Dr. Norbert Kluge

Personal data

Year of birth: 1955

Place of birth: Kassel

Nationality: German

Education

1979 Graduated as a “Diplom Sozialwirt” in social sciences

1995 Dr. rer. pol.

Career

1979-1988 International Centre for Higher Education Research, Kassel

1988-1996 Hans Böckler Foundation – research on employee participation (Mitbestimmung)

1996-1998 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne – Codetermination Commission, head of the research staff office

1999-2002 Bertelsmann Foundation, Hans-Böckler Foundation – Forum for Codetermination and Companies

2002-2010 European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels – head of research, coordinator at the European Workers’ Participation Competence Center

2010-2013 thyssenkrupp AG – coordinator and adviser to the European Works Council Outokumpu Germany – coordinator and adviser to Works Council Union

2013-2018 Hans Böckler Foundation – head of codetermination department

2018-2019 Director of the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Governance (I.M.U.) of the Hans Böckler Foundation

Since 2020 Founding Director of the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Governance (I.M.U.) the Hans Böckler Foundation

Membership of statutory Supervisory Boards in Germany

• thyssenkrupp AG (since 2014, appointed until 2024) *)

*) Listed company

Other committee work and functions

• Member of the Board of Trustees for the European Worker Participation Fund at the European Trade Union Federation (ETUC)

• Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)