Director of the ZAK Centre for Cultural and General Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, and professor of sociology and cultural studies. Robertson-Von Trotha is coordinator of the German network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, member of the Culture Committee of the German UNESCO Commission, spokeswoman of the KIT competence area ‘Technology, Culture, and Society, and chairwoman of the Academic Council for Culture and Foreign Policy (WIKA)