Person Ulf-Daniel Ehlers

Ulf is a learning innovation expert, founder of mindful-leaders.net, serial entrepreneur, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe in 2011. From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vicepresident at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA). Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author of more than 10 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach, facilitator and expert for mindful communication, and holds degrees in English Language, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality in education are internationally awarded.

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ist Professor für Bildungsmanagement und lebenslanges Lernen an der Dualen Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, wo er von 2011 bis 2017 Vizepräsident war. Der studierte Anglist, Sozialwissenschaftler und Pädagoge promovierte im Bereich Qualitätsentwicklung für E-Learning und habilitierte in der Erwachsenenbildung und Weiterbildung mit Schwerpunkt Neue Medien. Nach Stationen als Privatdozent an der Universität Duisburg- Essen, Professor an der Universität Augsburg und der University of Maryland ist er jetzt Professor für Bildungsmanagement und lebenslanges Lernen an der DHBW. Zudem war er Präsident der European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (2011–2014), und im Vorstand der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft e.V., der er als Präsident von 2010–2012 vorstand.