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
Prof. Dr. Dominik Meier
Professor for Global Philanthropy NTTAP, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Research Interests: Social preferences, crowdfunding, contribution of NPOs to the SDGs, text analysis
Research Assistants
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
Omar Hussein, MSc in Computer Science
Junior Developer
Tel. +41 61 207 67 45
Research Interests: Philanthropic data science, AI for the non-profit sector
Ruth Lechler, MA Management, Organization Studies & Cultural Theory (MOK)
Research Assistant Applied Research
Tel. +41 61 207 28 56
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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
Carlo Tschopp, MA in European Global Studies
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel: +41 61 207 34 60
Milan Weller, MA in Religion – Economy – Politics
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Tel. +41 61 207 28 57
Research Interests: Social capital, social cohesion, civic society
Associate Researcher
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Wouter Thomas Janssen, MSc in Business and Economics
Major International Business, Trade and the Environment
External PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel
Secretariat & Administration
Student Assistants
Stefano Rentsch
cand. MSc in Business and Economics
Tel.: +41 61 207 64 33
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Annalena Zengerle
cand. MSc in Sustainable Development
Tel.: +41 61 207 30 67
Dr. rer. pol. Nicholas Arnold, former research assistant, nicholasanthonyarnold-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. Theresa Gehringer, former research assistant, there.gehringer-at-gmail.com
Carina Greussing, former research assistant, cv.greussing-at-outlook.com
Christina Gut, former student assistant, cim-at-gmx.ch
Vanessa Heiniger, former student assistant, heiniger.vanessa-at-gmail.com
Dr. Alice Hengevoss, former research assistant, alice_hengevoss@clutterhotmail.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
Leea Moser, former student assistant, leea.moser-at-hotmail.com
Lucca Nietlispach, former research assistant, nietlispach.lucca-at-gmail.com
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, former research assistant, 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
Damian Schweighauser, former research assistant
Nour Shokry, former student assistant, nourhanyy99-at-gmail.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