Board

Mia Kruska, 1. Chair
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, Thai-Myanmar border region, federation

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

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

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

Felix Hessler
Religious Studies Scholar
felix.hessler [at] myanmar-institut.org
Peace Education, Buddhism in Myanmar, Socially Engaged Buddhism, Religion and Conflict, Theatre of the Oppressed

Esther Tenberg
PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School for Theology, Religion and Society
esther.tenberg [at] myanmar-institut.org
Buddhismu, Gender, Islamophoba, Social Media, Communication
Mitglieder

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

Mandy Fox
Journalist and Lecturer and researcher at the Chair of Southeast Asian StudiesUniversity of Passau
Website
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
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



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)
Website
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
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
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, 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