Team
At the CEPS, an interdisciplinary team of committed researchers and passionate organizers work together. Get to know the team members and their specific research interests.
Director

Prof. Dr. Georg von Schnurbein
Director CEPS, Professor of Philanthropy Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 34 63
Managing Director
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Maria Clotilde Henzen
Managing Director and Coordinator Executive Education
Tel. +41 61 207 56 30
Research and Executive Education


Dr. rer. pol. Alice Hengevoss
Head Applied Research
Tel. +41 61 207 28 56
alice.hengevoss-at-unibas.ch
Research Interests: Governance and management of NPOs, impact-linked finance in NPOs, strategic closure of foundations
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Dr. rer. pol. Oto Potluka
Senior Researcher
Tel. +41 61 207 28 40
Research Interests: Partnerships between Nonprofits and Public Administrations
Research Assistants

Carina Greussing, MSc Business Administration
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 56 26
Research Interests: Organizational development, organizational change and agility in NPO

Kinga Szofia Horvath, MA in Philanthropic Studies
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 23 99
Research Interests: Global philanthropy, cross-border donations

Dominik Meier, MSc in Psychology
PhD candidate, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 33 09
Research Interests: Social preferences, reluctant sharing, information seeking & avoidance

Lucca Nietlispach, MA in Business Innovation
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 34 60
lucca.nietlispach-at-unibas.ch
Research Interests: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing

Anja Rogenmoser, MA in Cultural Studies with Major in History
PhD candidate, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 56 27
Research Interests: History of philanthropy, corporate foundations
Secretariat & Administration


Student Assistants


Omar Hussein, BSc in Computer Engineering & Software Systems
cand. MSc in Computer Science (Specialization Machine Intelligence)
Tel. +41 61 207 67 45


Nour Shokry, BSc in Computer Science
cand. MSc in Computer Science
Tel. +41 61 207 28 57
Former Staff
Dr. rer. pol. Nicholas Arnold, former research assistant, n.arnold-at-hotmail.com
Felix Bartos, former student assistant, bartosfelix-at-gmail.com
Manvi Bhatia, former research assistant, manvibhatia91-at-gmail.com
Dr. Steffen Bethmann, former research associate, sbethmann-at-gmail.com
Stella Bützer, former student assistant, stella.buetzer-at-gmx.ch
Patrizia Egloff, former student assistant, patrizia.egloff-at-energietal-toggenburg.ch
Lia Ferrini, former student assistant, ferrini.lia-at-gmail.com
Julia Fischer, former student assistant, j.ch.fischer-at-gmail.com
Dr. rer. pol. Tizian Fritz, former research assistant, tizian.fritz-at-unibas.ch
Dr. phil. des. Theresa Gehringer, former research assistant, there.gehringer-at-gmail.com
Christina Gut, former student assistant, cim-at-gmx.ch
Vanessa Heiniger, former student assistant, heiniger.vanessa-at-gmail.com
Dr. rer. pol. Sophie Hersberger, former research associate, sophie.hersberger-at-teamconsense.ch
Milena Jankovic, former student assistant, milena.jankovic-at-realwwz.ch
Marianne Käch, former student assistant, marianne.kaech-at-gmail.com
Dr. iur. Jonas Kipfer-Berger, former research associate, j.kipfer-at-lanzwehrli.ch
Mia Kirsch, former student assistant, mia.kirsch-at-hotmail.com
Simone Leibundgut, former research assistant, simone_leibundgut-at-hotmail.com
Anne Mayer, Internship, die.anne.mayer-at-web.de
Martina Merkle, former secretariat, martina.merkle-at-geo-ex.ch
Dr. Marybel Perez, former senior researcher, marybelperez-at-yahoo.com
Justine Portenier, former student assistant, justine.p-at-bluewin.ch
Lucas Rizzo-Arrivillaga, former research associate
Mira Röseler, ehem. Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, mira.roeseler-at-gmail.com
Robert Schmuki, former head of executive education, robert.schmuki-at-teamconsense.ch
Dr. Daniela Schönenberg, former research assistant, daniela.schoenenberg-at-outlook.com
Michèle Spring, former student assistant, mispring-at-gmx.ch
Thomas Starzynski, former research associate, thomas-at-liist.cc
Sabrina Stöckli, former research assistant, stocklis-at-edufr.ch
Dr. rer. pol. Sibylle Studer, former research assistant, sibyllestuder-at-hotmail.com
Dr. rer. pol. Sara Stühlinger, former research assistant, sara.stuehlinger-at-posteo.de
Noam Suissa, former research assistant, suissanoam-at-outlook.com
Leonore Wenzel, administration, leonore.wenzel-at-gmx.de
Rebecca Wirbel, former student assistant, rebeccawirbel-at-gmx.de
Dr. Rafael Wyser, former research assistant, rafael.wyser-at-hirslanden.ch