Board
Mandy Fox, 1. chair
Researcher and journalist, Center for Media and Communication at the University of Passau, Chair of Journalism Studies
Website
mandy.fox [at] myanmar-institut.org
journalistic practices and media systems in Southeast Asia, ethnic and religious conflicts in Myanmar, state-building, authoritarianism and democratic processes in Southeast Asia, forced migration, the role of community media in transition countries.
Benedict Mette-Starke, 2. Chair
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
Dr. Jella Fink
Anthropologist, Länderkoordinatorin Myanmar Weltfriedensdienst e.V.
Website
jellafink [at] gmail.com
Material Culture, Media Anthropology, Weaving, Cultural Heritage, Mobile Technologies, Transnationalism, Gender, Myanmar
Samia Akhter-Khan
Psychologist, PhD candidate
King’s College London
Samia.akhter-khan [at] kcl.ac.uk
Loneliness, global mental health, aging
Members
Mia Kruska,
MA Modern South- and Southeastasian Studies, HU Berlin
Asia Division, Heinrich-Böll Stiftung
Website
mia.kruska [at] myanmar-institut.org
Focus: Myanmar and Thailand, history of Shan states and Shan military history, Thai-Myanmar border region, federation
Georg Winterberger, Treasurer
Anthropologist, University of Zurich, ISEK – Sozial und Kulturanthropologie
georg.winterberger [at] uzh.ch
georg.winterberger [at] myanmar-institut.org
Economic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Law, Anthropology of Religion, Burmese Studies, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, West Africa
Esther Tenberg
PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School for Theology, Religion and Society
esther.tenberg [at] myanmar-institut.org
Buddhismu, Gender, Islamophoba, Social Media, Communication
Diana Tobias
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
Website
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
Website
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
Dr. Georg Noack
Curator, Dept. South and Southeast Asia, Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Website
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
Website
friedlind.riedel [at] uni-weimar.de
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
Website
sina.hardaker [at] uni-wuerzburg.de
Economic Geography, Retail Research, Retail / Assessments, Social Geography, China, Southeast Asia (especially Myanmar), USA, Special Economic Zones
Wolfgang Heinze
Project Leader Philippinen
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Wolfgang.Heinze [at] fnst.org
Democracy, Human Rights and Economic Freedom, Kachin, International Relations
Hans-Bernd Zöllner
Theologian; freelance researcher on South-East Asia, University of Bonn (affiliated)
Website
habezett [at] t-online.de
Burmese-German relations, political and economic history of Myanmar, Theravada Buddhism and society
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
Website
hornig [at] eth.mpg.de
Borderlands and migration, informal economic strategies in households and small businesses
Martin Hoeck
CEO and analyst Hoeck International UG
Website
info [at] martin-hoeck.de
Election observation, diplomacy, business consultancyocial research
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
Renate Verspohl
Teacher, Managing Director of Burma Projekt Berlin e. V
Mr.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
M.A. Southeast Asian Studies & Political Science
Humboldt University Berlin & University of Potsdam
Newsletter Editor, Myanmar-Institut e.V.
newsletter[at]myanmar-institut.org
Tourism, travel book author; research in the Political Archive of the 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, University of Hamburg
benjamin_gollasch [at] yahoo.de
Colonial history, imperial biographies, provenance research on colonial collections in ethnological museumscial research
Thet Aung Naing
Film Translator (Burmese and German)
B.A. (German), Mandalay University of Foreign Languages
kratos.kratos1993 [at] gmail.com
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)
Website
felix.haas [at] progressasia.biz
Private sector development, Macroeconomic developments, Peace, conflicts and political economy, International Relations of Myanmarh
Lukas K. B. Nagel
Asian Studies & Peace and Conflict Consultant
M.A. Asian Studies (Lund University, Sweden)
B.A. Chinese/ East Asian Studies (Free University, Germany)
Website
klukacad [at] keemail.me
Youth activism in Myanmar, Interethnic relations, Kachin State, non-violent resistance, Identity Politics, Conflict Transformation
Ohnmar Khin
Student, B.A.
University Bonn
Website
S5khohnm[at]uni-bonn.de
Feminismus, Worker’s Rights, Garment sector, Burmese women Migrants in Germany