Responsibilities of the Directors
The Director is a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW. According to §25 of the Administrative Agreement, the Director's responsibilities include:
- Leading and representing the department within the Doctoral School NRW.
- Preparing the department’s development plan as part of the Doctoral School’s overall development plan, in consultation with the Department Board.
- Ensuring the implementation of evaluations, the completeness of course offerings, and the organization of doctoral programs and examinations.
- Preparing Department Board meetings and implementing its resolutions.
The Director is represented by one or more Deputy Directors.
Doctoral Candidate Representatives
The Doctoral Candidate Representatives serve as the main points of contact for the department’s doctoral candidates and represent their interests within the department and to the board of the Doctoral School NRW. They also act as the elected representatives of the doctoral candidates in the Department Board.
Julia-Isabelle Heise
Deputy Doctoral Candidate Representative
HS Niederrhein
Katharina Tscheuschner
Deputy Doctoral Candidate Representative
tscheuschner.katharinachristina@fh-swf.de
FH Südwestfalen
Prof. Dr. Korbinian von Blanckenburg
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Prof. Dr. Christina Krins
FH Südwestfalen
Prof. Dr. Irma Rybnikova
HS Hamm-Lippstadt
Prof. Dr. Tobias Schäfers
HSBI
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schlösser
FH Südwestfalen
Prof. Dr. Sven Tackenberg
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Kai Gryczycha
FH Südwestfalen
Julia-Isabelle Heise
HS Niederrhein
Katharina Tscheuschner
FH Südwestfalen
Responsibilities of the Department Board
As a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW, the Department Board has the following responsibilities according to §26 of the Administrative Agreement:
- Making decisions on departmental matters not assigned to the Director or another authority
- Overseeing all matters related to doctoral studies
- Adopting the Departmental Regulations, the Doctoral Degree Regulations, and other regulations
Prof. Dr. Marius Gros
HS Niederrhein
Prof. Dr. Sven Tackenberg
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Prof. Dr. Torsten Rohlfs
TH Köln
Deputy Member
Prof. Dr. Thomas Süße
HS Bielefeld
Deputy Member
Cathleen Müller
HS Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Alina Ganser
Stellvertretung
Westfälische HS
Deputy Member
Philipp Stein
Promotionskolleg NRW
Contact the Doctoral Examining Committee
Responsibilities of the Doctoral Examining Committee
According to §4(1) of the Framework Doctoral Degree Regulations, the Doctoral Examining Commitee, as a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW, is responsible, for organizing the doctoral procedure, in particular for:
- Deciding on the admission of doctoral candidates
- Appointing supervisors
- Initiating the doctoral procedure
- Appointing reviewers
- Appointing members of the examination committee
- Monitoring the timely progress of the doctoral procedure, including documenting the number of doctoral candidates
Afarin Jaquet, LL.M.
Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer
afarin.jaquet@studmail.w-hs.de
Westfälische HS
Philipp Stein, M.A.
Coordination of the Deparment of Business and Markets
+49 234 32 10231
philipp.stein@pknrw.de
Do you have any questions about the Department or need further information? Please contact us.
