Studienforum Berlin e.V. has assembled an experienced, open-minded, motivated and dedicated faculty and staff.

Ljubinka Petrovic-Ziemer, Bettina Pohle, Julia Fluthwedel, Gisela Jacobsen, Hanns-D. Jacobsen, Detlef Giese, Margy Gerber
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The 2012/13 faculty includes:  

Alexander Austin, M.A. After obtaining his degree in social anthropology and philosophy, he continued his studies with peace and conflict studies. He is the author of various articles on peacebuilding, organized crime and conflict transformation. Throughout his career as independent consultant, he das received training in various areas such as inter-cultural mediation (Responding to Conflict), business negotiation (The Negotiation Academy), mine and UXO information and awareness (MOD MITC), civil military cooperation (UN-OCHA) and systemic conflict transformation planning and assessment (Collaborative Learning Projects - Reflecting on Peace Practices). He is founder of Austin Consult.

Margy Gerber, Prof. Dr. She studied Germanistik/German at the Universität München, the University of Southern California, Stanford University, Universität Freiburg und Universität Tübingen. She got her Ph.D. at Stanford University (1968) and taught at Wellesley College (1965-1967) and Smith College (1968-1972). From 1974 to 1997, when she retired, she was a Professor, since 1985 a full Professor, of German at Bowling Green State University. Her teaching fields include culture courses on Germany since 1945, East German literature and society, utopian thought and post-Wende German literature. Since 1998, she has been teaching as emeritus faculty member of BGU. She was primary organizer of the annual interdisciplinary New Hampshire Symposium on the German Democratic Republic (1977-1990)/New Hampshire Symposium (1991-2000) and a seven-time Director of Bowling Green's Academic Year Abroad in Salzburg program between 1976 and 1996.

Detlef Giese, Dr. Dramaturg and concert editor at the Berlin State Opera (since 2004). He studied musicology, philosophy and history at the Humboldt Universität Berlin. Doctoral degree in musicology from the Humboldt Universität Berlin (2004). Lecturer and research fellow at Humboldt University (1998-2004). His publications include "Espressivo versus (New) Objectivity. Studies in Aesthetics and History of Musical Interpretation" (2006), "Mahler - Symphonies and orchestral songs, conducted by Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez" (Berlin State Opera 2007) and "Beethoven - Complete Piano Solos, played by Daniel Barenboim" (Berlin State Opera 2005). In addition, he published articles, numerous introductions to symphonic works and operas, texts in CD booklets and book reviews.

Hanns-D. Jacobsen, Prof. Dr. He studied economics at the universities of Köln and Hamburg and the Freie Universität Berlin. Doctoral degree from the Freie Universität Berlin (1975). Habilitation and venia legendi in Political Science at the Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin (1984). Appointment as Professor of International Economics (1988). Managing Director of the Freie Universität Berlin's Research Project "The Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone - Ezoneplus" (2001-2004). Visiting Fellowships at Harvard University (1978/79, 1991), the Johns Hopkins University (1984), Georgetown University (1984), The Wilson Center (1986), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1992) and Visiting Professorships at Stanford University (1989/90) and Beijing University (1998). Summer school lecturer for the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (1992) and winter school lecturer for ISODARCO (1999, 2000, 2002). Lecturer at Stanford University Berlin Campus (1987-91) and the Teikyo University Berlin Campus (since 1993). 40 years of teaching experience in international political economy, European integration, East-West relations, economic and political transformation. Research focus on international economic and financial relations. More...

Bettina Pohle, Dr. She studied German literature at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the University of California, Berkeley. Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley (1994). Graduate Student Instructor, University of Georgia (1986-1987), and at the University of California, Berkeley (1987-1990). Supervisor/Instructor at the City College of San Francisco (1990 & 1993-1994). Editor/Translator at McGraw-Hill Publishing House (1990-1995). Teaching Consultant at the Teaching & Resource Center, University of California at Berkeley, (1990-1994). Assistant Professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (1995-1997) and the University of California at Santa Cruz (1996). Further activities include project management (EXPO 2000), summer school teaching for the University of New Mexico (2006) and the direction of the Berliner Zukunftssalon (since 1999). Her publications include "Authentic Material for German Language Instruction" (McGraw-Hill 1995) and "Kunstwerk Frau. Inszenierungen von Weiblichkeit in der Moderne" (Fischer Tb. 1998).

Annika Styczynski, M.A.. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Environmental Policy Research Center of the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the European University Viadrina in Cultural Sciences and earned a double Masters diploma in European Studies and Political Sciences at Viadrina and Adam Mickiewicz University. During her course of studies she spent a semester as Erasmus student at Jagiellonian University Krakau and a year at the University of California Berkeley as graduate student. She also enjoyed a research internship at the Centre d’Études et Recherches Internationales (CERI) Sciences-Po Paris. In 2011 and 2012 she undertook graduate studies in the Global Environmental Leaders Program, Nagoya, Japan.  

The staff director is:

The program director is Julia Fluthwedel who currently finishes her Master at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin. Student coordinators 2012 are Sara Thögersen, a graduate of Goshen College, Indiana/USA, and Tanja Linke, studying musicology at the Technical University of Berlin.

Alan Beyerchen, Ph.D., Professor of History at Ohio State University, is a visiting scholar in summer 2012.

Recent lecturers contributing to Studienforum Berlin's programs:

Thorben Albrecht, German Trade Union (DGB), Berlin
Josef van Almsick, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Peter Altmaier, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior
Hubertus on Amelunxen, Academy of the Arts, Berlin
Bianca Barth, World Future Council, Hamburg
Jochen Bethkenhagen, State Representation of the State of Brandenburg in Berlin
Axel Berg, German Foreign Office, Berlin
Frank Bolz, CDU Headquarters, Environmental and Energy Department
Safter Cinar, Türkischer Bund Berlin
Olaf Czernomoriez, Board GASAG
Klaus Deutsch, Deutsche Bank Research
Günther Dick, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Berlin
Burkhard Eberwein, BVG
Markus Engels, Deputy Director Department of International Relations, SPD Headquarters, Berlin
Irmgard Maria Fellner, Chief of Staff to the Coordinator of German-American Cooperation, Foreign Office, Berlin
Ralf Gebel, CDU headquarters, Berlin
Hella Gerth, EU Official (ret.)
Ekkehard Griep, German United Nations Association, Berlin
Gerd Harms, State Secretary, The Government of Brandenburg
Hans-J. Hass, Chief Economist, Federation of German Industry
Robert Hermann, Germany Trade and Invest, Berlin
Horst Heuter, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), Department Energy and Environmental Policy, Berlin
Martin Homola, International Climate Protection Initiative, Berlin
Klaus Hüfner, Chairman, UNESCO Germany
Klaus Jacob, Environmental Policy Research Center, Freie Universität Berlin
Martin Jänicke, Founding Director, Environmental Policy Research Center, Freie Universität Berlin
Barbara John, former Commissioner for Foreigners of the Berlin Senate
Nadine Jüdes, Berlin Partner
Simon Junker, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin 
Dieter Kaschke, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Thomas Klöckner, BSR
Christine Kolmar, Anchor Woman, n-tv, Berlin
R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic Institute, Berlin
David Kramer, Alice Solomon Applied University, Berlin
Nadja Kroha, Konrad-Adenauer-Haus der CDU, Berlin
Reinhard Kudiß, Association of German Industry (BDI), Berlin
Peter Lange, Chancellor of the FU Berlin
Caren Ley, Managing Director, Die Linke, Berlin
Katrin Lompscher, Senator, Environmental Administration, Berlin
Wolfgang Lutterbach, DGB Bundesvorstand
Lutz Metz, Environmental Policy Research Center, Freie Universität Berlin
Florian Moritz, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)
Werner Niederle, Federal Environmental Agency, Dessau
Holger Osterrieder, Foreign Office
Reiner Perau, DIHK, Berlin
Günter Pining, Commissioner for Foreigners of the Berlin Senate
Hermann Ott, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Cem Özdemir, Member of the European Parliament
Irene Runge, Head, Jewish Culture Association, Berlin
Frank Ruff, Daimler AG
Franzjosef Schafhausen, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety, Berlin
Konrad M. Scharinger, Foreign Office, Berlin
Kurt-Christian Scheel, BDI
Carmen Schmitting, SPD Headquarters, Environment, Energy and Cosumer Department
Peter Schmuck, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Martin Schölkopf, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Berlin
Helmut Scholz, Head, International Department, Linkspartei
Miranda Schreurs, Director, Environmental Policy Research Center, Freie Universität Berlin
Gesine Schwan, President, Europa Universität "Viadrina", Frankfurt/Oder
Werner Sonne, Chief Reporter, ARD-TV, Berlin
Nihat Sorgec. Bildungswerk Kreuzberg
Aigars Stokenbergs, Minister for Regional Development, Latvia
Michael Tolksdorf, Applied University for Economics, Berlin
Karsten Voigt, Coordinator of German-American Cooperation, German Foreign Office, Berlin
Johannes von Thadden, General Manager of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Berlin
Arkadij Vocish, Rector, Baltic International Academy, Latvia
Wolf Wagner, Applied University, Erfurt
Fabian Wehnert, Association of German Industry (BDI), Berlin
Valerie Wilms MdB, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Claudia Wörmann, Association of German Industry (BDI), Berlin
Krzysztof Wojciechowsky, Director, Collegium Polonicum, Slubice/Poland
Johannes Zachhuber, Humboldt University, Theology Faculty
Daniel Zimmermann, DAAD Berlin
Yvonne Zwick, Council for Sustainable Development, Berlin

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