Adivsory board of the Peace Academy

In December 2024, at the suggestion of the Association of Friends and Sponsors and the management of the Peace Academy, the University President Prof. Dr Malte Drescher appointed eight members to the advisory board, half of whom are to be representatives of academia and half of whom are to be representatives of civil society organisations involved in peace policy:

 

1st ChairwomanDr. Melanie Müller (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin)
2nd ChairmanChristian Sterzing (Chairman of the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Peace Academy, former member of the German parliament 'Bundestag', Edenkoben)
Further advisory board members

For the field of science:

  • Dr. Claudia Baumgart-Ochse (Researcher, Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt (HFSK))
  • Prof. Dr. Siegmar Schmidt (Professor for International Relations, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)
  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Weller (Professor for Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies, University Augsburg)

 

For the civil society:

  • Katja Maurer (former member of the management of medico international, Frankfurt)
  • Markus Pflüger (Mobile counseling against right-wing extremism, Trier)
  • Dr. Katrin Rehak-Nitsche (member of the state parliament Rhineland-Palatinate, Germersheim)