Team
Management Board and Department Heads

Jörg Schramek, Dipl.-Ing. agr.
Chairman of the board
Head of Department
Rural development, agriculture and environment
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 14
schramek[at]ifls.de
- Agricultural policy
- Rural areas
- Sustainable land use
- Socio-economics of farm businesses

Simone Sterly, Dipl.-Ing. agr.
Deputy Chairperson
Head of Department
International perspectives, agricultural policy and rural development
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 15
sterly[at]ifls.de
- Agricultural policy
- Governance and cooperation
- Socio-economics of farm businesses
- Sustainability and resilience
- Knowledge and innovation

Ulrich Gehrlein, Dr.-Ing.
Member of the Board
Head of Department
Regional development, innovation support service and large-scaled protected areas
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 17
gehrlein[at]ifls.de
- Regional development
- Large-scale protected areas and cultural landscape
- Knowledge and innovation
- Sustainability and resilience
- Climate change and renewable energies
Staff

Isgard Lugert,
Dr.-Agr.
Assistant to the management
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 10
lugert[at]ifls.de
- Administration

Peter Franz
Financial management and
administration
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 10
franz[at]ifls.de
- Financial management
- Administration

Hanna Kramer,
M. Sc.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 24
kramer[at]ifls.de
- Large-scale protected areas and cultural landscape
- Regional development
- Destination and tourism development

Christoph Mathias,
M. A.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 16
mathias[at]ifls.de
- Regional development
- Climate change and renewable energies
- Governance and cooperation
- E-Learning

Oliver Müller,
M. A.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 23
mueller[at]ifls.de
- Regional development
- Sustainability and resilience
- Knowledge and innovation

Heike Nitsch,
Dipl.-Geoökol.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 13
nitsch[at]ifls.de
- Agricultural policy
- Sustainable land use
- Climate change and renewable energies

Sarah Peter,
Dipl.-Soz.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 19
peter[at]ifls.de
- Agricultural policy
- Rural areas
- Governance and cooperation
- Sustainability and resilience

Bettina Spengler,
M. Sc.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 20
spengler[at]ifls.de
- Socio-economics of farm businesses
- Climate change and renewable energies

Svea Thietje,
M. A.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 18
thietje[at]ifls.de
- Knowledge and innovation
- Large-scale protected areas and cultural landscape
- Sustainability and resilience
- Regional development

Holger Pabst,
Dr. rer. nat.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 12
pabst[at]ifls.de
• Agricultural policy
• Sustainable land use
• Socio-economis of farm businesses

Marie Sophie Schmidt,
Dr. rer. pol.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 24
schmidt[at]ifls.de
- Regional development
- Sustainability and resilience
- Large-scale protected areas and cultural landscape


Victoria Wende,
M. Sc.
Research Associate
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 28
wende[at]ifls.de
- Agricultural economy
Research Assistants






Gordian Kerner
Research Assistant
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 10
kerner[at]ifls.de



Chiara Pohl,
B. A.
Research Assistant
+49 (0)69 / 972 6683 10
pohl[at]ifls.de