Board of Directors
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)
Diana M. Tobias
MA Modern South- and Southeast Asian Studies
Humboldt-University of Berlin
diana.tobias [at] myanmar-institut.org
Burmese Motion Picture, Media, Music
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
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
Andy Buschmann
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Members
Judith Beyer
Social Anthropologist
University of Konstanz
judith.beyer [at] uni-konstanz.de
Political and legal anthropology (state, community, ethnicity, authority, property)
Martin Hoeck
CEO and analyst
AMglobal Strategies Consulting
info [at] martin-hoeck.de
Election observation, diplomacy, business consultancy
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
Tristan Hinkel
MA South- and Southeast Asia Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
tristan_hinkel [at] web.de
Myanmar Language and Linguistics, Myanmar Music, Pop Culture, Media
Dr. Uta Gärtner
Specialist in Myanmar Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
uta.thanthan [at] t-online.de
Myanmar language, area studies
Cordula Meyer Mahnkopf
Contemporary Historian
Ph. D., FU Berlin, Germany
c.mma [at] web.de
International Relations, Political Economy, Contemporary History
Felix Wilhelm Siebert
PhD student, visiting scientist
Leuphana University Lueneburg, TU Berlin
felix.siebert [at] mms.tu-berlin.de
www.mms.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/gastwissenschaftlerinnen/felix_wilhelm_siebert
Traffic Psychology, supporting the “Decade of Action for Road Safety” in Myanmar
Esther Tenberg
MA Southeast Asian Studies
Bonn University
etenberg [at] uni-bonn.de
Gender, Political Communication, Democratization
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
Richard Roewer
Research Fellow / Doctoral Student
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Richard.roewer [at] giga-hamburg.de
Democratisation, Political Party Development, State transformations, Religious conflicts, Comparative politics, National League for Democracy
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
Thomas Bruhn
Diplompädagoge; Postgraduate Health Care & Management in Tropical Countries
Freelancer
thomasbruhn7 [at] gmail.com
Trainer for intercultural and medical competencies & communication in Germany, China and Myanmar
Tobias Esche
Travel Guide Book Author; General Manager Azure Sky Travel Yangon
HU-Berlin & Potsdam University
tobias [at] come2myanmar.com
Tourism, Myanmar and both 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
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
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
University of Konstanz
felix.girke [at] 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
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