Directorate

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

Researchers

Susanne Brucksch Principal Researcher, Social Science
Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS) Isaac Gagné Principal Researcher, Cultural Anthropology
Managing Editor Contemporary Japan
Sonja Ganseforth Principal Researcher, Social Sciences, Human Geography
Head of research group 'Future of Local Communities'
Barbara Geilhorn Principal Researcher, Cultural Studies, Theater and Performance Studies Markus Heckel Principal Researcher, Economics Nora Kottmann Principal Researcher, Social Science
Head of research group 'Methods and Methodologies'
Torsten Weber Principal Researcher, Modern East Asian History
Science Communication & Public Relations

Harald Kümmerle History of Science, Digital Humanities David M. Malitz Modern History of Japan and Thailand, Global Studies Celia Spoden Social Science, Bioethics Yufei Zhou History of East Asian Social Sciences

Administration

Keiko Asano Secretary Marga Dinkel Secretary Claus Harmer System Administrator Yoko Horikoshi Assistant Librarian Elisabeth Jakubassa Administrative Assistant Luise Kahlow Secretary Gernot Mair IT Support & Development Nami Nishioka Secretary