Christiane Schmeken

Christiane is Director of the Paris office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), where she reinforces cooperation and exchange activities between representatives of higher education in France and Germany. Throughout her career, Christiane has worked on various issues such as international marketing of higher education, double degree courses and institutional strategies of internationalisation. She has also planned and managed events such as workshops, large conferences and information tours both in Germany and abroad. Prior to joining DAAD, she was a staff member of the German office of the Franco-German Higher Education College, Germany, which later became the Franco-German University and helped universities build the first double degree programmes between France and Germany. Christiane studied social anthropology, African languages and French at the Universities of Bonn, Marburg and Mainz in Germany. She is a member of the Conference Programme Committee.