List of all staff members

by research areas and organisational unit

Management Board
Research Support and Communication
Economy and Civil Society
Politics and Planning
Contemporary History and Archive
Administration

by alphabet

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H
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J
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M
O
P
R
S
V
W

New Colleagues

on parental leave

Lisa Vollmer joined the research group "Urban Politics" of the research focus "Politics and Planning" as a PostDoc-researcher in February 2024. After studying art history and cultural studies, she worked as a researcher at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. In 2021/2022 she held a substitute professorship in Urban Planning at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Her research focuses on housing, social movements, governance and participation.

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Executive Assistant to the Management Board

Juliane Buba joined the IRS in January 2024 as a personal assistant to the director and supports the IRS in operational and strategic issues. She is responsible for organising the committees in accordance with the IRS statutes. Juliane Buba previously worked for over ten years as a consultant to the President of the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development.

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Head of Research Area

In October 2023 Kerstin Brückweh joinded the IRS as head of the Research Area "Contemporary History and Archive". She is also professor of Historical Urban and Spatial Research at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). From 2021 to 2023, she taught as professor of Economic and Social History at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik.

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Art Direction

Andreas Paßens has been working as Art Director in the Research Management and Communication department of the IRS since March 2023. He is responsible for translating subjects of research and academic events into visual communication and he oversees its implementation in the Institute's print and web products.  The further development and application of the corporate design and the website of the IRS also fall within his scope of activities.

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