The Graduate School Staff
Vice President for Graduate School, Quality Development and Teacher Training
- Prof. Dr. Simone Abels
Managing Director
- Dr. Anja Soltau
Deputy Managing Director and Director Master's Area
- Claudia Echelmeyer, M.A.
Office Management
- Susanne Wenzel
- Finances
- Qualification Fund
- Dana Baumgarten
- Personnel
- Events
- PhD Flex Work Places
If you have any general questions about our study programmes, please contact Leuphana's Infoportal.
Marketing and Communications
Master's programmes
- Helge Hansmann
- Jonas Kernein
Doctorate
- Dr. Madeleine Löning
STUDENT COUNSELLING SERVICE MASTER
- Tom Kleist, M.Sc.
- Luisa Hilmer
Here you will find all the information, open consultation hours and contact options of the Student Counselling Service for those interested in and students of our Master's degree programmes.
Counselling, coaching and competence development for doctoral candidates
- Dr. Nadine Dablé
- Counselling and coaching for prospective doctoral candidates and doctoral students
- Coordination of the certificate programme “Leadership in Society and Business”
- Dr. Monika Tschense
- Coordination of extracurricular qualification opportunities for doctoral candidates (“Qualification Hub”)
Here you will find all the information, open consultation hours and contact options regarding the counselling and coaching offers for those interested in doing a doctorate and doctoral candidates.
Academic Events and Fundraising
- Luisa Hilmer
- GS Opening Days
- GS Dissertation Award
- Fundraising for event formats
Internationalisation
Administrator | Project: Embracing Transformation
- Simon Benhöfer
- Strategic internationalisation of Graduate Education
Governance and Law
Dean of the studies
- Prof. Dr. Dawid Friedrich
Administrator
- Dr. Elena Kropacheva
- Economics and Transformation (M.Sc.)
- International Law and Sustainability (Two LL.M. degrees)
- Politics and Democracy (M.Sc.)
Referentin
Mirjam Straßer
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Master - International Law of Security, Peace and Sustainable Development (LL.M. and M.A.)
Administrator
- Maike Eisenberg
- International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development (LL.M.)
Administrator
- Isabelle Bergmann-Casagranda
- Silas Fenimore Kißmer
- Tuba Sari
- Rechtswissenschaft (LL.M.)
Cultural Studies
Dean of the studies
- Prof. Dr. Claus Pias
Administrator
- Petra Nietzky
- Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization (M.A.)
- Cultural Studies: Art, Theory, History (M.A.)
- Media and Digital Cultures (M.A.)
Management
Dean of the studies
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Wenzel
Administrator
- Julia Oehmichen
- Management & Data Science (M.Sc.)
- Management & Engineering (M.Sc.)
- Management & Entrepreneurship (M.Sc.)
- Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance (M.Sc.)
Administrator
- Dr. Agnes Friedel
- International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology (M.Sc.)
Sustainability
Dean of the studies
- Prof. Dr. Jacob Hörisch
Administrator
- Patricia Maria Bauer
- Sustainability Science: Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Society (M.Sc.)
- Sustainability Science: Entrepreneurship, Agency and Leadership (M.A.)
- Sustainability Science: Governance and Law (M.A.)
- Sustainability Science: Resources, Materials and Chemistry (M.Sc.)
Administrator
- Dr. Agnes Friedel
- Psychology & Sustainability (M.Sc.)
Individual Research Master
Dean of the studies
N.N.
Administrator
- Daria Humburg
Complementray Studies
Academic Director
- Prof. Dr. Timon Beyes
Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Roberto Nigro
Reflecting on Research Methods
- Prof. Dr. Henrik von Wehrden
Connecting Science, Responsibility and Society
- Prof. Dr. Jacob Hörisch
Administrator
- Claudia Echelmeyer, M.A.
Doctorate
PHD scholarship office
N.N.
Administrator | Head of Doctoral Studies
- Dr. Anton Guhl
- Coordination of courses in the doctoral programme
- Coordination and counseling for doctoral research groups
Administrator | Project: Embracing Transformation
- Dr. Anna Heudorfer
- Coordination of the Embracing Transformation doctoral and scholarship programme
Administrator
- Dr. Madeleine Löning
- Internal and external communication of doctoral formats
- Coordination of the Doctoral Track programme
- Support for the Senate Commission for Academic Qualification and Career Development
- PhD community formats
Administrator
- Yvonne Worthmann, M.P.A.
- Coordination of the PhD Scholarship Office
- Coordination and further development of the Qualification Fund
- Coordination of amendment procedures for the doctoral regulations as well as the scholarship guidelines for the doctoral phase
- Project support for the digitalisation of doctoral processes
Third-party funded projects Graduate School
Embracing Transformation (ET) (VolkswagenStiftung/MWK Niedersachsen) (2025-2030)
Academic training / Doctoral programme and corresponding scholarships
- Dr. Anna Heudorfer
Strategic Internationalisation of Graduate Education
- Simon Benhöfer
Leuphana AI Campus (LAICA) (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, StIL) (2025-2029)
Administrator for AI Literacy in Graduate Education
- Dr. Lennart Brunkert
Campus in Transition (CiT) (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, StIL) (2025-2029); Joint project with the Technical University of Braunschweig and the University of Göttingen
Administrator Product Team
- Lena Lenz
Administrators Change Team
- Cornelius Neuring
- Curriculum development
- Hanna Schepp
- Annabella Schröter
- Marketing and communications
Student assistant staff
- Savelii Bartashevich - Sub-project 9: DigiTaL Project/Social Media - savelii.bartashevich@leuphana.de
- Janka Harger - Doctorate: Event- and programme management - janka.harger@leuphana.de
- Sunita Herrmann - Master's programmes - sunita.herrmann@leuphana.de
- Marlene Mühling - Marketing & communications - marlene.muehling@leuphana.de
- Marius Poll - Master's programmes - marius.poll@leuphana.de
- Maria Sick - Marketing & communications - maria.sick@leuphana.de