Faculty Council

Faculty Council

The Faculty Council is the highest decision-making body of the faculty. Its tasks include adopting the Faculty's statutes, deciding on the Faculty's structural and development planning, proposing the heads of academic institutions and operating units of Faculty institutions and deciding on appointment proposals. In addition, the Faculty Council supervises the Dean with regard to the fulfilment of duties.

Prof Dr Sascha Münnich

Chairman of the Faculty Council

Sönke Matthiessen

Faculty Manager

Office hours

see here

Current meeting dates

15 October 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Inaugural Faculty Council meeting in the winter semester

14 November 2025, 12 (noon, online)
Extraordinary Faculty Council meeting in the winter semester

26 November 2025, 2 p.m.
Second Faculty Council meeting in the winter semester

14 January 2026, 2 p.m.
Third Faculty Council meeting in the winter semester

 

The meetings will take place in HG 162.

22 April 2026, 2 p.m.
First Faculty Council meeting in the summer semester

27 May 2026, 2 p.m.
Second Faculty Council meeting in the summer semester

24 June 2026, 2 p.m.
Third Faculty Council meeting in the summer semester

 

The meetings will take place in HG 162.

 

Members of the Faculty Council

  • Prof. Dr Sascha Münnich, Chair
  • Prof. Dr Miriam Lind, Deputy Chair
  • Prof. Dr Daniel Illger
  • Prof. Dr Cornelia Müller
  • Prof. Dr André Rottmann
  • Prof. Dr Nicole Richter
  • Prof. Dr Matthias Schloßberger

Reserve:

  1. PD Dr Estela Schindel
  2. Prof. Dr Jan Claas Behrends
  3. Prof. Dr Katja Diefenbach
  4. Prof. Dr Kerstin Schoor

Former members:

  • Prof. Dr. Britta Schneider

  • Elisabeth Rädler, authorised to vote
  • Katerina Papadopoulou
  • Jonas Rietschel
  • Lucia Wiedergrün

Reserve:

  1. Dr Thomas Scherer
  2. Johanna Sophie Hiebel
  3. Daniel Morgenstern
  4. Jana Junge
  5. Konstantin Hokamp

  • Anna Scheuble
  • Melika Gewehr
  • Leo Petersen
  • Elias Seeland

Reserve:

  • none

  • Mady Wolff, authorised to vote
  • Jacqueline Haake-Schulz


Reserve:

  • none

Members of previous legislatures

Members of the Faculty Council for the election period winter semester 2019/20 - summer semester 2021:

 

Status group of professors

  • Prof. Dr Kerstin Schoor, Chairwoman
  • Prof. Dr Britta Schneider, Deputy Chairwoman
  • Prof. Dr Cornelia Müller
  • Prof. Dr Andrii Portnov
  • Prof. Dr Sarah Greifenstein
  • Prof. Dr Klaus Weber
  • Prof. Dr Nicole Richter

Reserve:

  1. Prof. Dr Timm Beichelt
  2. Prof. Dr Paul Zalewski
  3. Prof. Dr Andreas Bähr
  4. Prof. Dr Andrea Allerkamp

 

Status group of academic staff

  • Dr Rita Vallentin
  • Dr Andree Michaelis-König
  • Dr Silva Ladewig
  • Monett Rei&szlig

Reserve:

  1. Dr Estela Schindel
  2. Dr Clara Frysztacka
  3. Dr Erik Martin

 

Status group of students

  • Maria-Sophie Thomas
  • Henrik Dudek
  • Elisabeth Djumic

 Reserve:

  • none

 

Status group of non-academic staff

  • Mady Wolff

Reserve:

  • none

Members of the Faculty Council for the election period winter semester 2021/22 - summer semester 2023:

Status group of professors

  • Prof. Dr Sascha Münnich, Chair
  • Prof. Dr Cornelia Müller, Deputy Chair
  • Prof. Dr Andreas Bähr
  • Prof. Dr Jan-Hendrik Passoth
  • Prof. Dr Andrii Portnov
  • Prof. Dr Nicole Richter
  • Prof. Dr Britta Schneider

Reserve:

  1. Prof. Dr Sarah Greifenstein
  2. Prof. Dr Klaus Weber

 

Status group of academic staff

  • Dr Markus Nesselrodt, with voting rights
  • Dr Clara Frysztacka
  • Dr Kirsten Möller
  • Karolin Breda

Reserve:

  1. Dr Rita Vallentin
  2. Rawina Trautmann
  3. Philipp Linstädter
  4. Silvan Pollozek

 

Status group of students

  • Ira Helten
  • Elisabeth Djumic (WS 20/21 - SoSe 20)
  • Henrik Dudek (WS 20/21 - SoSe 20)
  • Maria-Sophie Thomas (WS 20/21 - SoSe 20)

Reserve:

  • none

 

Status group of non-academic staff

  • Mady Wolff, authorised to vote
  • Elke Teichert

Reserve:

  • none

Members of the Faculty Council for the election period winter semester 2023/24 - summer semester 2025:

Status group of university lecturers

  • Prof. Dr Sascha Münnich, Chair
  • Prof. Dr Britta Schneider, 1st deputy chair
  • Prof. Dr Daniel Illger, 2nd deputy chair
  • Prof. Dr Cornelia Müller
  • Prof. Dr Nicole Richter
  • Prof. Dr Kira Kosnick
  • Prof. Dr Andreas Bähr

Reserve:

  1. Prof. Dr André Rottmann
  2. Prof. Dr Matthias Schloßberger
  3. PD Dr Estela Schindel
  4. Prof. Dr Jürgen Neyer
  5. Prof. Dr Paul Zalewski

Status group of academic staff

  • Karolin Breda, authorised to vote
  • Dr Franziska Wilke
  • Rawina Trautmann
  • Elisabeth Rädler

Reserve:

  1. Dr Sonja Priebus
  2. Laura Meyer
  3. Philipp Linstädter
  4. Mareike Bauer

Status group of students

  • Anna Scheuble (2023 - 2025)
  • Vanessa Czerwionka (2024 - 2025)
  • Leo Petersen (2024 - 2025)
  • Elias Seeland (2024 - 2025)

Reserve:

  • none

Status group of non-academic staff

  • Mady Wolff, authorised to vote
  • Jacqueline Haake-Schulz

Reserve:

  • none

Elections of the Faculty Council

Information on the election of the university committees at the Viadrina can be found on the overview page on the elections.