People
Members
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger
Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology; Head of the Institute of SCA; Dean for Research (Dept. of Political and Social Sciences); Head of the Research Area Medical Anthropology
Dr. Krzysztof Bierski
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Area Studies at Freie Universität Berlin (POINT Program); associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Research Project "Epistemology of Inner Peace: Transcultural Approaches to Yoga Therapy for Mental Health"
Dr. Astrid Bochow
Research Associate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Research Project "Involuntary childlessness in Botswana - disintegration, conflicts and Identities"
Giorgio Brocco
Doktorand / PhD Candidate (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Doctoral research: Zeruzeru and Diverse Shades of Difference: A Study of People with Albinism in Kilolo District, Tanzania
Marcos Freire de Andrade Neves
Guest Lecturer 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2020 (teaching substitute for Prof. Dilger)
Nina Grube
External Associate Member of the Research Area Medica Anthropology
Doctoral Research: "Therapeutische Netzwerke, Subjektivität und emotionale Zugehörigkeit im Umgang mit psychisch-seelischen Störungen bei afrikanischen MigrantInnen in Berlin" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helene Basu, Universität Münster)
Dr. Susann Huschke
Visiting Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice, Queen's University Belfast, UK; associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
PhD dissertation (completed): "Kranksein in der Illegalität. Eine medizinethnologische Studie über lateinamerikanische MigrantInnen in Berlin"
Dr. Anika König
Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Area Studies
Postdoctoral Research: "Leihmutterschaft in transnationaler Perspektive: eine medizinethnologische Untersuchung sozialer Elternschaft ('intended parenthood') im deutschsprachigen Raum"
Dominik Mattes
Research Associate (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Research Project C03 "Embodied Emotions and Religious Belonging in Migratory Settings: Sufi Centres and (New) Pentecostal Churches in Berlin"
Simon Mutebi
DAAD fellowship, doctoral candidate (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Dr. Tina Otten
Research Fellow at Ruhr Universität Bochum & Postdoctoral Fellow at School of Oriental and Asian Studies (SOAS), London; associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Hanspeter Reihling
PhD Student
Research project: "Vulnerable men: Gender and sentiment at the margins of Cape Town" (Project leader: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Jenny Rosenberg
Student Assistant (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Dr. Mona Schrempf
Postdoctoral Fellow at EASTmedicine Research Centre, University of Westminster; associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Research Project "Globalization of Tibetan Medicine in Europe and Asia" (Laufzeit 08/2012 - 07/2015)
Dr. Nasima Selim
Research associate (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Anitha Tingira
Doktorandin/Doct. candidate (DAAD) (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Dynamics in Delivery and Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Tanzania: The case of Sandawe of Kondoa District
Nina Zeldes
Doctoral candidate (Supervision: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Between Biomedicines – Negotiating Expectations and Cultural Beliefs on Healthcare among German, Japanese and Indian Expatriates in the USA
Archive
Dr. Hannah Brown
Visiting Researcher; Research Area Medical Anthropology
Research on "People, Animals and Infectuous Disease: A new sythesis" (2017)
Prof. Heide Castaneda
Junior Professor at University of South Florida
Research Project "Impact of European Union Membership on the Roma Living in Germany: Freedom of Movement and Health Citizenship" (2011-2012)
Prof. Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg
Professor at Carleton College, USA
Research Project "Birth and Belonging in an African Diaspora: Global Webs and Local Exclusion from Cameroon to Berlin" (2011-2012)
Dr. Bo Kyeong Seo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Area Studies at Freie Universität Berlin (POINT Program); associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Research Project "Dialysis as an Assemblage of Care: Health, Technology, and Forms of Life in Contemporary Thailand"
M.A. Linn Leißner
Graduate Student and Student Assistant of Prof. Dilger (2011-2013)
Research project in cooperation with Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin: "Leben mit MPS: Krankheitskonzepte und Gesundheitspraktiken türkischstämmiger MigrantInnen" (Project leader: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Dr. Basile Ndjio
Georg Forster Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
Research on "Traditional Chinese Medicine and transnational healing processes in Cameroon"
PhD Malgorzata Rajtar
Postdoc-Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2011-13)
Research project "Refusal of Blood Transfusions: Religious Identity and Modern Medical Authority"
Dr. Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
Volkswagen Foundation "Knowledge for Tomorrow" Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand; associate member of the research area Medical Anthropology
Research Project "Salvaged Lives: A Study of Urban Migration, Ontological Insecurity, and Healing in Johannesburg"
