Honored in Georgia

Secretary General Wilhelm Krull was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa of Ilia State University.

Dr. Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General of the Volkswagen Foundation, was invited to deliver the keynote at the 12th Conference of Rectors from the Black Sea Region in Tiflis. He spoke on the topic "

Towards a Culture of Creativity in Our Universities" and necessary steps for improving doctoral training in higher education. On the occasion of this visit on May 12, 2016, Rector Dr. Giga Zedania of Ilia State University, Tiflis, awarded Wilhelm Krull an honorary doctorate for "developing science support frameworks in Europe, with a particular appreciation of the role he played in Georgia in this regard." In 2016,

Ilia State University turns ten years old; many of its researchers are related to the German science landscape, some of them via cooperation projects in the framework of the funding initiative "

Between Europe and the Orient – A Focus on Research and Higher Education in/on Central Asia and the Caucasus".

Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Generalsekretär Wilhelm Krull durch den Rektor der Ilia State University, Prof. Dr. Giga Zedania. (Foto: Ilia State University, Tiflis, Georgien)