Board of Directors
Esther Tenberg
PhD Candidate
MF Norwegian School for Theology, Religion and Society
esther.tenberg [at] myanmar-institut.org
Buddhism, Social Media, ICT, Online Ethnography, Digital Methods
Benedict Mette-Starke
PhD Candidate
University of Konstanz
benedict.mette-starke [at] myanmar-institut.org
Digital Rights, activism, infrastructure, anthropology of ethics, material culture studies, media, political anthropology, anthropology of techniques and technology, anthropological research, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Europe
Georg Winterberger
Social Anthropologist
University of Zurich, ISEK – Social and Cultural Anthropology
georg.winterberger [at] uzh.ch
georg.winterberger [at] myanmar-institut.org
www.winterberger.net/georg
www.myanmar.uzh.ch/de/people/georgwinterberger.html
Economic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Law, Anthropology of Religion, Burmese Studies, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, West Africa
Jella Fink
Cultural Anthropologist
TU Dortmund, Germany
jellafink [at] gmail.com
Material Culture, Economic Anthropology, Media Anthropology, Anthropology of Development, Handicrafts, Weaving, Cultural Heritage, Knowledge Transfer, Identity, Mobile Technologies, Cultural Change, Globalization, Transnationalism, Gender, Economy, West Africa, Myanmar
Felix Hessler
Study of Religions Scholar
felix.hessler [at] myanmar-institut.org
Peace Education, Buddhism in Myanmar, Socially Engaged Buddhism, Religion and Conflict, Theatre of the Oppressed
Mia Kruska
Student (M.A) Modern South and Southeast Asian Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
B.A. History at University Leipzig
miakruska [at] gmx.de
Reporter in self responsibility, Asia with focus on Myanmar and the history of the Shan, oral history interviews from qualitative social research
Members
Diana M. Tobias
Goethe-Institut Myanmar
MA Modern South- and Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt-University of Berlin
BA Popular Music and Media, Uni Paderborn
diana.tobias [at] myanmar-institut.org
Burmese Motion Picture, Cultural work, Media, Music
Johanna Neumann
PhD Student Southeast Asian Studies
Humboldt-University of Berlin
johanna.neumann [at] myanmar-institut.org
Zat Pwe (performance art, theatre), Contemporary art (painting), Nationalism and Nation-Building, History Textbooks (as used in school)
Rainer Einzenberger
University Assistant (prae doc)
University of Vienna
einzenberger [at] gmail.com
Development studies (focus on political science), Politics of Southeast Asia (focus on Myanmar and Thailand), Land and resource politics, Critical geography, Indigenous movements
Dr. Uta Gärtner
Specialist in Myanmar Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
uta.thanthan [at] t-online.de
Myanmar language, area studies
Judith Beyer
Social Anthropologist
University of Konstanz
judith.beyer [at] uni-konstanz.de
Political and legal anthropology (state, community, ethnicity, authority, property)
Michael Lidauer
Social and Cultural Anthropologist
michael.lidauer [at] gmail.com
Elections and Democratisation, Peace and Conflict, Peace Process, Peacebuilding, Civil Society, international support mechanisms
Cordula Meyer Mahnkopf
Contemporary Historian
Ph. D., FU Berlin, Germany
mc [at] myan-consult-berlin.com
International Relations, Political Economy, Contemporary History
Tristan Hinkel
Subject specialist for Southeast Asia, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
MA South- and Southeast Asia Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
tristan_hinkel [at] web.de
Myanmar Language and Linguistics, Myanmar Music, Pop Culture, Media
Jennyfer Hake
Instructor for foreign languages/Translator
jennyfer.hake [at] posteo.org
German, English as a foreign language, Intercultural Training
Mandy Fox
Journalist and Lecturer and researcher at the Chair of Southeast Asian Studies
University of Passau
kontakt [at] mandyfox.de
Ethnic and religious conflicts in Southeast Asia and Myanmar, particularly in connection with the group of Rohingya, migration research, nation-building processes, community media in countries of transition, media and press freedom
Dr. Georg Noack
Curator
Dept. South and Southeast Asia
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
noack [at] lindenmuseum.de
Art, Material Culture, Literature, Beliefs;
Bamar, Karen, Kayah
Gunnar Peters
Burmese language teacher, translator
Freelancer
info [at] burmesisch-lernen.de
Myanmar language, dictionary work, Shan
Friedlind Riedel
Music Studies, Anthropology
Bauhaus-University Weimar
friedlind.riedel [at] uni-weimar.de
www.uni-weimar.de/de/medien/institute/koma/personen/stipendiatinnen/friedlind-riedel
Nat Pwe, Zat Pwe, Performing Arts in Myanmar, Gender and Cultural Techniques of Transformation, Cultural history of music and sound in Southeast Asia, Philosophy of Feelings, Philosophical Anthropology
Dr. Sina Hardaker
Academic Councilor and Postdoc Researcher
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
sina.hardaker [at] uni-wuerzburg.de
www.geographie.uni-wuerzburg.de/humangeographie/personen/hardaker_dr_sina
Economic Geography, Retail Research, Retail / Assessments, Social Geography, China, Southeast Asia (especially Myanmar), USA, Special Economic Zones
Wolfgang Heinze
Projektleiter Philippinen
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Wolfgang.Heinze [at] fnst.org
Democracy, Human Rights and Economic Freedom, Kachin, International Relations
Prof. Dr. Tobias Cremer
Forest Scientist
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Tobias.Cremer [at] hnee.de
Sustainable Forestry, Agroforestry Systems, Short Rotation Coppice Plantation, Hydrothermal Carbonization, Water hyacinth
Carolin Hirsch
Sociologist, PhD student
University of Konstanz
Carolin.hirsch [at] uni-konstanz.de
www.soziologie.uni-konstanz.de/beyer/team/doktorandinnen/carolin-hirsch
Cultural Sociology, Political Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, Anthropology of Activism
Kyithar Swe
German Language Teacher, Translator and Interpreter (German <–> Burmese)
self-employed and as part of the work at Goethe-Institute Myanmar
swe.kts [at] gmail.com
Language Classes (German as a foreign language, Burmese as a foreign language), Burmese Literature, travelling, freedom, respect eachother, sense of responsibility
Hans-Bernd Zöllner
Theologian; freelance researcher on South-East Asia
University of Bonn (affiliated)
habezett [at] t-online.de
Burmese-German relations, political and economic history of Myanmar, Theravada Buddhism and society
Samia Akhter-Khan
Studentin MSc Psychologie
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Samia.akhterkhan [at] gmail.com
Psychology, Development Cooperation, Age research
Christiane Voßemer
PhD Candidate Sociology of Development
Vienna University
Christiane.vossemer [at] posteo.de
Border Studies, Migration, Health and Development
Laura Hornig
Social Anthropologist, PhD candidate
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
hornig [at] eth.mpg.de
Borderlands and migration, informal economic strategies in households and small businesses
Election observation, diplomacy, business consultancy
Dr. Felix Wilhelm Siebert
Postdoctoral researcher
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
felix.siebert [at] uni-jena.de
Traffic psychology
Steffen Schödwell
Psychologist & Psychotherapist in training
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie (apb) e.V.
Steffen_schoedwell [at] yahoo.de
Clinical Psychology, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Transcultural Psychotherapy & Psychiatry
Dr. Felix Girke
Social/Cultural Anthropologist
HTWG Konstanz
felix.girke [@] gmail.com
Cultural Heritage, Ethnicity, Tourism, Political History, Urban Development, Memory
Renate Verspohl
teacher, managing director of the nonprofit organisation
Burma Projekt Berlin e. V.
r.verspohl [at] gmx.de
education and health projects in Myanmar
Nicole Häusler
Social Anthropologist; Responsible Tourism Consultant; Organisational Development Consultant
Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute, University of Sustainable Development Eberswalde
Nhaeusler.consult [at] gmail.com
Tourism Governance, community involvement in tourism, tourism and peace
Tobias Esche, MA
Travel Book Author, managing partner Azure Sky Travel in Yangon
HU-Berlin & Potsdam University
tobias [at] come2myanmar.com
Tourism, car trips to the most remote border regions and restricted areas of Myanmar, research in the Political Archive of the German Foreign Office on General Ne Win & on Myanmar and the two German states
Sandra Portenschlager
Project coordinator, Anawati award for innovation
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
sandra_portenschlager [at] yahoo.de
Muslim–Christian dialogue in Germany, heritage and tourism in Southeast Asia
Benjamin Gollasch
PhD student, subject area: history
University of Hamburg
benjamin_gollasch [at] yahoo.de
Colonial history, imperial biographies, provenance research on colonial collections in ethnological museums
Thet Aung Naing
Film Translator (Burmese and German)
B.A. (German), Mandalay University of Foreign Languages
kratos.kratos1993 [at] gmail.com
Detlev F. Neufert
Director, writer, producer, Naga research
GMMA – German Myanmar Media Association
dfneufert [at] gmail.com
www.detlev-neufert.de
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Nagaland
Kei Namba
Independent Consultant, Political Scientist
PhD, Free University of Berlin
nambakei [at] gmail.com
LinkedIn
Colonial history, imperial biographies, provenance research on colonial collections in ethnological museums
Lena Zimmer
Evaluation and Programme Specialist, Social and Cultural Anthropologist, M.A. Humanitarian Affairs
European Commission
lena [at] lenazimmer.com
Crisis-management and peace building, migration and refugees, children, ethnic minorities, gender equality, monitoring & evaluation
Felix Haas
Managing Director
Progress Asia Consulting Co., Ltd. (Myanmar)
felix.haas [at] progressasia.biz
Personal Website:
www.felixhaas.info
Corporate Website:
www.progressasia.biz
Private sector development, Macroeconomic developments, Peace, conflicts and political economy, International Relations of Myanmar
Lukas K. B. Nagel
Asian Studies & Peace and Conflict Consultant
Asian Studies (Lund University, Sweden)
B.A. Chinese/ East Asian Studies (Free University, Germany)
lukacad [at] keemail.me
Deepgermany.org
Youth activism in Myanmar, Interethnic relations, Kachin State, non-violent resistance, Identity Politics, Conflict Transformation