Kerstin Mey was born on 1963 and is a German academic and president of the University of Limerick.
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Kerstin Mey was the first woman to head a university in Ireland, on an acting basis, and having participated in an international competition, was appointed to the full position with effect from 8 October 2021.
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Kerstin Mey held positions in a number of universities in Germany and the United Kingdom before moving to Limerick in the west of Ireland.
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Kerstin Mey was born in East Berlin, Germany in 1963.
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Kerstin Mey attended Humboldt University, where she studied Art and German ; she earned a PhD in Art Theory and Aesthetics from the same university and took up a lecturership and executive assistant role there in 1990.
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Kerstin Mey held a full professorship in Fine Art and was the artistic director of ISEA 2009: Engaged Creativity in Mobile Environments on the island of Ireland.
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Kerstin Mey introduced and led an ambitious academic transformation programme and ensured the smooth transition to hybrid and online learning of the university during Covid19.
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In July 2020, Kerstin Mey was appointed interim president of University of Limerick, the first woman to head up an Irish university in the 428 years of history of the sector.
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The university ran a global search for the presidency over the following months, and Kerstin Mey was announced as the winning candidate, and formally appointed to the role at the meeting of its governing authority on 8 October 2021.
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Kerstin Mey notified the Public Accounts Committee on 23 March 2024 that she would not be able to make a scheduled appearance on 11 April 2024 but that she will honour the invitation at a later point during that term.
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On 14 June 2024, UL chancellor Brigid Laffan announced Kerstin Mey would resign from her role as president on 1 September 2024, continuing at the university as a full professor of Visual Culture.
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Kerstin Mey was an Executive member and Vice Chair of CHEAD Council for Higher Education in Art and Design, UK.
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Kerstin Mey held board and advisory positions in cultural organisations.
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Kerstin Mey served as a member of the board of directors of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the board of Eva International Biennial and the Hunt Museum.
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Kerstin Mey's research is concerned with 20th century contemporary art, aesthetics and public pedagogies.
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Kerstin Mey's current focus is directed at the nexus between contemporary creative practices and the development of narrative frameworks in relation to value hierarchies, models of practice and social transformation processes towards sustainability and regeneration.