WBGU Secretary-General Inge Paulini new President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection

After studying nutrition in Bonn and receiving her master’s degree in nutrition at Washington State University in Pullman, WA, Paulini earned her PhD in biology at the University of Hannover in Germany. From 1993 to 2008 she worked at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), finishing her time there as head of the strategy department, with particular emphasis on sustainability strategies, environmental law and environmental economics. She is a member of numerous advisory boards and committees focussing on sustainable development.

On behalf of the WBGU, the two chairs of the Advisory Council, Sabine Schlacke and Dirk Messner, would like to congratulate the WBGU secretary-general on her new responsibilities.

WBGU chairperson Sabine Schlacke: “In Inge Paulini we are losing a tremendously qualified, highly committed colleague with outstanding leadership skills. I am certain that she will be a strong and effective champion of sustainability at her new post.”

WBGU chairperson Dirk Messner: “In her time at the WBGU, Inge Paulini has significantly boosted the public profile of the Advisory Council as well as its capabilities for networking with the relevant national and international institutions of environment and development policy. I am particularly grateful to her for these contributions.”