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