Sabine Kunst (born 30 December 1954) is a German engineer, academic and politician who has been serving as chairwoman of the Joachim Herz Foundation since 2022.

[1][2] Kunst served as president of Humboldt University from 2016[3][4][5] until 2021, when she announced her resignation over the reform of the Berlin university law.

[6] Since 2014, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

[7] From 2010 to 2011, Kunst served as president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); she was the first woman to hold that office.

[9] From 2011 to 2016, Kunst served as State Minister of Science, Research and Culture in the government of Brandenburg, in the governments of successive Ministers-President Matthias Platzeck and Dietmar Woidke.