Staff

Mara Börjesson

Project staff member

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Anette Hefele

Office staff member

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Marie Melzer

Project manager on parental leave

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Bernadette Rohlf

Research assistant

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Former employees

Jan Schaller
^{09/2025 Research Assistant on the “Evaluation for Mobile Counseling” project}
^{03/2023 – 03/2026 Institute Member}
^{11/2022–07/2025 Research Associate in the project}^{Elite Monitor – Underrepresentation of East Germans in Key Leadership Positions: Historical Development, Mechanisms, Policy Options (08/2022–07/2025)}
^{2018–2020 Project Coordinator in the project}^{“Social Integration Without Elites?”}
Anja Mutschler ^2024-2026
Leonie Liemich ^2023-2026
Julia Gabler ^2015-2026
Emilia Socha
^{10/2020 - 12/2020 project team member in the project}^{Religiously sensitive integration culture in eastern Saxony}^{, 10/2021 - 02/2022 research assistant in the project}^{Narrative salons as a future regulatory instrument for the Commissioner for the New Federal States – Empirical investigation of the limits and potential of this instrument}^{, since 11/2022 research assistant in the projec}^{BePart - Participation and partnerships in structural change. Integrating social innovations into everyday life in Laustitz and strengthening them through practical action}^{, since 03/2023 institute member}
Susanne Lerche
^{2017-2018 participation in the project}^{“Gender-sensitive welcoming culture”}^{, 2018 participation in the project}^{“Participatory social research”}^{, 2019-2020 research assistant in the project,}^{“Social integration without elites?”}^{, since 09/2020 research assistant in the project “}^{Volunteering and change}^{”, since 05/2021 research assistant in the project “}^{ENKOR -Engagement constellations in rural areas – an East-West comparison}^{”, since 03/2023 Institute member and Institute Council member}
Jacqueline Förster
^{Office staff member until March 2024}
Dr. Thomas Prennig
^{Research assistant - 07/2021 - 09/2023 in the project}^{ENKOR -}^{Engagement constellations in rural areas – an East-West comparison}^{, 09/2021 - 02/2022 Project coordinator in the project}^{Narrative salons as a future regulatory instrument for the Commissioner for the New Federal States – Empirical investigation of the limits and potential of this instrument}
Ragna Reinhardt
^{research assistant - 10/2020 - 04/2022 in the project}^{GAP - Gender proportions in ESF projects Higher education and research}
Katrin Treffkorn
^{project manager - 09/2021}
Dr. Hanna Haag
^{postdoc 12/2019 - 02/2021}
Mara Simon
Vera Danielsmeier
Lorenz Kallenbach
Dr. Klara O´Reilly
Dr. Anita Kottwitz
Ulrike Brüdern, M.A.
Dr. Ulrike Schumacher
Susanne Schwarzbach, M.A., Dipl.-Kffr.
Alexander Hennig, Dipl.-Geograf