Directorate

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

Senior Research Fellows

Steffen Heinrich Head of Social Science Section, Political Science Torsten Weber Head of Humanities Section, Modern East Asian History, Japanese Studies

Susanne Brucksch Social Science, Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies Isaac Gagné Managing Editor of Contemporary Japan, Cultural Anthropology Sonja Ganseforth Social Science, Human Geography Hanno Jentzsch Social Science Daniel Kremers Japanese Studies, Political Science Tobias Söldner Personality and Cross-Cultural Psychology

PhD Students

Veronika Julie Gaile Law Sonja Hülsebus Japanese Studies, Japanese postwar discourse, Heritage Studies Jan Niggemeier Social Sciences, East Asian Studies Florian Purkarthofer

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