List of Principal Investigators of Africa Multiple in the
first phase (AM 1.0, 2019-2025) and in the second phase (AM 2.0, 2026-2032)
Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber (AM 1.0)
Chair of Social Anthropology
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room 0.01
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4121
E-Mail: erdmute.alber@uni-bayreuth.de
PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
English Linguistics
Akademischer Oberrat at the Chair of English Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.21
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3571
E-Mail: eric.anchimbe@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3551
E-Mail: susan.arndt@uni-bayreuth.de
Dr. Yacouba Banhoro (AM 2.0)
Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Director of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: yacoubabanhoro@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens (AM 1.0)
Chair of Educational Science
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room: 0.27
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4128
E-Mail: iris.clemens@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of Political Geography
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 004
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2273
E-Mail: doevenspeck@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Martina Drescher (AM 1.0)
Chair of Romance Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: martina.drescher@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Olumuyiwa Falaiye (AM 2.0)
Professor for Socio-Political Philosophy and African Diaspora
Director of Lagos ACC and the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: ofalaiye@unilag.edu.ng
Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Vice Dean of Internationalisation and Public Engagement
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics“
Office: GW I Room 1.17
Phone:+49 (0)921/55-3567
E-Mail: ute.fendler@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF-Building House Nr. 4 4th floor Room: 14
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4640
E-Mail: joel.glasman@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke (AM 1.0)
Chair of Digital and Audiovisual Media
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: Nürnberger Straße 38 Room: 4.3.19
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4601
E-Mail: christine.hanke@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke (AM 2.0)
Chair of Department of Sociology
Member
Office: GW II Room: 0010
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4137
E-mail: jana.hoenke@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Lisa Hülsmann (AM 2.0)
Professor Ecosystem Analysis and Simulation
Vice Director of BayCEER
E-Mail: lisa.huelsmann@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Thokozani Kaime (AM 2.0)
Chairholder of African Legal Studies and Project Leader of TGCL
Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: Building B9, Room No. 42
E-Mail: thoko.kaime@uni-bayreuth.de
Dr. Melina C. Kalfelis (AM 2.0)
Junior Professor, Social and Cultural Anthropology with a Focus on Social Belonging
Office: GW II, Room 00.17
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: melina.kalfelis@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Jia Hui Lee (AM 2.0)
Humanities and social Sciences
Junior Professor for Science and Technology Studies of the Global South
Office: GWII
E-Mail: jiahui.lee@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Enocent Msindo (AM 2.0)
Associate Professor of African History at Rhodes University
Director of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Knowledges” and “Mobilities”
E-Mail: e.msindo@ru.ac.za
Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Chair of English Linguistics
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Vice Dean Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW I Room: 1.14
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3564/63
E-Mail: susanne.muehleisen@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma (AM 2.0)
Chair of Economic Geography
Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: 134, GEO II
Phone: + 49 921 55-2262
E-Mail: stefan.ouma@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Alena Rettová (AM 2.0)
Professor of African and Afrophone Philosophies
Email: alena.rettova@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Ivo Ritzer (AM 1.0)
Chair Comparative Media Studies
Medienwissenschaft
Nürnberger Str. 38 / Haus 4
E-Mail: sylvia.steinert@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Rothfuß (AM 1.0)
Chair of Social and Population Geography
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GEO II Room 160
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2278
E-Mail: eberhard.rothfuss@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of Climatology
Vice Dean of Digital Solutions in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2237
E-Mail: cyrus.samimi@uni-bayreuth.de
Dr. Eveline Sawadogo-Compaoré (AM 2.0)
Assistant Researcher of sociology at the Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (INERA)
Gender and Diversity Representative of ACC Ouagadougou
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: compeve@yahoo.fr
Prof. Dr. Mirco Schönfeld (AM 2.0)
Junior Professor, Data Modeling and Interdisciplinary Knowledge Generation
Vice Dean of Digital Solutions
Office: GW1, Room 0.07
Phone: +49 921 - 55 3561
E-Mail: mirco.schoenfeld@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW II Room: 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4170
E-Mail: katharina.schramm@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Spokesperson of the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: University of Bayreuth, FZA, Room 2.20, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 921 55-6910
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Peter Tirop Simatei (AM 2.0)
Professor of Comparative Literature at Moi University
Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Director of ACC Moi
Spokesperson of the ACC Directors
Research Sections “Arts and Aesthetics” and “Knowledges”
E-Mail: tpsimatei@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Eva Spies (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor for the Study of Religion with special focus on Africa
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW II Room 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5436
E-Mail: eva.spies@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann (AM 1.0)
Professor of Development Economics
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 124
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6077
E-Mail: david.stadelmann@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of African Politics and Development Policy
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: GW II Room: 00.09
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4185
E-Mail: alexander.stroh@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke (AM 1.0 and AM 2.0)
Professor of Literatures in African Languages
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room: 1.10
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3641
E-Mail: clarissa.vierke@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Volker Wiese (AM 1.0)
Chair of Civil Law III (German and International Law of Civil Procedure)
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 119
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-6070
E-Mail: zr3.sekretariat@uni-bayreuth.de