Your Contact Partners

Head of Department

Jochen Steinhilber

Jochen Steinhilber has been the head of the Global Policy and Development department since 1 July 2010. He is the contact person with regard to key development-policy issues and coordinates expert discussions on development policy. As a political scientist he has wide experience in the areas of Global Governance and Globalisation. Previously, he headed the FES office in Sao Paolo and was involved as a consultant in the project Dialogue on Globalisation at FES headquarters in Berlin.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7410
Mail Jochen.Steinhilber[at]fes.de

Departmental secretary/event organisation
in the area of Global Peace and Security Policy

Sandra Richter

Sandra Richter manages the departmental secretariat and is responsible for the comprehensive publication management of the dept. In addition, she is contact person for internship applications.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7510
Mail Sandra.Richter[at]fes.de

Climate Change and Energy Policy

Nina Netzer

Nina Netzer is contact person for issues related to international climate change and energy policy in the department's Globalisation project. Previously, she worked at the FES EU office in Brussels and has led projects for the German Development Institute (GDI) in China, as well as in India and South Africa. She has a degree in political science from the University of Heidelberg and is a graduate of the GDI's post-graduate programme.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7408
Mail Nina.Netzer[at]fes.de

Quality Management and Evaluation /
Development Policy / Democracy

Manfred Oehm

Manfred Oehm is Management Representative for Quality and Evaluation in the FES International Development Cooperation. He also coordinates all activities with regard to Development Policy and Democracy. Manfred Oehm has a Master's degree in Political Science from the Universities in Freiburg and Kapstadt, South Africa. During 1999 and 2002 he worked as a research fellow at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for socio-cultural research in Freiburg. In 2003, he joined the FES as research staff and afterwards headed the FES offices in Sudan and Moçambique.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7414
Mail Manfred.Oehm[at]fes.de

Disarmament

Henrik Meyer

Henrik Meyer is contact person for all issues regarding disarmament/non-proliferation. He coordinates the activities of the Working Group on Global Issues, as well as the Dialogue on Globalisation publication series. Henrik Meyer worked as a member of the research staff at the FES office in East Jerusalem/Palestinian Authorities during 2008 and 2011. Previously he studied Political Science, Middle Eastern Studies and Socio-Economic History at the Universites of Hamburg and Damascus. Henrik Meyer holds a Master's degree from the University of Hamburg.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7462
Mail Henrik.Meyer[at]fes.de

Gender / Global Social Justice

Cäcilie Schildberg

Cäcilie Schildberg coordinates the Gender-Equal Approaches to Globalisation project. She also works on the issue of Global Social Justice and is responsible for the corresponding internet portal. Prior to this, she worked as an assistant in the FES Argentina office and conducted the European Seminars of the Academy for Social Democracy. Cäcilie Schildberg studied history, political sciences and romance studies at Ruhr-University Bochum and did her doctorate on a European policy subject.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7461
Mail Caecilie.Schildberg[at]fes.de

Globalisation

Hubert Schillinger

Hubert Schillinger is the coordinator of the project Dialogue on Globalisation at FES Berlin. His work focuses on the areas of the Political Economy of Globalisation and International Social Policy. He was previously FES country director in Namibia, South Africa and Morocco, as well as FES project leader in Senegal and held different positions at the head office in Bonn. Hubert Schillinger is an economist with a degree from the University of Constance and a Master's degree from the Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development (Seminar für ländliche Entwicklung) of the Technical University, Berlin.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7415
Mail Hubert.Schillinger[at]fes.de

Global Peace and Security Policy

Marius Müller-Hennig

Within the framework of the Globalisation project, Marius Müller-Hennig coordinates the Global Peace and Security Policy working line. He represents the FES as delegated team member in the Peace Development group (Friedensentwicklung or FriEnt). Previously, he worked at the FES bureau in Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as in the Western Industrialised Countries department at FES Berlin. Marius Müller-Hennig is a political scientist with an MA from RWTH Aachen University.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7476
Mail Marius.Mueller-Hennig[at]fes.de

Human Rights

Britta Utz

Britta Utz coordinates international activities in the area of human rights. She represents the FES on various committees, including the Human Rights Forum, and is the editor of the Human Rights Handbook. Previously, she worked as project assistant at the FES bureau in Istanbul. Britta Utz studied at the University of Bremen and has a degree in political science. Before coming to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, she graduated from the postgraduate programme of the German Development Institute.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7429
Mail Britta.Utz[at]fes.de

International Trade Union Policy

Katharina Meier

Since April 2012, Katharina Meier coordinates the Global Trade Union Programme and FES activities regarding global trade union policy and international labor relations. Furthermore, she represents the FES in various working groups on social and labor standards. 2007-2012 she was head of the FES Uruguay office and of the Regional Trade Union Policy Latin America Programme. Prior to this, she worked as a coordinator in the Latin America and Caribbean department and as an assistant in the FES Brazil office. After completing her MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies in London, Katharina Meier graduated from the postgraduate program of the German Development Institute (DIE).

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7458
Mail Katharina.Meier[at]fes.de

International Trade Union Policy

Reiner Radermacher

Reiner Radermacher coordinates the activities of the FES's Global Trade Union project and heads the Global Trade Union policy project. In addition, he represents the FES in various working groups in the area of trade union policy. Previously, he was country director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. Reiner Radermacher is a political scientist and has an MA from the University of Hamburg.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7458
Mail Reiner.Radermacher[at]fes.de

International Trade Union Policy

Andrea Brandis

Within the framework of the Global Trade Union project, Andrea Brandis is responsible, for organising international conferences and seminars and for monitoring project implementation. In addition, she is responsible for publication management for the trade union project.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7493
Mail Andrea.Brandis[at]fes.de

Gender / Climate and Energy Policy

Christiane Heun

Christiane Heun organises international conferences and seminars in the area of Gender-Equal Approaches to Globalisation as well as Global Social Justice and International Energy and Climate Policy.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7407
Mail Christiane.Heun[at]fes.de

Global Peace and Security Policy

Julia Kühne

Julia Kühne is resonsible for organising international conferences and seminars in the area of Global Peace and Security Policy.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7477
Mail Julia.Kuehne[at]fes.de

Globalisation/Compass 2020

Katrien Klüver

Katrien Klüver is responsible, within the framework of the Globalisation project, for organising international conferences and seminars. In addition, she is responsible for publication management for the Compass 2020 series.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7417
Mail Katrien.Kluever[at]fes.de

Human Rights

Susanne Böhme

Susanne Böhme is responsible for organising international conferences and seminars in the area of human rights. She is also responsible for administration in the area of Quality Management and Evaluation.

Tel. ++49(0)30 / 269 35-7416
Mail Susanne.Böhme[at]fes.de

Departmental Budget and Dialogue on Globalization

Karolina Sobczyk

Karolina Sobczyk is responsible for all financial aspects of the departmental budget as well as for the finances of the Dialogue on Globalization project, including those of the FES offices in Geneva and New York.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7480
Mail Karolina.Sobczyk[at]fes.de

Global Energy and Climate Policy

Ulrike Marinho Rodrigues

Ulrike Marinho Rodrigues manages the budget of the special project for international climate change and energy policy in the department's Dialogue on Globalization project.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7467
Mail Ulrike.MarinhoRodrigues[at]fes.de

Global Trade Union Project

Birgit Neppl

Birgit Neppl manages all finances related to the FES Global Trade Union Project.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7460
Mail Birgit.Neppl[at]fes.de

Internet and Public Relations

Monika Schneider

Monika Schneider is contact person in the area of public relations, as well as supervising the internet presence of the Global Policy and Development department, including the internet portal Dialogue on Globalisation.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7418
Mail Monika.Schneider[at]fes.de

Maintaining Contact/Alumni

Sabine Dörfler

Sabine Dörfler takes care of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's international alumni and maintains contact with the Foundation's partners abroad. She arranges the financing of specialist literature and events in project countries and research trips to Germany for them.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7409
Mail Sabine.Doerfler[at]fes.de

Judith Althaus

Judith Althaus started her traineeship in February 2012. Previously she worked as a member of the research staff at the FES office in East Jerusalem, Palestine.

Tel. ++49(0)30 /269 35-7473
Mail Judith.Althaus[at]fes.de