Stefan Bienefeld is Head of Division P2, Transnational Education and Cooperation Programmes at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) since 2020.

Mr. Bienefeld holds a degree in psychology from the University of Bielefeld, Germany. He worked for the German Rectors Conference, the national Association of German universities, as a programm manager on issues linked to the Bologna process and as a head of a project dealing with Quality Assurance in Germany and Europe prior to joining DAAD in 2009.

2009 he started at DAAD as head of division 435, responsible for large scale university cooperation programmes between German universities and partner HEIs in developing countries as well as programmes for the worldwide mobility of German university teaching staff. From 2011 to 2015 he was head of division 43 and in this capacity held the responsibility for all DAAD programmes with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, including financial and strategic issues with the Ministry as well as cooperation with external partners such as GIZ, KfW, UNESCO, the World Bank and civil society organizations.

From 2015 to 2019 he was head of division P3, Development Co-operation and transregional programmes dealing with project funding programmes in development cooperation, alumni, German studies and the German language as well as research mobility.

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