Dr.

Gerard King

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Katrin Hecker

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Anneli Jägel

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Margit Franzen

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Paul Mojert

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Evelyn Hinz

Academic Planning and Management, International Office

Prof.

Bettina Rulofs

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 511

Alexandra Wolke

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 510

Dr.

Fabienne Bartsch

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 508

Miscellaneous

  • Deputy Department Head

Dr.

Birgit Braumüller

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 1st floor, 115

Maike Dernbach

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 509

Miscellaneous

  • Member of the German Society for Sports Science (Commission on Gender and Diversity Research; Section on Sociology of Sport)

Dipl. Soz.-Päd.

Diana Emberger

Personalrat für die wissenschaftlich und künstlerisch Beschäftigten Vorsitz

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 509

Jill Mandel

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    Upon request via email

  • place Institute Building VI, 5th floor, 508

Prof.

Ilse Hartmann-Tews

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Verena Herold

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Prof.

Otmar Bock

Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics, Department Sport Informatics and Sports Games Research

Prof.

Tobias Vogt

Institute of Professional Sport Education and Sport Qualifications, Department Didactics and Methodology in Sports

Office hours

  • schedule

    By appointment (please register by email)

  • place Replacement building, 21

Dr.

Claudia Combrink

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building III, 106

Responsibilities

  • Head of the Research and Transfer Department
  • Career Management
  • Grant Advisory Services for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Research Information System

Dr.

Birte Ahrens

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Office hours

  • schedule

    by appointment

  • place Institute Building III, 107

Responsibilities

  • Grant Advisory Service for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • HR Excellence in Research
  • Postdoctoral Advising
  • Internal University Research Funding
  • Research Data Management                           

Birte Ebbinghaus

Personal Assistant to the Rector

Prof.

Thomas Abel

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 469

Functions & Commitment

  • Head of Institute
  • Vice Rector for Communication and Digital Transformation
  • Medicine Commission of the German Disabled Sports Association
  • Steering Board of the European Research Group on Disability Sport

Prof.

Ansgar Thiel

Rector

Prof.

Wilhelm Bloch

Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Department Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine

Dr.

Alexandra Pizzera

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Office hours

  • schedule

    Appointments by arrangement on Mondays and Wednesdays

  • place Institute Building III, 109

Areas of responsibility

  • PhD matters
  • Internal research funding
  • The ‘ARRAtools4U’ project

Prof.

Jürgen Mittag

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Consultation hours

  • schedule

    Regular weekly session: Wednesdays, 11 am–12 noon. In person or via WebEx; please arrange in advance by email. Further sessions by arrangement at s.pawlowski@dshs-koeln.de.

  • place Institute Building II, 313

Function

Head of the Institute

Dr.

Dinah Nockemann

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building III, 107

Areas of responsibility

  • Funding Advice for Life Sciences and the EU
  • ‘ARRAtools4U’ project (lead)
  • Research Infrastructure Funding

Dr.

Nina Ferrari

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building III, 109

Areas of responsibility

  • ‘ARRA tools4U’ project
  • Contributor to the ‘Sport and Pregnancy’ section
  • Contribution to the ‘Obesity Prevention’ thematic area

Dr.

Johannes Funken

Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Research and Academic Training

Prof.

Karen Petry

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    Tuesdays from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm or by arrangement. Consultation hours will not take place on the following dates: 26 May, 2 June and 16 June 2026.

    In person or via WebEx; please arrange in advance by email.

  • place Institute Building II, 319

Function

Deputy Head of the Institute

Lorenz Fiege

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Sally-Ann Jennifer Fischer

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    In person or via WebEx – please arrange this in advance by email.

  • place Institute Building II, 318

Dr.

Till Müller-Schoell

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    Thursdays, 1.00–2.00 pm, in person or via WebEx; please arrange this in advance by email.

  • place Institute Building II, 317

Dr.

Maximilian Seltmann

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    In person or via WebEx – please arrange this in advance by email.

  • place Institute Building II, 315

Laura van Zantvoort

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Danlin Wu

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Franka Espeter

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building II, 316

Simon Rodewohl

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building II, 316

Saskia Pawlowski

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • schedule

    Office hours: Mondays to Thursdays, 9.30 am to 2.30 pm

  • place Institute Building II, 314

Dr.

Stefan Mühl

Institute of Outdoor Sports and Environment Science

Dr.

Mark Ludwig

Institute of Communication and Media Research

Dr.

Yvonne Wahl

Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics, Department Exercise Physiology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institutsgebäude II, 214c

Miscellaneous

  • Programme Coordinator for the Master’s in Performance, Training and Coaching in Elite Sport

Miguel Reuss

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Dr.

Christian Zepp

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Prof.

Stephan Wassong

Institute of Sport History

Office hours

  • schedule

    Monday, 1 pm–2 pm

  • place Institute Building IV, 110

Further links

Miscellaneous

  • Member of the University Council
  • IOC Commission for Olympic Education (Member)
  • International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (President)

Daniel Quanz

Institute of Sport History

Olympic Studies Centre

German Golf Archive

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building IV, 106

Miscellaneous

  • Member of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee

Janka Deszatnik

Institute of Sport History

Olympic Studies Centre

Office hours

  • place Institute Building IV, 105

Further links

  • arrow_forward M.A. Olympic Studies

Dr.

Ansgar Molzberger

Institute of Sport History

Office hours

  • schedule

    Tuesday, 10.30 am to 11.30 am – please make an appointment

  • place Institute Building IV, 107

Miscellaneous

  • Member of the German Association of Sports Museums, Sports Archives and Sports Collections (e. V.)
  • Member of the Hessian State Sports Federation
  • Board member of the University Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia

Marloes Ekkelboom

Institute of Sport History

Olympic Studies Centre

Office hours

  • schedule

    on request by email

  • place Institute Building IV, 108

Kristina Thon

Institute of Sport History

Olympic Studies Centre

Office hours

  • place Institute Building IV, 109

Further links

Magdalena Müller

German Golf Archive

Office hours

  • place Institute Building IV, 105

Lorena Bohacek

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building II, 316

Paula Ickler

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building II

Dr.

Tobias Morat

Institute of Movement and Sport Gerontology

Institute for Movement Therapy and Movement-oriented Prevention and Rehabilitation, Department Movement-Oriented Prevention and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr.

Anja Chevalier

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Transfer and Start-ups

Dr.

Ilka Staub

Institute of Professional Sport Education and Sport Qualifications, Department Didactics and Methodology in Sports

Dr.

Pavana Lakshmi Vaddavalli

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Transfer and Start-ups

Office hours

  • place Institute Building III, 104

Michael Krannich

Dezernat 2 Personal und Recht Abt. Justiziariat, Controlling und Innenrevision

Dr.

Sophia Haski

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Transfer and Start-ups

Saskia Koll

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Transfer and Start-ups

Britta Paulzen

Academic Planning and Management, Department Research and Transfer – Transfer and Start-ups

Office hours

  • place Institute Building III, 108

Marie Yazgan

Dezernat 2 Personal und Recht Abt. Personalmanagement für Tarifbeschäftigte und Auszubildende

Office hours

  • place Hauptgebäude, 219

Tätigkeiten

  • Abteilungsleitung Personalmanagement für Tarifbeschäftigte und Auszubildende

Tim Schlunski

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department Diversity Studies

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI

Alice Marie Dahlhoff

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    Mondays to Thursdays, 10 am – 12 noon

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 304

Sonja Berns

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 125

Prof.

Markus Raab

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 124

Prof.

Jens Kleinert

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 307

Jana Beckmann

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 316

Dr.

Johanna Belz

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 318

Dr.

Martin Boss

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 308

Dr.

Chloé Chermette

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 314

Miscellaneous

  • Working Group on Sports Psychology (ASP)
  • German Association for Health-Promoting Sport (DVGS)

Jonas Lüdemann

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Juliane Mackenbrock

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 310

Dr.

Jeannine Ohlert

Center for Physical Education Teacher Training

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

German Research Centre of Elite Sport (momentum)

Office hours

  • schedule

    Tuesdays, 3–5 pm by telephone;
    Fridays, 10.30–11.30 am via Webex

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, room 317, Replacement building, room 118

Dr.

Fabian Pels

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    Thu, 1.30–2.30 pm (by prior arrangement via email)

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 310

Miscellaneous

  • Sports Psychologist (ÖBS)
  • Member of the Working Group for Sports Psychology

Dr.

Hanna Raven

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Marion Sulprizio

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eingang A, 317

Theresa Wiesen

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 316

Alice Seel

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Institute of Psychology, Section Health & Social Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, entrance A, room 317, + Institute Building VI, room 125

Stefan Ackermann

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 119

Marten Bischoff

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 119

Hanna de Haan

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 121

Miscellaneous

  • Applied (freelance) sports psychologist, working with, amongst others, 1. FC Köln and the DFB

Jannis Friedrich

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 122

Patricia Grove

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Cologne Graduate School of Embodied Cognition

Masa Iskra

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • place Institute Building VI, 123

Miscellaneous

  • PhD student

Noah Jensen

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 117

Lisa Koop

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Prof.

Sylvain Jean Pascal Laborde

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Dr.

Babett Lobinger

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement via email

  • place Institute Building VI, 123

Memberships

  • Working Group for Sports Psychology (asp)
  • Professional Association of German Psychologists

Dr.

Florian Loffing

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Ismael Pedraza

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Dr.

Dennis Redlich

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 120

Caterina Salvotti

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Dr.

Laura Voigt

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Dr.

Laura Will

Institute of Psychology, Section Performance Psychology

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building VI, 122

Miscellaneous

  • Member of the General Psychology & Sports Psychology Section of the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
  • Psychologist (bdp)

Prof.

Heiko Strüder

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 360

Miscellaneous

Institute Management

Regina Schüler

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 468

Dr.

Julia Mierau

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 467

Leon Gass

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 111

Saskia Henckert

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, room 461

Dr.

Daniel Klein

Institute of Sport Didactics and Physical Education

Institute of Outdoor Sports and Environment Science

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    Mondays 9–10 am and by appointment

  • place Replacement building, 105

Jonas Klein

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 1st floor, room 112

Dr.

Helge Knigge

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, room 473

Dr.

Axel Kupfer

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 473

Tom Oeppert

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 1st floor, room 112

Miscellaneous

  • National Science Coach, DLV (German Athletics Federation)

Dr.

Anna-Maria Platschek

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, room 473

Memberships

  • Member of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)
  • Member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)

Dr. rer. nat.

Marlen Schapschröer

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 463

Jannik Severin

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 1st floor, room 111

Dr.

Sandra Rojas Vega

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, room 470

Miscellaneous

  • Head of the Section of Movement and Neuroscience

Haitham Abdulhafiz

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 362

Dr.

Vera Abeln

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Eintrance A, 465

Memberships

  • European College of Sport Sciences
  • Centre for Integrative Physiology in Space (ZIP)
  • University Commission for Research and Transfer
  • Sports Practice Working Group

Constance Badalì

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 407

Leonard Braunsmann

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, 407

Prof.

Stefan Schneider

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, 471

Amelie Sörries

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Institute of Sport Didactics and Physical Education

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Replacement bulding, 105

Dr.

Ramin Vafa

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 463

Dr.

Susen Werner

Institute of Professional Sport Education and Sport Qualifications, Department Didactics and Methodology in Sports

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, 472

Dr.

Petra Wollseiffen

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, 465

Prof.

Christine Joisten

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Dr.

Tina Foitschik

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, 472

Miscellaneous

  • Deputy Equality Officer
  • Specialist in General Practice
  • Sports medicine specialist

Fabiola Haas

Academic Planning and Management, Department of Studies and Teaching – Teaching Planning, Teaching Monitoring, Curriculum Management

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • place Institute Building III, room 204 +, Track & Field Stadium, room 109

Nikola Schmidt

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 109

Lisa Schmidt

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 108

Annika Söllinger

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Institute Building III, 207

Dr.

Björn Braunstein

Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Dr.

Kristel Knaepen

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place nstitute Building Natural Sciences and Medicine, Entrance A, 4th floor, 466

Dr.

Oliver Jan Quittmann

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Dr.

Isabel Stolz

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 110

Prof.

Kirsten Albracht

Institute of Movement and Neurosciences

Office hours

  • schedule

    by arrangement

  • place Track & Field Stadium, 106