Faculty leadership

The Dean's Office heads the faculty. The director of the faculty's administration is responsible for managing the faculty's administrative activities and reports to the dean. The Extended Faculty Management Council is an advisory body.

Dean's Office

The Dean's Office heads the faculty in accordance with the responsibilities assigned to it under the Hamburg Higher Education Act (HmbHG). These include the management of the budget allocated to the faculty by the Executive Board and the allocation of positions within the faculty. It is also responsible for determining the faculty's strategic direction. The Dean's Office is currently made up of the acting dean and three vice deans. The dean is elected for a five-year term, and the vice deans for three-year terms.

Acting Dean

Department Wirtschaft
Alexanderstraße 1, Room 9.27
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Prof. Dr. Jens-Eric von Düsterlho Department Wirtschaft
Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 9.27
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7010

Vice dean for studies and teaching

Berliner Tor 5, Room 10.23
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Prof. Dr. Birgit Menzel Berliner Tor 5,
Room 10.23
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7714

Vice dean for research

Alexanderstraße 1, Room 3.29
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Prof. Dr. Dieter Röh Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 3.29
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7113

Vice dean for digitalisation

Alexanderstraße 1, Room 9.30
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Weißbach Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 9.30
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-6918

Assistant to the Dean

Alexanderstraße 1, Room 9.23
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Wiebke Henschen Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 9.23
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7133

Faculty administration

Alexanderstraße 1, Room 9.28
20099 Hamburg
Name address Contact information
Tino Metter Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 9.28
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7020

Extended Faculty Management Council

The Extended Faculty Management Council is made up of the members of the Dean's Office and the department heads. The council consults on matters of particular importance and those matters that impact numerous departments, with the goal of coordinating decision making between the Dean's Office and the department-level management. These matters include budgetary issues and medium-term funding needs in the departments, structural and development planning, and the terms and conditions for target and performance agreements.

In addition to the members of the Dean's Office, the following department heads are part of the Extended Faculty Management Council:

Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Pflegewissenschaft (Ethik, Kommunikation)
Department Pflege und Management
Alexanderstraße 1, Room 5.27
20099 Hamburg
Professor of International and Corporate Finance
Department Wirtschaft
Berliner Tor 5, Room 10.19
20099 Hamburg
Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Public Management
Department Public Management
Berliner Tor 5, Room 10.35
20099 Hamburg
Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaften
Department Soziale Arbeit
Alexanderstraße 1, Room 4.26
20099 Hamburg
Name Functions address Contact information
Prof. Dr. Uta Gaidys

Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Pflegewissenschaft (Ethik, Kommunikation)

Department Pflege und Management
Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 5.27
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7002
Prof. Dr. Christian Decker

Professor of International and Corporate Finance

Department Wirtschaft
Berliner Tor 5,
Room 10.19
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-6920
Prof. Dr. Heike Papenheim-Tockhorn

Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Public Management

Department Public Management
Berliner Tor 5,
Room 10.35
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7710
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Voigtsberger

Departmentsleitung, Professorin für Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaften

Department Soziale Arbeit
Alexanderstraße 1,
Room 4.26
20099 Hamburg
E-Mail
T +49 40 428 75-7029