Christian Brei is the full-time Vice-President of Leuphana University of Lüneburg and is responsible for university administration, in particular for the areas of occupational safety and data protection, finances and personnel, building, media and IT infrastructure, sustainability, personnel and organisational development, press and communication, quality development and accreditation, law and student administration. He is the permanent representative of the President in legal and administrative matters. Since September 2026, he has also served as spokesperson for the full-time vice presidents of the universities in the state of Lower Saxony.
- since 7/2018 Leuphana University Lüneburg: Executive Vice President (Chancellor)
- since 9/2026, spokesperson for the full-time vice presidents of the universities in the state of Lower Saxony and state spokesperson for Lower Saxony in the Association of University Chancellors in Germany (Verein der Kanzlerinnen und Kanzler der Universitäten Deutschlands e.V.)
- 2017-2018 Leuphana University Lüneburg: Head of University Administration
- 2014-2017 Leuphana University Lüneburg: Head of University Development and Teaching Development
- 2012-2014 Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government: Master of Public Administration as McCloy Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
- 2010-2012 Leuphana University Lüneburg: Co-Head of University Administration with focus on finance, infrastructure, communication and strategic university development
- 2006-2009 Leuphana University Lüneburg: personal adviser of the president and project coordinator reorientation
- 1999-2004 German National Academic Foundation: Scholarship
- 1998-2006 University of Witten/Herdecke: Business Administration and Economics
- Freedom as administrative responsibility
Speech for the dies academicus 2025 of Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2025 - University culture for education and science
Speech for the dies academicus 2023 of Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2023 - Service for education and science
Speech for the dies academicus 2022 of Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2022 - Leuphana as a place of freedom and encouragement
Published in: Henkel A, Hobuß S, Jamme C, Wuggenig U (eds.): Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel, 2018