Dr. Sebastian Fohrbeck has been director of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) New York since January 2009.

He has worked for DAAD for more than 20 years in a variety of positions in Bonn, Brussels, and London, including responsibility for Eastern Europe, North America, Western Europe, and in recent years, for the internationalization of German universities and for DAAD’s strategic planning. Before joining DAAD, he was head of the International Office of the University of Paderborn and assistant professor of sociology at the University of Bielefeld where he also earned his Ph.D.

Fohrbeck studied sociology and economics in Hamburg, Paris, and Bielefeld.

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