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Team
JCRS Team
Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner
- Chair for Systematic Theology and Ethics, Faculty of Theology
Dr. Francesco Ferrari
- Coordinator, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- Coordinator, Graduate Programme "Religion-Conflict-Reconciliation" (RCR)
- 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)
Dr. Davide Tacchini
- Research Fellow / Project Coordinator, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS), FSU Jena
- 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.
Dr. phil. Iyad Muhsen AlDajani
- 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 profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-2551External link
Dr. Zeina Barakat
- Research Associate, Von Huegel Institute, University of Cambridge. 2019-2022
- Coordinator, DFG Project “Hearts of Flesh - not Stone” (Palestinian Team)
- Post-Doc Research Fellow, Social Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Dr. Susan Baumert
Dr. Josef Böhle
- 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
- josef.boehle@uni-jena.de
Dr. Colleen Alena O'Brien
- Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
Dr. Luis Peña
- 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
Dr. Jean-Marc Tétaz
- Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies
Dr. Amanda tho Seeth
Dr. Laura Villanueva
- Non-Resident Scholar, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
Mika An
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Dissertation title: Seeking Sustainable Development through Reconciliation: The Role of Korean NGOs in Ethiopian Ethnic Conflict
- Email : mi.ka.an@uni-jena.de
Judith Ditta Ben David
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Jonghyuk Chang
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Güneş Daşlı
- Ph.D Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- 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"
Manar Faraj
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Marcus Grohmann
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Binyamin Gurstein
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Dissertation title: Hybrid War & Media Confrontation in Russian-Ukrainian Conflict 2014-2019. Ways of Reconciliation and Creating a Peaceful Relation
- Guest Lecturer - General Organization of Labor in Israel “Histadrut”
- Guest Lecturer - UAPP - Ukrainian Association for Psychosyntesis Psychotherapy
Thangjakhup Hangsing
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Current Ph.D. Research Topic: Reconciliation in Colossians: A Transdisciplinary Approach
Ednah Kang'ee
- Ph. D Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)
- Research Associate. Academic Alliance for Reconciliation in the Middle East and North Africa project (AARMENA).
- Research Topic: “The Role of Political Parties in Electoral Violence in Africa. Is there an Opportunity for Reconciliation? A Case Study of Kenya and Ghana.”
- Ednah.kangee@uni-jena.de
Charalampos "Babis" Karpouchtsis
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Dissertation title: 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
Zahraa Langhi
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Nathalie Manco
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Attila Nagy
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Bongseob Park
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- bs25p@naver.com
Pedro Salgado
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Dr. Hiba Sarrouj
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Marketing Manager, Saeh Bookstore, Tripoli Lebanon
Georg Schmolz
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
Shota Shvelidze
- Ph.D Candidate, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, FSU Jena
- Co-founder/project manager of Peace Development Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Dissertation title: Political Meaning of Reconciliation Concept in Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict: Analyzing Georgia’s State Peace Policy
Marita Klaus
- Theological Faculty, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
- Fürstengraben 6, Room 209, D-07743 Jena
- +49 (0)3641-9-41141
mar.klaus@uni-jena.de
JCRS Former Scientific Collaborators
Tomas Leighton
JCRS Alumni
Prof. Dr. Irit Dekel
Prof. Dr. Josefina Echavarria
Prof. Dr. Joram Tarusarira
Dr. Raymond Asmar
Dr. Dina Dajani
Dr. Carolina Rehrmann
Dr. André Zempelburg
Jan Litty
Larissa Nägler
Maria Palme
Marta Tentella
Wala Maaytah