Directorate

Franz Waldenberger Director, Economics and Business Joachim Röhr Administrative Director Barbara Holthus Deputy Director, Sociology

Senior Research Fellows

Susanne Brucksch Principal Researcher, Social Science, Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies Isaac Gagné Managing Editor of Contemporary Japan, Cultural Anthropology Sonja Ganseforth Social Science, Human Geography Barbara Geilhorn Japanese Cultural Studies, Theater and Performance Studies Markus Heckel Economics Steffen Heinrich Principal Researcher, Political Science Hanno Jentzsch Social Science Nora Kottmann Social Science Daniel Kremers Principal Researcher, Japanese Studies, Political Science Torsten Weber Principal Researcher, Modern East Asian History, Japanese Studies Yufei Zhou History of East Asian Social Sciences

PhD Students

Dionyssios Askitis Katharina Dalko Japanese Studies, Political Science Harald Kümmerle Sieun Park Kevin Schumacher Japanese Studies, Art History, Literary Studies Charlotte Schäfer Japanese Studies, Disability Studies

Administration

Keiko Asano Secretary Marga Dinkel Secretary Sven Eichelberg Digital Media & Public Relations Claus Harmer System Administrator Yoko Horikoshi Assistant Librarian Elisabeth Jakubassa Administrative Assistant Nami Nishioka Secretary