Vita
Richard Schubert, born in Hof (Germany), studied physics in Bayreuth (Germany)
and Grenoble (France, "licence de physique"). He made his PhD at the Max Planck
Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching near Munich and General Atomics in San
Diego (US) where he developed a microwave reflectometer for measuring the
electron density profile in a magnetic nuclear fusion device. Besides his
regular work in research and industry with Siemens Company (microwave sensorics
in the railroad and energy divisions) he developed a new method for taking 3D
pictures. During many years of intensive work, he succeeded in combining
perfectly the technical and creative aspects of this then-patented technique
(DE9819992). Based on this experience he is working regularly as an art/science
and industrial evaluator and reviewer for the European Commission in Brussels.
He is a member of the jury of the youth science prize "Jugend forscht", as well
as a "Lindau Alumni Peer Reviewer". Former scholarship holder of the Bavarian
Hanns Seidel Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the
French Government. As a member of different academic alumni organisations, he
organises "mixed alumni round tables" mainly at the intersection of science, art
and politics. He closely follows the current developments in the energy and
mobility sectors. Quite recently he coined the term sustainability linguistics,
an area of linguistics that investigates the different narratives on
sustainability in different language spaces, with a particular focus on the
Czech language. Currently, he also works on the Berlin Nuclear Security Summit,
an expert conference on the security of the civil nuclear infrastructure in
Europe.