With the formation of the Berlin University Alliance, the four Alliance partners – Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin – want to develop the research hub of Berlin into an integrated research environment. In order to bring the five objectives and three cross-cutting themes to life, new staff members support the new overarching work structure and joint projects.

Suhana Elisabeth Reddy has accepted the position of head of communication at the Berlin University Alliance, effective December 3, 2021. She previously worked as a project manager and in science communication at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin at IRI THESys in the international EU-funded project EdiCitNet. The public relations team is in the BUA’s administrative office and works in close coordination with the press offices and the staff units of the partner institutions responsible for the BUA to communicate both within and from outside the alliance about the diverse projects, measures and cooperations.