Rectorate
The Rector of FAU is responsible for the ongoing business of the academic field. The dean’s offices, examinations offices, the international students’ registry, and admissions office are subordinated to the Rector. The Rector represents FAU to the outside world, presides over the Rectorate and takes care of the preparation and implementation of the Senate’s decisions. The Rector also supports the cooperation of the departments and institutions of the University, teaching staff, staff, and students.
Prof. Dr. phil. Roland E. Fischer
Diplom-Theologe (graduate theologian)
Rector
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-131
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
D-39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Michelle Koch
Secretary to the Rector
International Office
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-130
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Chancellery
Tobias Koch
Ass. jur.
Chancellor
CEO | Anstalten der Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten Friedensau e.V.
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-100
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-120
Email:
An der Ihle 19
D-39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Martina Lucke
Chancellor's Secretary
Telephone: + 49 (0) 3921 916-107
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-120
Email:
An der Ihle 19
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Staff and Faculty
Ph.D., M.A., B.Ed.
Director | Friedensau Institute for Evaluation
Lecturer | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921-916-144
Fax: +49 (0) 39291-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Kwaku Arhin-Sam is a postdoctoral researcher in intervention evaluation, migration, and integration. He heads the Friedensau Institute for Evaluation and bridges academia and practice. He has taught and worked in Ghana, Germany, Nigeria, Haiti, Ukraine, Albania, and Thailand, and consulted for DGAP, MEDAM, GIZ, ADRA, and UNHCR. An alumnus of Friedensau, he has lectured since 2013 and is a member of the African Studies Association and AEGIS.
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Ph.D. (University of Manchester, UK)
Professor of Global Development | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-203
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
D-39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Daniel Bendix is a Professor of Global Development. He taught and researched in Berlin, Manchester, Jena, and Kassel. His work explores colonial power in development policy, reproductive health, post-development in the North, and activism against deportation and land grabbing. In this Master’s program, he teaches development theory and public health. He is a member of Afrique-Europe-Interact and of glokal association for postcolonial education.
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Head of Program | Development Studies – Online for Professionals
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-153
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Jill P. Blau is a postdoctoral researcher in Development Studies and coordinates this Master’s program. She has taught and researched in Germany, Ghana, and Ethiopia, focusing on feminism, pastoralism, and natural commons. She also teaches on aid industry legacies, academic writing, rhetoric, and project planning. Previously, she led International Politics at the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation and worked for GIZ and the BMZ.
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Ph.D., M.Div., M.A.
Program Director M.A. Counseling | School of Social Sciences
Marriage, Family and Life Counseling
Telephone: + 49 (0) 3921 916-190
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Jun.-Prof. Dr. phil. Simone Emmert
LL.M.Eur.
Lecturer of Law in Social Work | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-150
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 B
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Diplom-Sozialpädagogin (graduate social worker)
Prorector | Lecturer of Social Pedagogy | School of Social Sciences
Program Director B.A. Social Work
Head of Internship Office | Erasmus+ Coordinator | Confidential Contact
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-189
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. rer. medic. Silvia Hedenigg
Professor Social Work | Working focus:
Health Sciences and Caring Economics
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-252
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihre 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Prof. Dr. sc. mus. Petra Jürgens
Professor M.A. Music Therapy
Director of Institute for Music Therapy
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-187
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Dr. phil. Regina Lorek
Program Director M.A. Musiktherapie
Program Director Music Therapy |
School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-243
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ulrike Schultz
Professor of Development Sociology and Economics | School of Social Sciences
Program Director M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies)
Vice Dean | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-193
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Ulrike Schultz is a Professor of Development Sociology and leads the full-time Development Studies program. She previously taught in Berlin, Bochum, and Khartoum. Her research focuses on migration, refugees, gender, and intersectionality, with a regional focus on North-East and East Africa. In this Master’s program, she teaches gender, migration, social protection, and qualitative methods, and collaborates with universities in the Global South.
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Dr. phil. Fränze Seidel
Lecturer | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 3921 916-193
Fax: +49 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 B
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Spiegler
Professor of Sociology and Empirical Social Research | School of Social Sciences
Dean | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-202
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihre 5 B
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Thomas Spiegler is a Professor of Sociology and Methods of Social Research and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Friedensau Adventist University. His research focuses on educational inequalities. In this Master’s program, he teaches social research methods and statistics, aiming to make statistics easily understandable. He recently published a German textbook and plans to develop a global English version soon.
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Dr. phil. Annette Witherspoon
M.A. International Social Sciences
Program Director B.A. International Social Work (EN)
Telephone: +49 (0) 39291-137
Fax: +49 (0) 39291-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
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Annette Witherspoon is a doctoral researcher in Development Sociology. She has worked in Germany, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Madagascar, focusing on agricultural value chains. She has freelanced with ADRA and Mercy Corps in project monitoring and emergency response. A Friedensau alumna, she has lectured since 2014, teaching participatory project planning and public health.
Dr. phil. Mohamed A. G. Bakhit
Fellowship
School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 3921 916-206
Fax: +49 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 a
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Ulf Ballin
Ass. jur.
Lecturer of Law in Social Work | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-150
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Olga Schürer
B.A. Social Work | M.A. Counseling
Adjunct Lecturer of M.A. Counseling und B.A. Social Work | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 3921 916-150
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Wolfgang Schwabe
Dipl.-Psych.
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-150
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
D-39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Jessica Terhorst
Registrar/Secretary | School of Social Sciences
Telephone: +49 (0) 3921 916-150
Fax: +49 (0) 3921 916-201
Email:
An der Ihle 5 A
39291 Möckern-Friedensau
