Executive Board
Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner
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Director
- Chair for Systematic Theology and Ethics, Faculty of Theology
Prof. Dr. Mult. Nikolaus Knoepffler
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)Prof. Dr. Mult. Nikolaus Knoepffler
Associate Director
- Chair for Applied Ethics, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Dr. Bertram Schmitz
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Associate Director
- Chair for History of Religions, Faculty of Theology
Scientific board
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Full list of all members of the JCRS' scientific board
Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann
- Institute for Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair of International Relations
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Contact: rafael.biermann@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Ciarán Burke
- Faculty of Law:
Former Chair for International Law
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Contact: ciaran.burke@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Andreas Freytag
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair for Economic Policy
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Contact: a.freytag@wiwi.uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Jörg Ganzenmüller
- Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy:
Chair on European Comparison of Dictatorships
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Contact: joerg.ganzenmueller@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Claudia Hammerschmidt
- Institute for Romance Studies, Faculty of Philosophy:
Chair for Romance Literature and Languages (Spanish, Latin-American and French Literature)
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Contact: claudia.hammerschmidt@uni-jena.deJun.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Jäger
- Faculty of Theology:
Chair for Systematic Theology
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Contact: sarah.jaeger@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Thomas Kessler
- Institute for Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair for Social Psychology
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Contact: thomas.kessler@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Dr. Ralf Koerrenz
- Institute for Bildung and Culture, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair for Historical Pedagogy and Global Bildung
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Contact: s8kora@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Julia Kuhn
- Institute for Romance Studies, Faculty of Philosophy:
Chair for Romance Linguistics
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Contact: julia.kuhn@uni-jena.deapl. Prof. Dr. Olaf Leiße
- Institute for Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair for European Studies
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Contact: olaf.leisse@uni-jena.deDr. Martin O'Malley
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Chair for Applied Ethics
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Contact: martin.omalley@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Andreas Schmidt
- Institute for Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy:
Chair for Philosophy of German Idealism
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Contact: andreas.as.schmidt@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Edward Schramm
- Faculty of Law:
Chair for Criminal Law
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Contact: ls-schramm@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Manuel Vogel
- Faculty of Theology:
Chair for New Testament
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Contact: m.vogel@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer
- Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy
Chair for Eastern European History
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Contact: joachim.puttkamer@uni-jena.deapl. Prof. Dr. Annette Weinke
- Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy:
Chair for New and Newest History
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Contact: annette.weinke@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Benno Werlen
- Institute for Social Geography, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
UNESCO-Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability
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Contact: benno.werlen@uni-jena.deProf. Dr. Michael Wermke
- Faculty of Theology:
Chair for Pedagogy of Religion
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Contact: michael.wermke@uni-jena.de - Institute for Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
Advisory Board
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Prof. Dr. John Brewer
Learn moreExternal linkProf. Dr. John Brewer
Image: privat- Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman
Learn moreExternal linkDr. Lily Gardner Feldman
Image: privat- Senior Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, USA
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Prof. Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Learn moreExternal linkProf. Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Image: privat- South African National Research Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Bishop Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Huber
Learn moreExternal linkdeBishop Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Huber
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Joas
Learn moreExternal linkdeProf. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Joas
Image: privat- Ernst-Troeltsch-Honorarprofessur, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Philip McDonagh
Learn moreExternal linkPhilip McDonagh
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Dr. Cesare Zucconi
Learn moreExternal linkDr. Cesare Zucconi
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JCRS Coordinator
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Dr. Francesco Ferrari
Learn more- Coordinator, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- Coordinator, Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle
- Post-Doc Research Fellow, Chair for Systematic Theology and Ethics
- Editor, "Buber Korrespondenzen Digital" (cooperation between Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, Goethe Universität Frankfurt und Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena)
- Secretary, International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS)
RCR Coordinator
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Dr. Davide Tacchini
Learn more- Project Coordinator for the Graduate Programme Religion - Conflict - Reconciliation at the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- Research Fellow at the JCRS
- Adjunct Professor of Arabic Language, University of Parma, Italy.
- Advisor on Islam in Europe, CEI, Conference of Italian Bishops, Rome, Italy.
- Cultore della Materia in Arabic Language and Literature and Islamic Studies at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.
- Advisor / Supervisor, Pro.I.Mi. Project (U.N. Led Refugee Welcoming Project), Piacenza, Italy.
Secretary
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Xiaoai Wang-Lindner
Contact:
- +49-(0)3641-9-42741
- xiaoai.wang@uni-jena.de
- The secretariat can be reached at systematik.ethik.jcrs@uni-jena.de.
Office:
- Theological Faculty
Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Fürstengraben 6
Room 209
07743 Jena
Hours:
- 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Thursday
Post-Doc Research Fellows
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Dr. phil. Iyad Muhsen AlDajani
Learn more- Project Coordinator, AARMENA Network (Middle East and North Africa), Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies;
- Post-Doc Research Fellow/ Applied Ethics, Faculty of Theology/ Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics;
- Project Manager for Erasmus Plus Project;
- ORCID digital profileExternal link
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Dr. Susan Baumert
Learn moreDr. Susan Baumert
Image: Fiona Daffner- Researcher and editor of "Buber Korrespondenzen Digital"External link, a project of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz
- Associate researcher at JCRS, specifically working at and for the Martin-Buber-Forschungsstelle (page in German)
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Dr. Josef Böhle
Learn more- Visiting Scholar, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
- Research Fellow, School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, UK
- Director, Peace Charter for Forgiveness and Reconciliation,
- Member, Standing Commission 1: Promoting Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, Religions for Peace international
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Dr. Güneş Daşlı
Learn moreDr. Güneş Daşlı
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- Associated member, Human Rights Center, Sussex University, UK
- Researcher, DEMOS / Research Center for Peace, Democracy and Alternative Politics, Ankara, Turkey
- Dissertation title: "Localising Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict"
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Dr. Marcus Grohmann
Learn more- Graduate of the Ph.D Programme "Religion Conflict Reconciliation" at the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Postdoctoral research fellow at the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Dr. Charalampos (Babis) Karpouchtsis
Learn more- Post-doc Research Fellow at the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Dissertation: Germany-Greece and the wounds of WWII: German Foreign Policy and Greek Martyr Communities
- Trainer for Political Education at ver.di
- Independent political consultant at polisis.eu
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Dr. Colleen Alena O'Brien
Learn more- Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
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Dr. Luis Peña
Learn more- Lecturer and researcher in conflict analysis, security, and peacebuilding
- Researcher of the Study Center for the Reconciliation of the University of Jena in Germany (JCRS)
- Fellowship researcher of the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS)
- Lecturer and researcher at the University Externado of Colombia, IGAC Colombia, National University of Medellin Colombia, University of Jena, the FLACSO in Quito, Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of Leipzig in Germany
- Founding member of the network of Critical Geography Rooted in Latin American -GEORAIZAL
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Dr. Jean-Marc Tétaz
- Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
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Dr. Amanda tho Seeth
Learn moreDr. Amanda tho Seeth
Image: Personal- Non-resident Researcher at the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
- Academic interests: Indonesia, religion in peace and conflict, Islamic education, Islamic academia as a public and political actor, science diplomacy
- Responsible for communication and exchange with Indonesian academics at AARMENA
- Prior positions:
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- 2022-2023:
German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg - 2021-2022:
Humboldt-University Berlin - 2020-2021:
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
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Dr. Laura Villanueva
Learn moreTeam Picture Laura
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laura.villanueva@uni-jena.de
Research Assistant / Web editorial
Fiona Daffner
Former Research Fellows
- Prof. Dr. Joram Tarusarira
- Dr. Zeina Barakat
- Dr. Manar Faraj
- Dr. Maria Palme
- Dr. Carolina Rehrmann
- Dr. André Zempelburg
Former Interns and Assistants
Interns:
- Nasser Al-Qadi
- Tomas Leighton
- Lydia Meißner
- Yasmine Leiner
- Merisa Mattix
- Dawid Stelmach
Research Assistants:
- Lydia Meißner