Names: A-Z

Dr. Ifeoluwa Aboluwade
Postdoc English Studies and Anglophone Literature
Member Postdoc Working Group
Member Research Section „Knowledges“
Office: Zapf Haus 2
Email: Ifeoluwa.aboluwade@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Issifou Abou Moumouni
Postdoc, BIGSAS Alumnus
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: issifouboro@yahoo.fr

Prof. Dr. Mrs. Olufunke Adeboye
Professor of Social History at the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Dr. Feyisayo Ademola-Adeoye
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: fademola-adeoye@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Grace Akese
Postdoctoral Researcher- RS Mobilities
Member of the research section ‘Mobilities’
E-Mail: Grace.Akese@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko
Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: pakin-otiko@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber
Chair of Social Anthropology
Principal Investigator
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

Prof. Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Professor of African and Gender Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra (Ghana),
Member and Spokesperson of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe
English Linguistics
Akademischer Oberrat  at the Chair of English Linguistics 
Principal Investigator
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 
Professor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures
Principal Investigator
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. Franca Chitoh Attoh
Associate Professor of Sociology at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: fattoh@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Jane Ayeko-Kümmeth
Academic Coordinator,
IAS Bayreuth
E-Mail: jane.ayeko-kuemmeth@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Dida Badi
Researcher in DFG research project “Political Orders in the Making”
Office: ZAPF-Gebäude Haus 4
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4727
E-Mail: dida.badi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Fatoumata Badini-Kinda
Professor of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fkindabadini@gmail.com

Dr. Yacouba Banhoro  
Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Director of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: yacou@gmx.net

Dr. Bouma Fernand Bationo
Senior Lecturer of Socio-Anthropology of Health and Social Protection at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fbationo@hotmail.com

Oliver Baumann
Doctoral Student, Digital Solutions
E-Mail: oliver.baumann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends
Professor for Anthropology in Africa
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity
Dean of BIGSAS
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II, Room: 00.16
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4106
E-Mail: andrea.behrends@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Uli Beisel 
Professor of Human Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
FU Berlin
E-Mail: u.beisel@fu-berlin.de

Dr. Ramzi Ben Amara
Centre d‘Anthropologie, Université du Sousse, Tunesia
Researcher in the research Section “Learning”

Prof. emer. Dr. Wolfgang Bender
Ethnomusicology
Member
E-Mail: wolfgang.bender@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bergermann
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy
E-Mail: u.bergermann@hbk-bs.de

Dr. des Linda Besigiroha
Deputy Director of Gender and Diversity Office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.11
E-Mail: Linda.Besigiroha@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Memory Biwa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Member of the Research Section "Knowledges"
E-Mail: mbiwa@hotmail.com

Thierry Boudjekeu Kamgang
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: thierry.boudjekeu@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Oumarou Boukari
Assistant Professor, Romance and General Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: oumarou.boukari@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Umar Bunza
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: mbunza@hotmail.com

Dr. Jae-Sook Cheong
Data Curator, Digital Research Environment
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55-4586
E-Mail:  jae-sook.cheong@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens 
Chair of Educational Science
Principal Investigator
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

Dr. Markus Coester
Lecturer, Ethnomusicology
Member of the Research Section Arts & Aesthetics
E-Mail: Markus.Coester@uni-bayreuth.de

Renate Crowe
Team Assistant, Internationalisation and Public Engagement
Office: ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.14, Nürnberger Str. 38, 95448 Bayreuth
Phone: +49  921 55-4792
E-Mail: renate.crowe@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Matthias De Groof
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: matthias.de-groof@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Serawit Debele
Leader of the Junior research Group Intersectionality
University of Bayreuth
Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10, Room 107
D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail: Serawit.Debele@uni-bayreuth.de

Robert Debusmann
Academic Coordinator / Research in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.09
Phone: +49  921 55-4796
E-Mail: robert.debusmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Professor and Chair, Department of French & Romance Philology, Columbia University, New York (USA)
Member of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck 
Professor of Political Geography
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Mobilities” 
Office: GEO II  Room 004
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2273
E-Mail: doevenspeck@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Kamal Donko
Postdoc RS "Mobilities", Political Geography Affiliated to LASDEL Benin
02BP1413 Dokpaarou-Est, Parakou, Benin
Phone: +229 97 720 700
E-mail: kamaldonko@gmail.com; eldeenfr2001@yahoo.fr; kamal1.donko@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. des Adama Drabo
Postdoc in the Cluster project on "Health discourses as moral communication? Linguistic case studies from Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon"
Member of Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: adama.drabo@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Amalia Dragani
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: amalia.dragani@ehess.fr

Prof. Dr. Martina Drescher 
Chair of Romance Linguistics
Principal Investigator
Vice Dean  Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)  
Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
Office: GW I  Room 1.29
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55 3579
E-Mail: martina.drescher@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Magnus Echtler
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
E-Mail: magnus.echtler@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Olukayode S. Eesuola
Senior Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges“
E-Mail: oeesuola@unilag.edu.ng

Philipp Eisenhuth
Digital Solution Developer
Office: Universitätsstraße 30, Building AI, Room 0.26
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 76 26
E-Mail: philipp.eisenhuth@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Maroua El Naggare
Assistant Professor, Romance & Comparative Literature
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 00.16
Phone: + 49(0)921 / 55-3537
E-Mail: Maroua.El-Naggare@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Abisoye A. Eleshin
Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: aeleshin@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Olumuyiwa Falaiye
Professor for Socio-Political Philosophy and African Diaspora
Director of Lagos ACC and the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
Research Section “Knowledges”
University of Lagos, Nigeria
E-Mail: ofalaiye@unilag.edu.ng

Mario Faust-Scalisi
Affiliated Member in the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: mariofaustscalisi@gmail.com

Dr. Ademola K. Fayemi
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Moralities“
E-Mail: kfayemi@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler 
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Principal Investigator
Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster
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

Myriel Fichtner
Digital Solution Developer
Office: Universitätsstraße 30, Building AI, Room 0.26
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55-7627
E-Mail: myriel.fichtner@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Katharina Fink
Vice Director Iwalewahaus
Member of the Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics” 
Office: Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstr. 2
Phone: +49 921 55-4500
E-Mail: katharina.fink@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Britta Frede
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Section "Learning"
Representative of Postdocs in the AC
Office: GW I, Islamwissenschaft
Phone: +49 921 55 3552
E-Mail: britta.frede@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Raymond Frempong
Postdoc Development Economics VWL E
Member of the Research Section ”Affiliations”
Office: RW I,  Room 1. 0 0 2 146
Phone: +49 921 55 6107
E-Mail: raymond.frempong@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Paolo Gaibazzi
Member
Heisenberg Stelle
Universität Bayreuth, Zapf Haus 4
Raum: 4.2.30
Nürnberger Straße 38
E-Mail: paolo.gaibazzi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. James Gambiza
Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: j.gambiza@ru.ac.za

Gregor Gawor
Hospitality Officer/ Head office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3
Phone: +49 921 55-4594
E-Mail: gregor.gawor@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Susanne Gehrmann
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy
E-Mail: susanne.gehrmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman 
Professor of African History
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities” 
Office: GW II, Room 2.14
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4640
E-Mail: joel.glasman@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Andreas Grandel
Head of IT Service Centre
Member
Office: NW II Part 3.2 Room: 3.2 U1 172
Phone: +49 921 55 3000
E-Mail: andreas.grandel@uni-bayreuth.de

Sabine Greiner
Academic Journalist
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.15
Phone: +49  921 55-4795
E-Mail: sabine.greiner@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Katharina Greven
Iwalewahaus
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: Katharina.greven@uni-bayreuth.de

Valerie Gruber
Doctoral Researcher, Social Geography
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: NW III,  Room 2.22
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-7894
E-Mail: valerie.gruber@uni-bayreuth.de

Laura Guadagnano
Doctoral researcher
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: laura.guadagnano@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Jörg Gundel
Chair of Law, Public Law V
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: 2.01 (RW II)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6250
E-Mail: joerg.gundel@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Henriette Gunkel
Professur für Transformationen audiovisueller Medien unter der besonderen Berücksichtigung von Gender und Queer Theory, Ruhr Uni Bochum
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: henriette.gunkel@rub.de

Dr. Tabea Häberlein
Research Assistant  Vice Dean Research / Sozialanthropologie
Office: GW II,: 0.17
Phone: +49 921 55 4171
E-Mail: tabea.haeberlein@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke 
Chair of Digital and Audiovisual Media
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges” 
Office: Nürnberger Straße 38  Room: 4.3.19
Phone: +49 921 55 4601
E-Mail: christine.hanke@uni-bayreuth.de

Michelle Heese
BIGSAS Coordinator
Office: GSP, room 0.6 01 355
Phone: +49 (0) 921/55-5110
Email: michelle.heese@uni-bayreuth.de

Maria Hennig
Quality Assurance
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.08
Phone: +49  921 55-4596
E-Mail: maria.hennig@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Steven Higgins
Chair of Plant Ecology
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: NW I - 7.0 01 34
Phone: +49 921 55 2800
E-Mail: steven.higgins@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke
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. Alcinda Honwana
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK)
Member of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

Abdoulaye Ibrahim Bachir
Doctoral Student, Member of the Research Project “Religious engineering"
E-Mail: a.ibrahim-bachir@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Ousseni Illy
Associate Professor of Law at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Affiliations” and “Moralities”
E-Mail: ousseni.illy@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Laurence Juma
Member
Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, Rhodes University
E-mail: l.juma@ru.ac.za

Stefanie Jost
Financial Management
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.17
Phone: +49  921 55-4798
E-Mail: stefanie.jost@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Thokozani Kaime
Chairholder of African Legal Studies and Project Leader of TGCL
Deputy Director of the Institute of African Studies
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: Building B9, Room No. 42
E-Mail: thoko.kaime@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Melina C. Kalfelis
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
E-Mail: m.kalfelis@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Prof. Dr.  Eunice Kamaara
Professor of Religion at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: ekamaara@gmail.com  

Prof. Dr. Mark Mosol Kandagor
Senior Lecturer in Kiswahili Studies
Member of ACC Moi
Member of the Research Section Knowledges
E-Mail: mosolkandagor@mu.ac.ke

Prof. Dr. Bernd Kannowski
Chair of Civil Law, (Zivilrecht VII)
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I, Room 2.104
Phone: + 49 921 55 6051
E-Mail: rechtsgeschichte@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Joram Kareithi
Associate Professor of Anthropology Department of Anthropology & Human Ecology Moi University
Member of the Research Section Mobilities
E-Mail: jnkareithi@gmail.com

Dr. Albert Kasanda
African Philosophy
Reserch Fellow Centre of Global Studies in the Institute of Philosophy, Prague
E-Mail: kasanda@flu.cas.cz

Prof. Dr. Russell Kaschula
Professor of African Language Studies at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: r.kaschula@ru.ac.za

Dr. Paddy Banya Kinyera
Postdoc Political Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: Baracke 2, Room 17
Phone: +49 921 55 2181
E-mail: p.kinyera@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Catherine Kiprop
Assoc. Professor of Educational Management and Leadership
Gender and Diversity Representative of ACC Moi
Member of RS Learning
Moi University, Eldoret
E-Mail: catekiprop@gmail.com

Prof Dr Benjamin Kirby
Department for the Study of Religion, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Member of Research Section “Moralities “
University of Bayreuth,
95440 Bayreuth, Germany
E-Mail:  benjamin.kirby@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Joseph Kiruki Kahiga
Position: Professor of Philosophy at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Moralities “
E-Mail: jkkiruki@yahoo.com

Diana Byarugaba Kisakye
Doctoral Researcher in Political Science
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Doctoral Students’ Representative to the Academic Committee
Phone: +49 176 50493880
E-Mail: diana.kisakye@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Florian Klaeger
Professor of English, Department of English Literature
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 1.26
Phone: +49 (0)921  55 3525
E-Mail: klaeger@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. habil. Kai Koddenbrock
Leader of the Junior Research Group in International Relations "The political economy of monetary and economic sovereignty in West Africa compared" Kai Koddenbrock has moved to Bard College Berlin as a Professor of Political Economy and can be reached at: https://berlin.bard.edu/people/profiles/kai-koddenbrock | His research at the cluster in the Junior Research Group with Carla Coburger and Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo will conclude in 2025.
E-Mail: kai.koddenbrock@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl
Chair of Psychology
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office:: GW II, Room: U1.19
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4141
E-Mail: carlos.koelbl@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Nathalie Arnold Koenings
Research Fellow
Office: Nürnberger Straße 38, ZAPF building House 2
Phone: +49 921 55 4787
E-Mail: nkoenings@gmail.com

Dr. Franz Kogelmann
Managing Director
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.19
Phone: +49  921 55-4590
E-Mail: franz.kogelmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Marie-Anne Kohl
Office: Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater
Phone: + 49 9228 99605 31
E-Mail: marie-anne.kohl@uni-bayreuth.de

Rebekka Krauß
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section „Learning“
E-Mail: rebekka.krauss@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Taibat O. Lawanson
Associate Professor of Urban Planning at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: tlawanson@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Peju Layiwola
Professor of Art History at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: alayiwola@unilag.edu.ng

Sophie Lembcke
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: sophie.lembcke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Qirui Li
Research Associate
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4656
Room: Zapf 4, 4.2.21
E-mail: qirui.li@uni-bayreuth.de

Sabine Lieske
Secretary, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.26
Phone: +49  921 55-4589
E-Mail: sabine.lieske@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Jochen Lingelbach
Postdoc, African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF building House 4, Room 4.4.14
E-Mail: jochen.lingelbach@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Mary Lonyangapuo
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: mklonya@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Distinguished Professor of Global Change and Social Learning Systems at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: h.lotz-sisitka@ru.ac.za

Dr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Unit Internationalisation & Public Engagement
in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Member of the research Section "Learning"
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.10
Phone: +49  921 55-4794
E-Mail: doris.loehr@uni-bayreuth.de

Daniela Löwinger
Secretary Directorate
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.21
Phone: +49  921 55-4592
E-Mail: africamultiple-management@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Nadine Machikou
Faculty of Law, Université Yaoundé II
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: nadine.machikou@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Pierre Malgoubri
Professor of Linguistics at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: malgoubri58@gmail.com

Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Leader of the Junior research Group "African Knowledges and the History Publication since the 1970s”
Member
E-Mail: Cassandra.Thiesen-Mark@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Jamin Masinde
Associate Professor of Sociology at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: profjaminmasinde@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Sally Matthews
Associate Professor of Political Science at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: s.matthews@ru.ac.za

Dr. Christine Matzke
Department of English Literature
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room: 1.18
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3504
E-Mail: christine.matzke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Bramuel Matui
Senior Lecturer in Politics of Development at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: ptoo212@gmail.com

Dr. Aminata Cécile Mbaye
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl romanische Literaturwissenschaft und Komparatistik
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: cecile.mbaye@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Tom Michael Mboya
Associate Professor of African Literary and Popular Culture Studies at Moi University
Academic Coordinator of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: tommichaelmboya@gmail.com

Dr. Boudina McConnachie
Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: b.mcconnachie@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Birgit Meyer
Professor Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
Member of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

Dr. Ben Mkalama
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Nairobi
Project “Mobile Capital and (Im)Mobile Entrepreneurs: Start-up Success, Institutional Context and the “Laws of Start-up Money” in Silicon Savannah”
E-Mail: benedict@uonbi.ac.ke

Dr. Susanne Mohr
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy
E-Mail:Susanne.mohr@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Miampika Moundele Landry-Wilfrid
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy

Dr. Mohamed Mraja
Senior Lecturer, Moi University, Kenya

Prof. Dr. Enocent Msindo  
Associate Professor of African History at Rhodes University
Director of ACC Rhodes
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges” and “Mobilities”
E-Mail: e.msindo@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen 
Chair of English Linguistics
Principal Investigator
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. Anno Mungen
Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater, Thurnau
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail:  anno.mungen@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Grace Musila
Associate Professor, Department of African Literature, University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Member of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

Dr. Stephen Muthoka Mutie
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: stephen.magu@hamptonu.edu

Prof. Dr. Patrice Mwepu
Head of the School of Languages & Literatures, Rhodes University at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: p.mwepu@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Violet Naanyu
Sociology
Member of ACC Moi

Dr. Gilbert Shang Ndi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Phone: +49(0) 163 6884124
E-Mail: ndishang@yahoo.co.uk

Prof. Dr. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa
Vice Dean of Research
Office: Zapf Haus 2, Room: 2.1.05 Nürnberger Straße 38
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4781
E-mail: epistemologie@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Samuel Ndogo
Literature, Theatre and Film Studies at Moi University, Eldoret
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: samndogo@yahoo.com

Dr. Hassan J. Ndzovu
Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Member of the Research Section “Learning” and “Knowledges”
E-Mail: ndzovuhassan@gmail.com

Cecilia Edward Ngaiza
Doctoral Student
Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility and Interacting Markets in Africa"
Office: B IX, Room: 37
Phone: +49 (0)921 55 4321
E-Mail: cecilia.ngaiza@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Thando Njovane
Lecturer in Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Gender and Diversity Representative of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: t.njovane@ru.ac.za

Dr. Bakheit Mohammed Nur
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EXC Africa Multiple
E-Mail: bakheitnour79@yahoo.com
Homepage: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie | Universität Bayreuth

Dr. Sybille Nyo Nyeck
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: sngonye1@g.ucla.edu

Prof. Dr. Christopher Joseph Odhiambo
Professor of Postcolonial Literature and Intervention Theatre at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: cjodhiambo@hotmail.com

Dr. Nelson Odume
Senior Researcher/Director, Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality
Institute for Water Research at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Academic Coordinator of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: odume.nelson@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Uchenna Okeja
Associate Professor in Philosophy at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: u.okeja@ru.ac.za

Dr. Anthony O. Okeregbe
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Learning“
E-Mail: aokeregbe@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Patrick Oloko
Associate Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: poloko@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James
Lecturer in Creative Arts at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: oolokodanajames@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Peter I. Oni
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Affiliations“
E-Mail: pioni@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Paul Abiero Opondo
Senior Lecturer in Economic History of Africa at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Affiliations” (Spokesperson)
E-Mail: opondopaul1@gmail.com

Dr. Richard Frimpong Oppong
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada.
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: roppong@TRU.CA

Prof. Dr. Michaela Ott
Professor of Aesthetic Theories
Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Phone: +49 40 42 89 89-352
E-Mail: philott@arcor.de

Dr. Bilian K. Otundo
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: billian.otundo@uni-bayreuth.de

Glory Essien Otung
Doctoral Student
E-Mail: Glory.E.Otung@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr Serge Noël Oudréaogo
Researcher at the Dept. of History
Université Ki-Zerbo Ouagadougou
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: osergenoel@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma
Chair of Economic Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: 134, GEO II
Phone: + 49 921 55-2262
E-Mail: stefan.ouma@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Justin Toro Ouoro
Associate Professor of Semiotics, Aesthetics and Reception of Cinema and Audiovisual Literature and Cinema at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: justin_ouoro@yahoo.fr

Dr. Robert Omondi Owino
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: robert-omondi.owino@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Cyriaque Paré
Research Fellow of Journalism and Communication at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: cyriaque.pare@gmail.com

Sebastian Petter
Digital Solution Developer
Office: Universitätsstraße 30, Building AI, Room 0.28
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 76 29
E-Mail: sebastian.petter@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Joschka Phillips
Leader of the Junior research Group "Post-truth Politics in Africa: Conspiracy Theories and Conflict"
Member
Office: Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10, D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail:  joschka.philipps@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Aretha Phiri
Senior Lecturer of Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: a.phiri@ru.ac.za

Assist. Prof. Detlev Quintern
Affiliated member - Research Section Knowledges
E-Mail: detlev.quintern@tau.edu.tr

Prof. Dr. emer. Ulrich Rebstock
Islamic Studies, University Freiburg
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: ulrich.rebstock@orient.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Alena Rettová
Professor of African and Afrophone Philosophies
Email: alena.rettova@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Roselyter M. Riang'a
Assistant Lecturer of Sociology at Moi University
Member of  ACC Moi

Prof. Dr. Ivo Ritzer
Chair Comparative Media Studies
Medienwissenschaft
Member of Research Section "Arts & Aesthetics"
Nürnberger Str. 38 / Haus 4
E-Mail: sylvia.steinert@uni-bayreuth.de

Natalie Röthlingshöfer
Team Assistant
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.20
Phone: +49  921 55-4591
E-Mail: natalie.roethlingshoefer@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Rothfuß
Chair of Social and Population Geography
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
Office: GEO II  Room 160
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2278
E-Mail: eberhard.rothfuss@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Matthew Sabbi
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations” 
E-Mail: matthew.sabbi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi
Professor of Climatology
Principal Investigator
Deputy Director Institute of African Studies 
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

Prof. Dr. Féridjou Emilie Georgette Sanon-Ouattara
Senior Lecturer of English and Translation Studies at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Coordinator of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fegsanon@yahoo.fr

Prof. Dr. Livio Sansone
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Federal University of Bahia
Project Coordinator and Memberof the Research Section “Moralities” 
E-Mail: sansone@ufba.br

Dr. Dominique Santos
Member
Rhodes University

Dr. Natewindé Sawadogo
Lecturer of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: natewinde.sawadogo@yahoo.fr

Dr. Eveline Sawadogo-Compaoré
Assistant Researcher of sociology at the Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (INERA)
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
Gender and Diversity Representative of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: compeve@yahoo.fr

Eleanor Schaumann
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: eleanor.schaumann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Christine Scherer
Academic Coordinator / Early Career & Equal Opportunity in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Academic Coordinator Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies
Office: Geschwister-Scholl Platz 3
Phone: +49 (0)921/ 55-5100
E-Mail: christine.scherer@uni-bayreuth.de 

Prof. Dr. Mirco Schönfeld
Junior Professor for Data Modeling and Interdisciplinary Knowledge Generation chair
Office: Building Zapf 3, Room: 3.23
Phone: +49 921 - 55 4597
E-Mail: mirco.schoenfeld@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm
Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Principal Investigator
Member 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. Paula Schrode
Professor for the Study of Religion with focus on contemporary Islam 
Project Coordinator and Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
Office: GW II,  Room: 1.26
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4131
E-Mail: paula.schrode@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schrüfer
Chair of Geography Education
Member of Research Section "Learning"
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2275
E-Mail: gabriele.schruefer@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Anke Schürer-Ries
Forschungsdatenmanagement (ITS)
Office: ZUV-DV Raum: 008
E-Mail: anke.schuerer-ries@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Abdourahmane Seck
Centre d’Étude des Religions, Université Gaston-Berger Saint-Louis, Senegal
Member of the Research Section “Learning”

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Spokesperson of the Cluster 
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.04
Phone: +49  921 55-4593
E-Mail: rüdiger.seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Cyrille Semdé
Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: cyrille.semde@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Jaouad Serghini
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: jaouadserghini@yahoo.fr

Jun. Prof. Dr. Valentina Serreli
Professor of Arabic Studies
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 1.04
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3554
E-Mail: valentina.serreli@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Daniel Shayo
Head of the Economic Law Department, University of Dar es Salaam School of Law
Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: daniel.shayo@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Justine Mukhwana Sikuku
Senior Researcher of Linguistics at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: jastinosikuku@yahoo.com

Prof. Dr. Peter Tirop Simatei
Professor of Comparative Literature at Moi University
Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Spokesperson of the ACC Directors
Director of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics” and “Knowledges”
E-Mail: tpsimatei@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Ruth Simbao
Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: r.simbao@ru.ac.za

Dr. Lassina Simporé
Maître de conférences, archéologie at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: mkelassane2@yahoo.fr

Dr. Boniface Somé
Lecturer of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: bonidesir@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Magloire Somé
Professor of Contemporary Religious History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: magloire.some@univ-ouaga.bf

Dr. Ousséni Sore
Sociolinguiste/Sociodidacticien
Membre du Laboratoire de Recherche et de Formation en Sciences du Langage (Université Joseph KI-ZERBO)
Spécialiste en Sociolinguistique et Didactique des Langues (SDL)
Academic coordinator of ACC Ouagadougou
Expert en Didactique du français en contexte de multilinguisme
Phone: +226 70819604
Email: sorehussein@gmail.com

Dr. Lynda Spencer
Senior Lecturer of Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: l.spencer@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Eva Spies
Professor for the Study of Religion with special focus on Africa
Director of the Institute of African Studies
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Moralities” 
Office: GW II  Room 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4150
E-Mail: Eva.Spies@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Gerd Spittler
Emeritus Professor for Anthropology
Member
Office: GW II, Room U1.26
E-Mail: gerd.spittler@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann
Professor of Development Economics
Principal Investigator
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. emer. h.c. Dr. Michael Payne Steppat
Professor of Literature in English
Member of the Research Section "Knowledges"
E-Mail: michael.steppat@uni-bayreuth.de

Stephanie Stöcker
Secretary, Digital Research Environment
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.26
Phone: +49 921 55-45-88
Email: Stefanie.Stoecker@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg
Professor of African Politics and Development Policy
Principal Investigator
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

Christian Sturm
Doctoral Student
E-Mail: Christian.Sturm@uni-bayreuth.de

Issa Tamou
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: tamou83@yahoo.fr

Dr. Prisca Tanui
Senior Lecturer in History & Gender Studies at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: ptoo212@gmail.com

Duncan Ian Tarrant
Doctoral Student, Literatures in African Languages
Member of the Research Section "Arts and Aesthetics"
Temporary Office: GWI, Room 1.10
Phone:  +49 (0)174 6215403
E-Mail: duncan.tarrant@uni-bayreuth.de

Neeraj Thandayan-Viswajith
Data Curator, Digital Research Environment
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.24
Phone:+49  921 55-4598

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Rémi Armand Tchokothe
Tenure-Track Professorship in Comparative Literature with a Focus on African Literatures
Department of African Studies and Department of Comparative Literature
University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 5, 1090 Vienna
Phone +43 1 4277 43252
E-Mail: remi.tchokothe@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Mahaman Tidjani Alou
Researcher Political Science, LASDEL; Université Abdou Moumouni Niamey, Niger
Project coordinator and Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
E-Mail: tidjanialou@yahoo.fr

Dr. Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy

Dr. Jean-Benoît Tsofack
Researcher Université de Dschang, Cameroun
Member of the Research Section “Moralities” 
E-Mail: tsofackb@yahoo.fr

Marie Nadege Tsogo Momo
Assistant in the Gender & Diversity Office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.11
Phone: +49  921 55-4799
E-Mail: Marie.Tsogo-Momo@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Irina Turner
Assistant Professor, African Linguistics I
Member of Postdoc Working group “SKAnning”
Office: GW I, Room: 1.08
Phone: +49 921 55 3558
E-Mail: irina.turner@uni-bayreuth.de

Marisol Vázquez Llamas
Data Curator, Digital Research Environment
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone:+49 921 55-45-99
Email: Marisol.Vazquez-Llamas@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke 
Professor of Literatures in African Languages
Principal Investigator
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

Dr. Ulf Vierke
Director  Iwalewahaus 
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics” 
Office: Wölfelstrasse 2
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4501
E-Mail: ulf.vierke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.12
Phone: +49  921 55-4791
E-Mail: christine.vogt-william@uni-bayreuth.de

Anette Volk
Administrative Assistant
Office: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3 (GSP), Room: 06.01.367
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5101
E-Mail: bigsas@uni-bayreuth.de

Sabine Wagner
Administrative Assistant
Office: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3 (GSP), Room: 06.01.367
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5101
E-Mail: bigsas@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Fatimatou Abdel Wahhabe
Faculté du Literature Arabe, Université Nouakchott, Mauritania
Researcher in the research Section “Learning”

Prof. Dr. Mary N. Wahome
African Philosophy, RS Moralities

Beatrice Kanyi Wangeci 
Doctoral Student

Dr. Lee Watkins
Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: l.watkins@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Volker Wiese
Chair of Civil Law III (German and International Law of Civil Procedure)
Principal Investigator
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

Frederik Wild
Doctoral Student Economics
Member of the Research Section „Affiliations“
Office: RW I, Room 1.0 02 132
Phone: +49 921 / 55-6091
E-Mail: frederik.wild@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
Fellow of the Research Section “Learning”:
E-Mail: emnet.woldegiorgis@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Moses Yakubu
Senior Research Fellow at IADS, University of Lagos
E-Mail: myakubu@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Lassané Yaméogo
Associate Professor of Geography at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: yameogolass@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Ayodele Luqman Yusuff
Associate Professor of Linguistics and African Languages at UNILAG
Academic Coordinator of ACC Lagos
Member of Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: ayusuff@unilag.edu.ng

Ndidi Zedomi
Head, Administration Gender and Diversity Matters
IADS UNILAG
Gender and Diversity Representative of ACC Lagos
E-Mail: nzedomi@iads.unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Tyler Zoanni
Anthropology in Africa, Research Associate
Member of the Research Section „Moralities“
Office: GW II, Room: 0.17
Phone: +49 921 55-4133
E-Mail: tyler.zoanni@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Relwende Louis Martial Zongo
E-Mail: toblibo@yahoo.fr