Former members
![](../../../pool/bilder/team/Akese_Grace_team.jpg)
Dr. Grace Akese
Culture and Technology in Africa
Research associate
![Dr. Dida Badi](../../../pool/bilder/badi-dida_team.jpg)
Dr. Dida Badi
DFG research "Political Orders in the Making"
DFG research associate until 12.2020
![Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends](../../../pool/bilder/team/2022_Team_SKA_Weiland/2022_Weiland_500px_Behrends-Andrea.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends
Professor for Social and Cultural Anthropology with focus on Africa
until 9.2023
E-Mail: andrea.behrends@uni-bayreuth.de
![Prof. Dr. Uli Beisel](../../../pool/bilder/beisel-uli_team.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Uli Beisel
Professor for Culture and Technology in Africa
until 03.2021
![Dr. Amiel Bize Melnick](../../../pool/bilder/bize-amiel_team.jpg)
Dr. Amiel Bize Melnick
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Senior research associate until 7.2021
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Dr. Paolo Gaibazzi
Social Anthropology
Heisenberg Position until 10.2022
E-Mail: paolo.gaibazzi@unibo.it
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Dr. Valerie Hänsch
Professor for Culture and Technology in Africa (Representative)
until 03.2021
![Dr. PD Claudia Liebelt](../../../pool/bilder/team/liebelt-claudia_team.jpg)
Dr. Claudia Liebelt
Social Anthropology
until 07.2021
E-Mail: claudia.liebelt@fu-berlin.de
![Dr. Sabrina Maurus](https://www.sozialanthropologie.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/bilder/team/maurus-sabrina_ma-neu.jpg)
Dr. Sabrina Maurus
'Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence' research project "Making a Living"
Research associate until 9.2023
E-Mail: sabrina.maurus@uni-bayreuth.de
![Dr. Délia Evelyne Nicoué](../../../pool/bilder/team/nicoue-delia_team.jpg)
Dr. Délia Evelyne Nicoué
Cultural Anthropology
Research associate until 3.2017
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Dr. Valerie Nur (née Hänisch)
Anthropology in Africa
Senior research associate and scholarship holder of the Bavarian Government to support women's equality in science and teaching until 11.2023
E-Mail: valerie.nur@unibw.de
![Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka](../../../pool/bilder/team/pasieka-agnieszka_ma.jpg)
Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka
Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology
![Severin Penger](../../../pool/bilder/team/penger-severin_team.jpg)
Severin Penger, M.A.
Social Anthropology
Former Research Associate
![Lucilla Lepratti M.Sc.](../../../pool/bilder/team/2022_Team_SKA_Weiland/2022_Weiland_500px_Lepratti-Lucilla.jpg)
Lucilla Lepratti, M.Sc.
Social and Cultural Anthropology with focus on Africa
Research associate
E-Mail: lucilla.lepratti@uni-bayreuth.de
![Laura Matt](../../../pool/bilder/team/matt-laura_ma.jpg)
Laura Matt, M.A.
Social and Cultural Anthropology with focus on Africa
Research associate
E-Mail: laura.matt@uni-bayreuth.de
Office hour: please arrange an appointment via e-mail
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Thiago Pinto Barbosa, M.A.
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research Associate until 09.2021
![Hanna Lena Reich](../../../pool/bilder/team/reich-hanna-lena_team.jpg)
Hanna Lena Reich, M.A.
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research Associate until 09.2019
![Johanna Sarre](../../../pool/bilder/team/sarre-johanna_team.jpg)
Joh Sarre, M.A.
Social Anthropology - Research associate until 3.2021
E-Mail: sarre@posteo.de
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Dr. Michael Stasik
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research Associate until 08.2017
![Samwel Moses Ntapanta M.Sc.](../../../pool/bilder/team/2022_Team_SKA_Weiland/2022_Weiland_500px_Ntapanta-Samwel.jpg)
Dr. Samwel Moses Ntapanta
Social and Cultural Anthropology with focus on Africa
Senior research associate
E-Mail: Samwel.Ntapanta@uni-bayreuth.de
Office hour: please arrange an appointment via e-mail
![Dr. Manfred Stoppok](https://www.sozialanthropologie.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/bilder/team/stoppok-manfred_em.jpg)
Dr. Manfred Stoppok
Scholarship holder of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung until 9.2023
E-Mail: manfred.stoppok@uni-bayreuth.de
![Rami Wadelnour](../../../pool/bilder/team/wadelnour-rami_phd.jpg)
Rami Wadelnour, M.A.
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research Associate until 07.2018
![Dr. Tyler Zoanni](../../../pool/bilder/team/zoanni-tyler_team.jpg)
Dr. Tyler Zoanni
Anthropology in Africa
former research associate until 08.2020
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Fellow at the EXC Africa Multiple
E-Mail: bakheitnour79@yahoo.com