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Team

Directorate

Franz Waldenberger

Franz Waldenberger Director
Economics and Business

Elisabeth Köller

Elisabeth Köller Administrative Director

Barbara Holthus

Barbara Holthus Deputy Director
Sociology

Researchers

Carolin Fleischer-Heininger

Carolin Fleischer-Heininger Literary Studies, Disability Studies

Isaac Gagné

Isaac Gagné Principal Researcher
Cultural Anthropology
Managing Editor Contemporary Japan

Harald Kümmerle

Harald Kümmerle Principal Researcher
History of Science, Digital Humanities

Sébastien Lechevalier Visiting Research Fellow

David M. Malitz

David M. Malitz Principal Researcher
Modern History of Japan and Thailand, Global Studies

Nicole Marion Mueller

Nicole Marion Mueller Sociology of Literature, Cultural Sociology, Digital Humanities

Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus

Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus Modern History of Japan and East Asia

Sebastian Polak-Rottmann

Sebastian Polak-Rottmann Japanese Studies, Social Science

Christina Polak-Rottmann

Christina Polak-Rottmann Japanese Studies, Game Studies

Celia Spoden

Celia Spoden Principal Researcher
Social Science, Bioethics

Torsten Weber

Torsten Weber Principal Researcher
Modern East Asian History
Science Communication & Public Relations

Administration

Keiko Asano Secretary

Claus Harmer

Claus Harmer IT Manager

Luise Kahlow

Luise Kahlow Secretary

Gernot Mair

Gernot Mair IT Support & Development

Sabina Muriale Administrative Assistant

Yoko Nagamine Librarian

Nami Nishioka Secretary

Patricia Schmitt Administrative Assistant

Mayumi Uesugi

PhD Students

Björn Becker

Björn Becker Labor Market related Gender Differences, Family Economics, Well-being

Michel Hohendanner

Michel Hohendanner Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Digital Ethics, Design Theory

Wolfgang Thiele

Wolfgang Thiele

Jenny Willett

Jenny Willett Japanese Studies

Interns

Tom Dittrich