Heide Hackmann


Heide Hackmann is the CEO of the International Science Council, an international organisation of national and international science councils. Heide Hackmann also served as leader of International Council for Science and the International Social Science Council which merged to form the International Science Council. From 2015 to 2018, Heide Hackmann was executive director of ICSU, and she was Executive Director of the International Social Science Council from 2007-2015.
Heide Hackmann co-chairs the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, UN group supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. She is also a member of a number of international boards relating to science and sustainability. These include the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, and the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden.