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Dr. Michael G. Männel

Academic background

  • 07/2015: Doctorate in Sociology at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin.
  • 04/2010: Magister Artium (M.A.) at the Free University of Berlin (major in Eastern European Studies, minors in Political Science and Sociology)
  • 09/2006 – 05/2007: Studies at the State University of Kazan/Russia on a DAAD one-year scholarship

Professional background

  • Since 10/2016: Scientific Manager at the Institute for School Development Research at TU Dortmund University.
  • 12/2013 – 09/2016: Administrative assistant at the Technical University of Berlin
  • 10/2010 – 08/2013: Interuniversity coordinator and head of department of the study preparation program "Brücke zum Studium" at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
  • 08/2011 – 08/2013: Research assistant at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg in the study preparation program "Brücke zum Studium".
  • 01/2007 – 04/2009: Project management "Structure and development of civil society organizations in Russia" (Structured survey of NGOs in eleven Russian regions)
  • 05/2007 – 07/2007: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in the South Caucasus in Tbilisi, Georgia

Vita

Areas of responsibility & further Information

  • Coordination of administration team & administrative matters
  • Knowledge management
  • Coordination of budget & personnel matters
  • Strategy processes (administrative structures, personnel development, etc.)
  • Controlling
  • Room & archive management
  • Participation in the design of the research and funding strategy
  • Coordination of research data management & technical research assistance
  • Monitoring and communication of calls for proposals
  • Organisational support, participation in the design of overarching concepts and framework conditions as well as strategic editing of external funding applications
  • Support for externally funded projects in overarching/strategic issues
  • Organisational support for the Scientific Area of Expertise Research on Education and Schooling (incl. overall coordination of evaluation and on-site inspection of Masterplan 1.0)
  • Acquisition of funding
    • Co-application for funding from the Gesellschaft der Freunde der TU Dortmund e.V. for the Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research and the IFS Educational Dialogue
    • DAAD annual scholarship
    • DAAD Summer School funding
  • Responsible scientific planing, coordination and moderation of IFS-internal committees and event formats (e.g. Institute Assembly, Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Doctoral Conference)
  • Support for appointment committees
  • Committee membership
    • Department Council of the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology (since 2020 representation of employees in technology and administration [2018-2020 deputy member])
    • Teaching Working Group of the FDepartment of Educational Sciences and Psychology (2021 and 2025)
    • Research Working Group of the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology (2021)
    • Research strategy of TU Dortmund University – workshop on excellent research (2023–2024)

Further commitment

  • Co-speakership of the Science Management Network – Ruhr Regional Group (since 2023)
  • Conception and implementation of communication strategy
  • Coordination of website & social media channels
  • Coordination of press enquiries & press reviews
  • Writing press releases
  • Conception & coordination of IFS research reports
  • Support for the publication of IFS edited volumes
  • Special projects such as the IFS 50th anniversary brochure
  • Planning, organisation and implementation of the events Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research, IFS Educational Dialogue, IFS Virtual Keynote Series, Open Day
  • Development of event formats
  • Teaching coordination for the complete IFS
  • Development of study programmes
  • Support and coordination of adjustments, e.g. in module handbooks or in the context of reaccreditations

Concept & Editing

Since 2006 annual conflict analyses for the Conflict Barometer of the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (selection)

  • Männel, M. (2026). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2025 (p. 141). Heidelberg
  • Männel, M. (2026). Peru (Shining Path). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2025 (p. 141). Heidelberg
  • Männel, M. (2025). Peru (Shining Path). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2024 (p. 124). Heidelberg
  • Männel, M. (2025). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2024 (p. 124). Heidelberg
  • Männel, M. (2024). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2023 (pp. 118–119). Heidelberg
  • Männel, M. (2023). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2022 (pp. 116–117). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2023). Peru (Shining Path). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2022 (p. 117). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2022). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2021 (pp. 121–122). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2022). Peru (Shining Path). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2021 (p. 122). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2021). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2020 (p. 131). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2021). Peru (Shining Path). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2020 (pp. 131–132). Heidelberg.
  • Männel, M. (2020). Peru (Opposition). In Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (Ed.), Conflict Barometer 2019 (pp. 115–116). Heidelberg.

Monograph

  • Männel, M. (2015). Intellektuellen-Weltbilder und postkommunistische Transformation: China und Russland in vergleichender Perspektive [Intellectual Worldviews and Post-Communist Transformation: China and Russia in Comparative Perspective]. Berlin: Logos.

Articles / Conference papers

  • König, C. & Männel, M. (2009). Struktur und Entwicklung zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen in Russland am Ende der Putinzeit [Structure and Development of Civil Society Organizations in Russia at the End of the Putin Era]. In Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (Ed.), Russlandanalysen Nr. 181 (pp. 3–10).
  • Männel, M. (2009). Zivilgesellschaftliche Strukturen Russlands zwischen westlichen Theorien und russischem politischem Denken. In Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (Ed.), Das Ende des postsozialistischen Raums? (Ent-)Regionalisierung in Osteuropa (pp. 85–89).
  • Männel, M. (2006). Russlands Dritter Sektor in Zahlen [Russia’s Third Sector in Numbers]. In Maecenata Actuell Nr. 57 (pp. 19–20).
  • Design Thinker certificate (2022)
  • Agile project management with Scrum, Kanban & Co. (2021)
  • University certificate in business administration and management (2016)