Team

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Best

• Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
  Chair of Social Science Research Methods

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Contact: heinrich.best@uni-jena.de

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.de

Prof. Dr. Ciarán Burke

• Faculty of Law:
  Former Chair for International Law

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Contact: ciaran.burke@uni-jena.de 

Prof. Dr. Andreas Freytag

• Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
  Chair for Economic Policy

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Contact: a.freytag@wiwi.uni-jena.de

Prof. Dr. Jörg Ganzenmüller

• Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy:
  Chair on European Comparison of Dictatorships

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Contact: joerg.ganzenmueller@uni-jena.de

Prof. 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.de 

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Jäger

• Faculty of Theology:
  Chair for Systematic Theology

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Contact: sarah.jaeger@uni-jena.de

Prof. 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.de 

Prof. 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.de  

Prof. Dr. Julia Kuhn

• Institute for Romance Studies, Faculty of Philosophy:
  Chair for Romance Linguistics

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Contact: julia.kuhn@uni-jena.de 

apl. 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.de

Dr. Martin O'Malley

• Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
  Chair for Applied Ethics

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Contact: martin.omalley@uni-jena.de

Prof. Dr. Miriam Rose

• Faculty of Theology:
• Chair for Systematic Theology

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Contact: miriam.rose@uni-jena.de

Prof. 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.de

Prof. Dr. Edward Schramm

• Faculty of Law:
  Chair for Criminal Law

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Contact: ls-schramm@uni-jena.de

Prof. Dr. Christopher Spehr

• Faculty of Theology:
  Chair for Church History

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Contact: christopher.spehr@uni-jena.de 

Prof. Dr. Manuel Vogel

• Faculty of Theology:
  Chair for New Testament

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Contact: m.vogel@uni-jena.de 

Prof. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer

• Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy
  Chair for Eastern European History

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Contact: joachim.puttkamer@uni-jena.de

apl. Prof. Dr. Annette Weinke

• Historical Institute, Faculty of Philosophy:
  Chair for New and Newest History

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Contact: annette.weinke@uni-jena.de 

Prof. 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.de 

Prof. Dr. Michael Wermke

• Faculty of Theology:
  Chair for Pedagogy of Religion

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Contact: michael.wermke@uni-jena.de

• 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)

francesco.ferrari@uni-jena.de

• 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.

davide.tacchini@uni-jena.de

Contact:

• +49-(0)3641-9-42741
• mar.klaus@uni-jena.de
• Attention!!! From May, the secretariat can only be reached at systematik.ethik.jcrs@uni-jena.de.

Office:

• Theological Faculty
  Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
  Fürstengraben 6 
  Room 209 
  07743 Jena

Hours:

• 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 
• Home office hours (available via Email):
  8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Wednesday

• 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

Contact:
a.aldajani@uni-jena.de

• 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

Contact:
josef.boehle@uni-jena.de

• 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

• 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

• Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies

Contact:
obrienca@hawaii.edu

• 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

Contact:
luis.b.pena@uni-jena.de 

• Researcher, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies

Contact:
jean-marc.tetaz@bluewin.ch

• Non-Resident Scholar, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)

Contact:
laura.villanueva@uni-jena.de