Günter Abel

Head of the Innovation Center 
at TU Berlin

Günter Abel, born in Homberg (D) in 1947, studied Philosophy, History, Roman Studies and Political Science at the Universities of Marburg, Lausanne and the Freie Universität Berlin from 1968 until 1975.

1971-74 Research stay in Paris
1974 State exam for secondary school teachers
1976 Ph.D.
1981 Habilitation in Philosophy
1982 Heisenberg scholarship
1987 Professor of Philosophy at TU Berlin
1990 Visiting Professor at Harvard University
1994-97 Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of TU Berlin
1995-99 Founding Director of the interdisciplinary Frankreich-Zentrum at TU Berlin
1999-2001 Vice president of TU Berlin
Since 2008, Head of the innovation center Wissensforschung at TU Berlin