects the EDA contributes to mutual cultural exchange and to the integration process in the South-Eastern European countries.
Since 2008, the EDA has become one of the major Danube platforms for the presentation and exchange of ideas, opinions, and information from all over the Danube region. With its manifold projects and publications, it is actively contributing to the success of the EU-Strategy for the Danube Region by fostering exchange, science and education.