Members/Chairs Involved
Dipl.-Theol. Martin Alex, Theology
Faculty of Theology
Institute of Evangelisation and Parish Development Research
Rudolf-Petershagen-Allee 1
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2541
Fax: +49 3834 86-2533
martin.alex(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
The Church in rural regions
Peripheralisation, demographic change and continuing secularisation in the rural areas of Eastern Germany
Dr. habil.Volker Beckmann, Economics
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of Economics and Landscape Economy
Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology
Grimmer Str. 88
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: 49 3834 86-4122
Fax: 49 3834 86-4107
volker.beckmannuni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Structural change in agriculture
Renewable energy in rural regions and conservation
Dr. rer. med. Neeltje van den Berg, Medicine
University Medicine Greifswald
Institute for Community Medicine
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Community Health
Ellernholzstr. 1-2
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-7771
Fax: +49 3834 86-7752
neeltje.vandenberg(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Healthcare epidemiology
Population-based intervention and prevention
Innovative healthcare concepts, e.g. delegation and telemedicine
Christian Bülow, M. A., Geography
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institute for Geography and Geology
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 17 A
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 4535
christian.buelowuni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Current development tendencies in rural areas
Planning optimisation for rural regions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Baltic Sea Region, Russia
Prof. Dr. Frieder Dünkel, Law
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of Criminology
Domstr. 20, Room 220
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2138
Fax: +49 3834 86-2155
duenkeluni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Security in rural regions
Crime development
Right-wing extremism
Prevention
Dr. Stefan Ewert, Political Science
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Institute of Political and Communication Science
Baderstraße 6/7, Room 1.04
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-3171
Fax: +49 3834 86-3153
stefan.ewert(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Agricultural politics of the EU and comparisons of the federal states
Policies for the development of rural regions
Prof. Dr. Steffen Fleßa, Business Administration
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of General Business Administration and Health Management
Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße 70
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2476
Fax: +49 3834 86-2475
steffen.flessauni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Healthcare in Germany’s rural regions
Management of small and very small hospitals
Healthcare in rural regions of developing countries
Bernd Geng (Sociology, M.A.), Jurisprudence
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of Criminology
Domstr. 20, Room 220
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2137
Fax: +49 3834 86-2155
genguni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Social structure and social inequality
Crime
Right-wing extremism
Prevention
Dipl.-Kffr. Vanessa Gieseler, Business Administration
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of General Business Administration and Health Management
Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße 70
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2494
vanessa.gieseleruni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Healthcare in Germany’s rural regions
Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Hans-Joachim Hannich, Medicine
University Medicine Greifswald
Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology
Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48
17475 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834-865600
Fax: +49 3834-865605
hannichuni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Community Health
Rural Medicine
Dr. Anne Heller, Educational Science
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Chair of School Pedagogy
Franz-Mehring-Straße 47
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834-863711
anne.helleruni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
School and teaching democracy in rural regions
Teaching politics
Prof. Dr. Michael Herbst, Theology
Faculty of Theology
Chair of Practical Theology
Director of the Institute of Evangelisation and Parish Development Research
Am Rubenowplatz 2/3,
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86-2521
Fax: +49 3834 86-2527
herbstuni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
The Church in structurally weak, remote rural regions
Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Hoffmann, MPH, Medicine
University Medicine Greifswald
Institute for Community Medicine
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Community Health
Ellernholzstr. 1-2
17487 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834-867750
Fax: +49 3834-867752
wolfgang.hoffmannuni-greifswaldde
Research Interests in the Field of “Rural Regions":
Healthcare epidemiology and the epidemiology of chronic diseases
Population-based intervention and prevention
New concepts of health promotion and prevention
Innovative healthcare concepts
Prof. Dr. Helmut Klüter, Geography
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural
SciencesInstitue for Geography and Geology
Chair of Regional Geography
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 17 A
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 4505
Fax: +49 3834 420 4504
klueter(a)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Local development in Northern and Eastern Europe and in Russia
Economy, society and politics of north-eastern Germany
Traffic, infrastructure and tourism in rural regions
Prof. Dr. Walter Ried, Economics
Faculty of Law and Economics
Chair of General Economics and Finance
Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße 70, R. 209
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 2467
Fax +49 3834 420 2465
walter.ried(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Healthcare in Germany’s rural regions
Healthcare and environmental protection
Prof. Dr. Silke Schmidt, Psychology
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Chair of Health and Prevention
Robert-Blum-Straße 13
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 3810
Fax +49 3834 420 3801
silke.schmidt(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
Prevention research in psychology for the elderly
Health psychology and prevention for children and youths
Personalised health monitoringPrevention in public crises (human behaviour in crisis situations, implication for organisations)
Dipl.-Theol. Benjamin Stahl, Theology
Faculty of Theology
Research Institute for Evangelism and Church Development
Rudolf-Petershagen-Allee 1
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 2540
Fax +49 3834 420 2533
benjamin.stahl(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of 'Rural Regions':
The Church and the parish in rural regions
Peripheralisation, demographic change and continuing secularisation in the rural areas of eastern Germany
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zölitz, Geography
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institute of Geography and Geology
Chair of Cartography and Geographic Information Systems
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 16
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 4523
Fax: +49 3834 420 4501
zoelitz(at)uni-greifswald(dot)de
Research Interests in the Field of ‘Rural Regions’:
Landscape development, landscape architecture and nature conservation
Geovisualisation, thematic cartography
Spatial modelling in rural regions