Prof. Ada Pellert studied Business Administration at Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she received her doctorate in 1987. She received her habilitation in 1998 at the University of Klagenfurt with a dissertation on organizational development for scientific and educational institutions. Since the 1990s she has been an internationally renowned expert on the continuing professional development of university-level instructors, on consulting for higher education institutions, and on international comparative education research. Her specialities include organization and personnel development, management and leadership, quality assurance and quality management, diversity management and lifelong learning strategies.
From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Pellert was Professor of Continuing Education Research and Education Management, as well as Vice-rector for Teaching, Continuing Education and Structural Issues at Danube University, Krems. From 1999 to 2003 she served as Vice-rector for Teaching, Staff Development and Equal Opportunity at the University of Graz. From 1998 to 2005 she taught and conducted research as an adjunct professor in the Department of Higher Education Research at the University of Klagenfurt’s Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education (IFF). In November, 2008, she was appointed the founding President of DUW.
Academic Directors
Prof. Ada Pellert
Prof. Ada Pellert is the President of DUW and the founding Dean of the Department of Business and Management. Her emphasis is on organizational development, continuing education research and education management. Prof. Pellert is the Academic Director of the master’s degree course in Education and Skills Management in the Department of Education, and of the MBA course in General Management in the Department of Business and Management. Her specialities include organization and personnel development, management and leadership, quality assurance and quality management, diversity management and lifelong learning strategies.
E-mail: ada.pellert@duw-berlin.de
Dr. Volker Hasewinkel
Dr. Volker Hasewinkel is one of the Academic Directors of the MBA course in General Management in the Department of Business and Management.
He holds a doctorate in Business Administration, as well as many years’ experience as a personnel manager and in senior positions of responsibility for finance, management and telecommunications in a major publicly listed company.
E-mail: MBA@duw-berlin.de
Prof. Ekkehard Kappler
Prof. Ekkehard Kappler is one of the Academic Directors of the MBA course in General Management in the Department of Business and Management. He has several years’ experience with management and controlling issues in Germany and abroad, both in university and continuing education and as a consultant. He has served as managing director of a consulting firm.
E-mail: MBA@duw-berlin.de
MBA Course in General Management
Dr. Arne Petermann
Dr. Arne Petermann is Head of the MBA Department and responsible for Master and Certificate Programs in the area of General Management. After earning his Master Degree in Business Administration and international Politics he was Research Assistant at the School of Business and Econmics at Freie Universität Berlin, where he earned his PhD in 2010. He was a project manager for the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) and lecturer for management at the University of Hagen. He is also the cofounder of Linara GmbH, a private consulting and staffing agency in the health care sector.
E-mail: arne.petermann@duw-berlin.de
Instructors
- Mirja Li Anderl, Organisationsberatung/Personalentwicklung how to work, Berlin
- Dr. Eva Maria Bäcker, Institut für Bildungswissenschaft und Medienforschung, FernUniversität Hagen
- Stefan Chatrath, Freie Universität Berlin
- Dr. Eva Cendon, Deutsche Universität für Weiterbildung (DUW), Berlin
- Dr. Caroline Cornelius, Psychologist, Caro Line Coaching/Moderation/Training, Konstanz
- Katharina Cortolezis-Schlager, team consult, Vienna
- Dr. Volker Hasewinkel
- Dr. Brigitte Holzhauer, Holzhauerei Market and Social Research, Mannheim
- Prof. Stefan Kammhuber, Fachhochschule Koblenz
- Prof. Ekkehard Kappler, University of Innsbruck
- Prof. Matthias Karmasin, University of Klagenfurt; Medienhaus, Vienna
- Prof. Michael Kleinaltenkamp, Freie Universität Berlin
- Prof. Jochen Koch, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
- Margareta Krammer, brainsearch personnel consulting, Vienna
- Dr. Michael Litschka, Fachhochschule St. Pölten
- Dr. Johannes Lugger, Volkshochschule Innsbruck
- Christian Marx, future is possible, Neuhof
- Anita Mörth, Deutsche Universität für Weiterbildung (DUW), Berlin
- Prof. Stefan Müller, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg
- Prof. Ada Pellert, Deutsche Universität für Weiterbildung (DUW), Berlin
- Wasko Rothmann, M. A., European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
- Prof. Tobias Scheytt, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg
- Katharina Schiederig, Freie Universität Berlin
- Michael Schipperges, M. A. I. A., Sociodimensions Institute for Socio-Cultural Research, Heidelberg
- Dr. Michael Schlese, Organisationsberatung Schlese & Co., Berlin
- Gregor Schönstein, Managing Partner, The Counselors, Brussels
- Prof. Florian Schramm, University of Hamburg
- Stefan Spies, Neulands Academy for Modern Leadership, Berlin
- Prof. Dagmar Vinz, Freie Universität Berlin