Our Team

Our team consists of experts from various scientific disciplines and with diverse tourism-related competencies. This provides the institute with the prerequisites for interdisciplinary and innovative work.

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Our Team

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Ulf Sonntag

Managing Director

Geographer (Diploma)

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Wolfgang Günther

Associate Director | Head of Sustainability in Tourism

Biologist (Diploma)

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Dirk Schmücker, PhD

Scientific Director

M.A., Market Researcher (BVM)

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Kai Ziesemer

Head of Strategy and Development

Economist (Diploma)

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Bente Grimm

Head of Tourist Mobility Research

Sociologist (M.A.)

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Jessica Rieper

Team assistant

Economist (B.A.)

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Nadine Yarar, PhD

Project manager

Nutrition and consumer economist (M.Sc.)

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Henrike Beer

Project Manager

Geographer (M.A.)

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Astrid Koch

Project Manager

Geographer (Diploma)

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Berit Weiß

Project Manager

Tourism Strategy & Development (M.A.)

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Friedericke Kuhn, PhD

Project Manager

Tourism Research (M.Sc.)

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Rieka Oldsen

Research Assistant

Sustainable Tourism Management (M.A.)

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Fabian Will

Project Assistant | Cartographer

Geographer (Diploma)

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Maike Braun

Working student

Geographer (M.Bc.)

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