Senate

Group of university lecturers

Prof. Dr Kerstin Schoor, Chair
Prof. Dr Christina Elschner, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Deputy Chair
Prof. Dr Benjamin Lahusen, Faculty of Law
Prof. Dr Jan-Erik Schirmer, Faculty of Law
Prof. Dr Cornelia Müller, Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences
Prof. Dr André Rottmann, Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences
Prof. Dr Felix Weinhardt, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Provost for the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences

Prof. Dr Annette Werberger

Provosts for the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

1st deputy: Prof Dr Sonja Wüstemann
2nd deputy: Prof Dr Ingo geishecker

Group of Academic Staff

Dr Anja Hennig (voting member)
Dr Christian Hochmuth
Sabine Ries
Dr Susann Worschech

Deputy members
Wendy Bell and Peter Liebscher

Group of non-academic staff

Dr Oliver Kossack (voting member)
Susanne Bock

Deputy member
Dr Lisa Melcher

Students' group

Roksana Rybicka
Denise Köcke
Kasimir Genter
Jovita Anhut

Deputy
Lexus Aggrey

(according to the announcement of the election results with effect from the winter semester 2025/26 for two years, students according to the announcement of the election results with effect from the winter semester 2025/26 for one year)

Winter semester 2025/26:

29 October 2025
19 November 2025 (special session)
10 December 2025
28 January 2026

Summer semester 2026:

6 May 2026
10 June 2026
8 July 2026

The meetings usually start at 1.15 pm in the Logensaal.

The agendas, minutes and documents for the Senate meetings are available on Moodle. Only Senate members and permanent guests have access to documents for non-public meetings.

Requests to the agenda must be submitted to the secretary two weeks before the respective meeting date.

The Senate establishes a Standing Committee for Planning and Finance to assist it in supervising the President in the fulfilment of his or her duties. For example, one of the Senate's tasks is to discuss the statement of accounts and decide on the discharge of the university management. The Senate Committee's responsibilities are closely linked to the Senate's budgetary and strategic supervisory function. It is made up of three members from the group of university lecturers, one member each from students, academic staff and non-academic staff.

Its members since winter semester 2025/26 are

Prof. Dr Sonja Wüstemann (Professor / Faculty of Business Administration and Economics)

Deputy professor: Prof Dr Jochen Koch

Prof. Dr Eva Kocher (Professorship / Faculty of Law);

Deputy Chair: Prof Dr Oliver Knöfel

Prof. Dr Sascha Münnich (Professorship / Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences);

Deputy: N.N

Dr Christian Hochmuth (WMA)

Deputy Chairperson: Thomas Eißler

Torsten Glase (NWMA);

Deputy: Dr Lisa Melcher

Denise Köcke (student body);

Deputy representative: Jovita Anhut

The Ethics Committee advises the university on issues relating to responsible research with integrity. Its task is to ensure compliance with ethical standards and the preservation of scientific integrity in research projects. In particular, it ensures that the dignity, integrity and rights of the people involved in a research project are protected. The Ethics Committee is made up of both members of the university and external experts in order to ensure a balanced and professionally sound judgement. Further information can be found on the website of the Ethics Committee.

The Career Development Advisory Board ensures standardised, transparent and high-quality career development procedures across the university. It supports the selection and appointment committees in the recruitment and evaluation of (senior) researchers, (senior) lecturers, junior professors and tenure-track professors. It makes recommendations on target agreements and provides impetus for the continuous development of evaluation procedures. Overall, the Career Development Advisory Board helps to promote high quality standards as well as fair and transparent career paths in academia at the university.

The permanent members are elected by the Senate. In addition, the Commissioner for Equality, in the case of professorial procedures the Appointments Officer and, in the case of procedures for (senior) researchers and (senior) lecturers, a person appointed by the university management for quality assurance are also members in an advisory capacity. This committee is also supplemented by a representative of the Academic Staff Council, who contributes the perspective of the employees to the consultations.

In procedures for probationary or follow-up evaluations, the Career Development Advisory Board is supplemented by specialised members. This expansion includes a professorial member of the respective Faculty or organisational unit, an external professorial member recognised in the subject area of the person being evaluated and a representative of the academic staff of the unit in question. This expanded composition ensures a professionally sound, balanced and fair assessment as part of the evaluation process.

The permanent members since winter semester 2025 are

Prof. Dr Jan-Hendrik Passoth, Vice-President for Research and Career Development

Prof. Dr Chrstina Elschner, professorial member

Dr Christian Hochmuth, member from the group of academic employees

Representative: Birgit Müller

NN. , member from the group of students