Heinz Faßmann
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Heinz Faßmann
| image = Heinz Fassmann, Austrian Minister of Education - 2018 (46171295532) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Fassmann in 2018
| office = Minister of Education
| term_start = 7 January 2020
| term_end = 6 December 2021
| president = Alexander Van der Bellen
| chancellor = Sebastian Kurz
Alexander Schallenberg
| predecessor = Iris Rauskala
| successor = Martin Polaschek
| term_start1 = 18 December 2017
| term_end1 = 3 June 2019
| president1 = Alexander Van der Bellen
| chancellor1 = Sebastian Kurz
| predecessor1 = Sonja Hammerschmid
| successor1 = Iris Rauskala
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|8|13}}
| birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany
| party = Independent
| alma_mater = University of Vienna (PhD)
| height = 2.03 m
| children = 2
| website = {{url|https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02975/index.shtml|Parliament website}}
}}
Heinz Faßmann (born 13 August 1955 in Düsseldorf) is an Austrian politician and professor of human geography and land-use planning at the University of Vienna. He served as the Minister of Education in the Second Kurz cabinet in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Schallenberg government of Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg. He previously served in the same capacity from December 2017 to June 2019: he was succeeded in the post by Martin Polaschek in December 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www.krone.at/2573806 | title="Ich gelobe": Nehammer ist neuer Bundeskanzler | date=6 December 2021 }} Faßmann is considered to be aligned with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) but holds no formal party membership or affiliation.
In 2022, he became the new president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.{{cite web | url=https://www.oeaw.ac.at/news/heinz-fassmann-wird-neuer-praesident-der-oeaw-1 | title=Heinz Fassmann Wird Neuer Präsident der Öaw }}
Early life and education
Heinz Faßmann was born on 13 August 1955 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Vienna. Faßmann attended primary school from 1962 to 1966 and grammar school from 1966 to 1974.{{cite web|url = https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02975/index.shtml | title = Dr. Heinz Faßmann | website = Austrian Parliament | access-date = 2018-05-10 }}
Faßmann studied geography and social and economic history at the University of Vienna, graduating with a PhD in 1980.{{cite web |title=Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann |url=https://www.meineabgeordneten.at/Abgeordnete/Heinz.Fassmann |access-date=2018-05-10 |website=Meine Abgeordneten}}
From 1980 to 1981, he was engaged in postgraduate work in sociology at the Institute for Advanced Studies.{{cite web |title=Heinz Faßmann, Univ. Prof. Dr. |url=https://raumforschung.univie.ac.at/team/fassmann-heinz/ |access-date=2018-05-10 |website=University of Vienna}}
Career
From 1981 to 1992, Faßmann was a researcher with the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He spent his academy years on the academy's commission on land-use planning ({{lang|de|Kommission für Raumforschung}}). On the strength of his commission work, he was appointed director of the Institute of City and Regional Planning ({{lang|de|Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung}}) in 1992.
Four years later, in 1996, Faßmann left Vienna and the academy to become a C4 professor of human geography and geoinformatics at the Technical University of Munich.
Another four years later, in 2000, Faßmann returned to Vienna to teach human geography and land-use planning at his alma mater. In 2011, he was made the university's vice rector, a post he held until his transition into politics in 2017.
He also served as a member of the senate of the University of Vienna from 2000 to 2006 and as the dean of the Faculty of Geosciences from 2006 to 2011.
In addition to his academic work, Faßmann held positions on various committees and sat on the supervisory boards of a number of companies, including one university spin-off incubator.
Faßmann ran a spin-off of his own, the Heinz Faßmann Projektentwicklung KG, from 2013 to 2018.
He was director of the Expert Commission of German Foundations on Integration and Migration ({{lang|de|Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration}}) from 2009 to 2017.{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216082943/https://rektorat.univie.ac.at/rektorat/vizerektorinnen/vizerektor-fassmann/lebenslauf/ | archive-date = December 16, 2017 | url = https://rektorat.univie.ac.at/rektorat/vizerektorinnen/vizerektor-fassmann/lebenslauf/ | access-date = 2018-05-10 | title = Vizerektor Faßmann | website = University of Vienna }}
In 2006 he was, for the second time, appointed Director of the Institute of City and Regional Planning.
Faßmann routinely acted as a political consultant and advisor to the Austrian government. He became chairman of the Ministry of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Expert Commission on Integration ({{lang|de|Expertenrat für Integration}}) in 2010.{{cite web | website = Ministry of Foreign Affairs | url = https://www.bmeia.gv.at/integration/expertenrat/ | title = Expertenrat – BMEIA, Außenministerium Österreich | access-date = 2016-12-15}}
He has been sitting on the Ministry of the Interior Migration Council for Austria ({{lang|de|Migrationsrat für Österreich}}),
later renamed Migration Commission ({{lang|de|Migrationskommission}}),{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226073901/https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isr/team/direktion/heinz-fassmann/ | archive-date = 2017-12-26 | url = https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isr/team/direktion/heinz-fassmann/ | title = Heinz Fassmann |access-date = 2018-05-10| website = OEAW}}
since 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/bmi/_news/bmi.aspx?id=5458593070466150436C303D&view=1 |title = Aktuelles & News | access-date = 2016-12-15 | website = Ministry of the Interior}}{{cite web | last = Sterkl | first = Maria | title = Österreich braucht Migration | website = Der Standard | date = December 15, 2017 | url = http://derstandard.at/2000049319486/Innenminister-Oesterreich-braucht-Migration | access-date = 2018-05-10}}
=Minister of Education, 2018–2021=
Although Faßmann had never held elected office and never officially attached himself to any political party, he was invited to join the Kurz cabinet as the minister of education.
When the cabinet took office on 18 December 2017, Faßmann was appointed minister of education and science. Following a reshuffling of ministerial responsibilities − a move regularly made by new parliamentary majority leaders − he became minister of education, science and research on 8 January 2018.{{cite web | url = https://diepresse.com/home/innenpolitik/5349890/Acht-Minister-erneut-angelobt | title = Acht Minister erneut angelobt | website = Die Presse | date = January 8, 2018 | access-date = 2018-05-10 }}
While in government Faßmann resigned his positions as a vice rector, as the chairman of the commission, and as a member of the council. For the duration of his term in cabinet office, he also suspended his position as the director of the Institute of City and Regional Planning.
Faßmann was succeeded by another ÖVP-nominated academic, Martin Polaschek, in the Nehammer Government in December 2021.
=President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2022–present=
In 2022, Faßmann became the new president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.{{cite web | url=https://www.oeaw.ac.at/news/heinz-fassmann-wird-neuer-praesident-der-oeaw-1 | title=Heinz Fassmann Wird Neuer Präsident der Öaw }}
Since 2023, Faßmann has been a member of an expert group entrusted to support the interim evaluation of the European Union's Horizon Europe programme, chaired by Manuel Heitor.[https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/expert-group-interim-evaluation-horizon-europe-kicks-its-work-2023-12-05_en The expert group on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe kicks off its work] European Commission, press release of 5 December 2023.
Other activities
Personal life
Born a German, Faßmann has been a naturalized Austrian citizen since 1994. He is married and has two children.
Faßmann stands well over two meters tall. Correcting media reports that erroneously cited even greater numbers, Faßmann states his height at 203 cm.{{cite web | url = http://www.krone.at/1599090 | date = December 23, 2017 | website = Kronen Zeitung | title = Minster Faßmann: Übernehmen Sie ein Himmelfahrtskommando? | access-date = 2018-05-10 }}
Selected publications
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Aufhauser| author-first2 = Elisabeth| author-last3 = Münz| author-first3 = Rainer| title = Kindergärten in Österreich. Angebot - Nachfrage - Defizite| publisher = Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie| place = Vienna| date = 1988}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Lichtenberger| author-first2 = Elisabeth| author-mask = With |title = Märkte in Bewegung. Metropolen und Regionen in Ostmitteleuropa| publisher = Böhlau Verlag| date = 1995| isbn = 3-205-98212-6}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Münz| editor-first2 = Rainer| editor-mask = With| title = Migration in Europa| publisher = Campus Verlag| date = 1996| isbn = 3-593-35609-0}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Meusburger| author-first2 = Peter| author-mask = With| title = Arbeitsmarktgeographie. Erwerbstätigkeit und Arbeitslosigkeit im räumlichen Kontext| publisher = Teubner-Verlag| place = Stuttgart| date = 1997| isbn = 3-519-03437-9}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Matuschek| editor-first2 = Helga| editor-last3 = Menasse| editor-first3 = Elisabeth| editor-mask = With| title = Abgrenzen, ausgrenzen, aufnehmen. Empirische Befunde zu Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Integration| publisher = Drava| place = Klagenfurt| date = 1999| isbn = 3-85435-316-2}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Münz| editor-first2 = Rainer| editor-mask = With| title = Ost-West-Wanderung in Europa| publisher = Böhlau| date = 2000| isbn = 3-205-98725-X}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Dachs| editor-first2 = Herbert| editor-mask = With| title = Politische Bildung. Grundlagen - Zugänge - Materialien| publisher = öbv & hpt| place = Vienna| date = 2002| isbn = 3-209-03795-7}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Kohlbacher| editor-first2 = Josef| editor-last3 = Reeger| editor-first3 = Ursula| editor-mask = With| title = Zuwanderung und Segregation. Europäische Methoden im Vergleich| publisher = Drava| place = Klagenfurt| date = 2002}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Hatz| editor-first2 = Gerhard| editor-last3 = Patrouch| editor-first3 = Josef F| editor-mask = With| title = Understanding Vienna. Pathways to the City| publisher = Lit-Verlag| place = Vienna| date = 2007| isbn = 978-3-8258-0093-2}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Hatz| editor-first2 = Gerhard| editor-last3 = Matznetter| editor-first3 = Walter| editor-mask = With| title = Wien - Städtebauliche Strukturen und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen| publisher = Böhlau-Verlag| place = Vienna| date = 2009| isbn = 978-3-205-78323-7}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Reeger| editor-first2 = Ursula| editor-last3 = Sievers| editor-first3 = Wiebke| editor-mask = With| title = Statistic and Reality. Concepts and Measurements of Migrations in Europe| publisher = Amsterdam University Press| place = Amsterdam| date = 2009| isbn = 978-90-8964-052-9}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| title = Stadtgeographie I. Allgemeine Stadtgeographie (= Das Geographische Seminar)| publisher = Westermann-Verlag| place = Braunschweig| date = 2009| isbn = 978-3-14-160364-4}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Müller-Funk| editor-first2 = Wolfgang| editor-last3 = Uhl| editor-first3 = Heidemarie| editor-mask = With| title = Kulturen der Differenz. Transformationsprozesse in Zentraleuropa nach 1989. Transdiziplinäre Perspektiven| publisher = Vienna University Press| place = Vienna| date = 2009| isbn = 978-3-89971-714-3}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Haller| author-first2 = Max| author-last3 = Lane| author-first3 = David| author-mask = With| title = Migration and Mobility in Europe. Trends, Patterns and Control| publisher = Edward Elgar| place = UK| date = 2009| isbn = 978-1-84844-371-6}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Pichler| author-first2 = Herbert| author-last3 = Reiner| author-first3 = Christian| author-last4 = Dobler| author-first4 = Karin| author-last5 = Matzka| author-first5 = Christian| author-last6 = Wurm| author-first6 = Heidrun| author-mask = With| title = Kompass 7/8. Geographie und Wirtschaftskunde für die 11. und 12. Schulstufe| publisher = öbv-Verlag| place = Vienna| date = 2009| isbn = 978-3-209-05943-7}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Dahlvik| editor-first2 = Julia| editor-mask = With| title = Migrations- und Integrationsforschung - multidisziplinäre Perspektiven. Ein Reader (= Migrations- und Integrationsforschung Band 1)| publisher = Vienna University Press bei V&R unipress| date = 2011| isbn = 978-3-89971-942-0}}
- {{cite book| editor-last1 = Faßmann| editor-first1 = Heinz| editor-last2 = Dahlvik| editor-first2 = Julia| editor-last3 = Sievers| editor-first3 = Wiebke| editor-mask = With| title = Migrations- und Integrationsforschung - wissenschaftliche Perspektiven aus Österreich. Ein Reader (= Migrations- und Integrationsforschung Band 2)| publisher = Vienna University Press bei V&R unipress| date = 2012| isbn = 978-3-89971-920-8}}
- {{cite book| author-last1 = Faßmann| author-first1 = Heinz| author-last2 = Bommes| author-first2 = Michael| author-last3 = Sievers| author-first3 = Wiebke| author-mask = With| title = Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe: Past Developments, Current Status and Future Potentials| publisher = Amsterdam University| date = 2014| isbn = 978-90-8964-650-7}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02975/index.shtml Dr. Heinz Faßmann] − Parliament homepage
- [https://bmbwf.gv.at/das-ministerium/der-bundesminister/ Der Bundesminister: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann] − Ministry homepage
- [https://www.meineabgeordneten.at/Abgeordnete/Heinz.Fassmann Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann] − Faßmann CV on Meine Abgeordneten
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