Prof. Dr. Ute Lohrentz
HAW Hamburg President
Executive Board
Berliner Tor 5
20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-9000
praesidentin (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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University policy | University development and planning | Appointments | External relations | Continuing education
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Jana Nöller | T +49.40.428 75-9835 | jana (dot) noeller (@) haw-hamburg.de
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Ute Lohrentz was born in Rheine in 1965 and studied law and Romance languages and literatures at the University of Münster and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Following her second state exam in law in 1994, she worked as an academic staff member in the University of Münster’s Department of Legal Theory and Civil Law until 1998. In 1999 she completed her doctorate in law.
After four years of employment as a lawyer, she was appointed professor of private law, with a focus on family law, child and youth law and social welfare law, in the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences at the Köln University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln) in 2003. From 2006 to 2013 she served as vice dean for studies and teaching, and between 2009 and 2011 she also completed an MBA in university and academic management. She contributed further to shaping the TH Köln as dean of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences from 2013 to 2018, before coming to HAW Hamburg in March 2018 and taking up the position of dean of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences.
In December 2022, the HAW Hamburg Senate unanimously elected her as the new president.
Prof. Dr. Monika Bessenrodt-Weberpals
Vice President for Studies and Teaching / Equal Opportunities
Executive Board
Berliner Tor 5, Room 14.13
20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-9005
vp-lehre (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
vp-gleichstellung (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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Studies and teaching | Office for Degree Courses and Teaching | E-learning | Career Service | Evaluation, quality management and accreditation | Equal opportunities
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Sabine Teichmüller | T +49 40 428 75-9011 | sabine (dot) teichmueller (@) haw-hamburg.de
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Prof. Dr. Olga Burkova
Vice President for Digitalisation
Executive Board
Berliner Tor 5, Room 14.16
20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-9006
vp-digitalisierung (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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Digitalisation | IT Service Centre
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Johanna Küchler | T +49 40 428 75-9126 | johanna (dot) kuechler (@) haw-hamburg.de
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Vice president for digitalisation at HAW Hamburg since 1 September 2017
Professor of social work at HAW Hamburg since fall 2011
Academic staff member at DLR Projektträger in Bonn for the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the area of education research, integration and equal opportunities (2006–2011)
Doctoral studies in the Department of Educational Science at the University of Greifswald (2001–2004)
Academic staff member in the Department of Educational Science at the University of Greifswald – international projects to develop social pedagogy and social work in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (2001–2006)
Undergraduate studies in social pedagogy, psychology, educational science and German as a foreign language at the University of Omsk (Russian Federation) and the University of Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Peter Wulf
Vice President for Research, Knowledge Transfer and International Affairs
Executive Board
Berliner Tor 5, Room 14.15
20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-9004
vp-forschung (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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Research and transfer | Graduate Centre | Internationalisation
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Dr. Linda Groß | T +49 40 428 75-9271 | linda (dot) gross (@) haw-hamburg.de
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Since 2020: Vice president for research, knowledge transfer and international affairs
2010–2020: Head of the Institute for Computational and Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics
Since 2010: Professor of technical mechanics and computational fluid dynamics
2001–2006: Technical support manager – Computer-aided engineering, Polyurethanes Business Unit, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Leverkusen
1997–2001: Development engineer – Sheetfed printing machinery, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach
1994–1997: Research assistant – Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen
1997: Doctorate in engineering (fluid mechanics), University of Bremen
1989–1993: Studies in mechanical engineering (aerospace technology), RWTH Aachen University
1987–1989: Studies in mechanical engineering, University of Paderborn
Dr. Wolfgang Flieger
Head of Administration and Finance
Executive Board
Berliner Tor 5, Room 14.14
20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-9003
kanzler (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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University and faculty administration | Finances | Human resources management | Facility management | Legal affairs and internal auditing | University Information and Library Service | Occupational and environmental safety | Occupational health management
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Anett Schröder | T +49 40 428 75-9204 | anett (dot) schroeder (@) haw-hamburg.de
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1981–1983: Apprenticeship in wholesale and foreign trade sales, Kulenkampff & Konitzky, Bremen
1987–1993: Studies in business, English and business education, University of Oldenburg and the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
1993: Diplom in economics, University of Oldenburg
1993: First state exam for vocational-school teachers
1997: Diplom in business education, University of Oldenburg
1999: Dr. rer. pol., Technical University Kaiserslautern
1985–1986: Administrative and business staff member, Stucken & Co., Bremen
1986–1987: Administrative and business staff member, Fuhrmann & Co, Bremen
1994–1999: Academic staff member, Technical University Kaiserslautern
1999–2001: Academic assistant, Technical University Kaiserslautern
2001–2002: Managing director, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Technical University Kaiserslautern
2002–2006: Head of administration and finance, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven
2006–2009: Managing director, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Universität Hamburg
2009–2017: Head of administration and finance, University of Greifswald
Since January 2018: Head of administration and finance, HAW Hamburg
Berliner Tor 5
20099 Hamburg
Elke Willmann
Executive Board Office Manager
T +49.40.428 75-9001
