Team
Get to know the people behind our work.
Board of Directors
Director:
deputy Director:
Researchers
Dr.
Laura Bartz (former Klebe)
Psychologist, M.Sc., Criminologist, M.A. (on parental leave)
+49 511/34836-17
Laura.Bartz@kfn.de
Administration
Equal Opportunity Commissioner
On the basis of the Lower Saxony Equal Opportunities Act (NGG), Dr. Yvonne Krieg was elected as Equal Opportunities Officer and Lea Becher as her deputy.
The Equal Opportunities Officer is particularly concerned with promoting and enforcing equal rights and equality between the sexes, as well as promoting the compatibility of work and family life. She is involved in personnel decisions and issues relating to the strategic orientation of the institute.
Equal Opportunity Commissioner:
deputy Equal Opportunity Commissioner:
Former Employees
Since 2000, numerous employees have played a key role in shaping the work of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony with their commitment and expertise.
Prof. Dr. Christian Pfeiffer
1988 – 2000 and 2003 – 2015 Director
Prof. Dr. Werner Greve
at KFN: 1994 – 2003, Former Director
Professor for Psychology, University of Hildesheim
Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels
at KFN: 1991 – 2002, Former Director (2000 – 2002)
Professor for Criminology, University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dirk Baier
at KFN: 2005 – 2015
Head of the Institute of Delinquency and Crime Prevention, Zürcher University of Applied Sciences
Laura Beckmann
at KFN: 2016 – 2019
Prof. Dr. Mechthild Bereswill
at KFN: 1998 – 2004
Professor for Sociology of social Diversity and Culture, University of Kassel
Dr. Barbara Bergmann
at KFN: 2021 – 2023
Institute of Psychology Department of Social and Legal Psychology, University of Bonn
Marie Christine Bergmann
at KFN: 2012 – 2019
social-science service, Central Police Department of Lower Saxony
Dr. Steffen Bieneck
at KFN: 2010 – 2012
Prof. Dr. Paula Bleckmann
at KFN: 2010 – 2014
Professor for Media Padagogy, Alanus University
Prof. Dr. Andreas Böttger
at KFN: 1986 – 1998
Business and Project Manager, arpos institut, apl. Professor, Philosophical Fakulty of the Leibniz University Hannover
Dr. Christiane Bosold
at KFN: 2003 – 2006
Lower Saxony State Board of Education
Dr. phil. Verena Boxberg
at KFN: 2007 – 2009
Scientific Employee University of Cologne, Institute of Criminology
Dr. Tilman Brand
at KFN: 2007 – 2012
Head of Unit Social Epidemiology, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS GmbH
Prof. Dr. Katrin Brettfeld
at KFN: 1995 – 2002
Scientific Employee, Chair of Criminology at the University of Hamburg
Dr. Bettina Doering
at KFN: 2009 – 2013
Democracy Centre of Lower Saxony
Leonie Dreißigacker (former Rook)
at KFN: 2019 – 2025
Scientific Employee Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Birke Dworschak
at KFN: 2005 – 2007
Prof. Dr. Karoline Ellrich
at KFN: 2009 – 2016
Professor of Psychology, University for Police Baden-Wurttemberg
Prof. Dr. Dirk Enzmann
at KFN: 1998 – 2003
Professor, Departement of Justice, Business and Social Sciences University of Hamburg
Dr. Sandra Fernau
at KFN: 2011 – 2015
Employee, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Stephanie Fleischer
at KFN: 2015 – 2020
Scientific Employee Hochschule Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Ute Gabriel
at KFN: 1995 – 1998
Professor of Socialpsychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Christoffer Glaubitz
at KFN: 2015 – 2019
Criminal Investigation Schleswig-Holstein
Laura-Romina Goede
at KFN: 2017-2025
Scientific Employee, Bundeskriminalamt
Prof. Dr. Thomas Görgen
at KFN: 2002 – 2007
Professor German University of Police
Prof. Dr. jur. Ute Ingrid Haas
at KFN: 1992 – 1995
Professor for Criminology and Victimology, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Michael Hanslmaier
at KFN: 2009 – 2015
Office for Urban Planning and Building Regulations City of Munich
Monika Haug
at KFN: 2015 – 2017
Prof. Dr. phil. Deborah Hellmann
at KFN: 2012 – 2015
Professor for psychology at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration NRW
Isabel Henningsmeier
at KFN: 2022-2025
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hestermann
at KFN: 2008 – 2009
Professor for Journalism, University Macromedia
Karin Herbers
at KFN: 2002 – 2004
Social Services of the State Office for Education, Training and Personnel Matters of the Police of Nordrhein-Westfalen
Dr. Sandra Herbst
at KFN: 2004 – 2008
Prof. Dr. Theresia Höynck
at KFN: 2001 – 2010
Professor for Law of Childhood and Youth, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Daniela Hosser
at KFN: 1995 – 2001
Chair for developemental, personality and forensical Psychlogy, Technichal University of Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Anna Isenhardt
at KFN: 2018 – 2021
Professor of Social Work in the Context of Delinquency, Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Louisa Johanningmeier
at KFN: 2018 – 2020
Prof. Dr. Nadine Jukschat
am KFN: 2010 – 2018
Professor for applied social studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Zittau/Goerlitz University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Tanja Jungmann
at KFN: 2005 – 2006
Professor for Special Needs Education, Early Support and Education for Speech Disordered University of Rostock
Dr. Cathleen Kappes
at KFN: 2007 – 2008
Scientific Employee, Institute for Psychology at the University of Hildesheim
Prof. Dr. iur. Dipl. Psych. Stefanie Kemme
at KFN: 2009 – 2011
Professor Academy of the Police Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Thimna Klatt
at KFN: 2015 – 2020
Scientific Employee, Criminological Service
Dr. Matthias Kleimann
at KFN: 2003 – 2010
COO/Chief Operating Officer, Tripod Technology GmbH
Prof. Dr. Sören Kliem
at KFN: 2013-2019
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
Alicia König
am KFN: 2016 – 2018
Dr. Almut Koesling
at KFN: 2003 – 2007
Project Manager Domestic Violence Men’s Office Hanover
Dr. Eva-Maria Kraft (former Zenses)
at KFN: 2010 – 2015
Psychotherapist for behavioral therapy
Marlies Kroetsch
at KFN: 2008 – 2010 | 2011 – 2012
German Child Protection League of Lower Saxony
Marco Kubicki
at KFN: 2023 – 2024
Prof. Dr. Dominic Kudlacek
at KFN: 2016-2019
Integrated Safety and Security Management, Hochschule Bremerhaven
Vivien Kurtz
at KFN: 2006 – 2012
Association of Childrens Homes of Hannover
Nora Labarta Greven
at KFN: 2020-2025
Dr. Oliver Lauterbach
at KFN: 2005 – 2007
Teachers Academy of Hessen
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Lehmann
at KFN: 2001 – 2004
Professor for Psychology, Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe
Dr. Lena Lehmann
at KFN: 2018 – 2021
Project Management Consultant
Prof. Dr. Rebecca Löbmann
at KFN: 2000 – 2007
Professor for Criminology, Science Theory, Behavioral Focused Coaching University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Paulina Lutz
at KFN: 2022 – 2025
Scientific Employee, Kriminologischer Dienst Niedersachsen
Dr. Anja Mensching
at KFN: 2001 – 2004
Professor for Educational Science and systematic Pedagogy, Helmut Schmidt University
Prof Dr. Thomas Mößle
at KFN: 2005 – 2017
Professor of Criminology/Sociology, University for Police Baden-Wurttemberg
Anna-Lena Musiol
at KFN: 2011 – 2012
Prof. Dr. Anke Neuber
at KFN: 2005 – 2007
Professor Sociology for social Work, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Carolin Neubert
at KFN: 2017 – 2021
Scientific Employee, Saxon State Parliament
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ohlemacher
at KFN: 1993 – 2002
Sigrid Pehle
at KFN: 2017
Scientific Emloyee, Institute of Political Science University of Münster
Matthew Phelps
at KFN: 2017 – 2019
Scientific Employee
Dr. Susann Prätor (former Rabold)
at KFN: 2006 – 2012
Scientific Emloyee, Criminological Service
Prof. Dr. Florian Rehbein
at KFN: 2005 – 2021
Professor Department of Social Work Münster University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Lars Riesner
at KFN: 2016 – 2017
Professor of Applied Psychology Euro FH – University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Jonas Schemmel
at KFN: 2022-2023
deputy professorship for legal psychology, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Schott
at KFN: 1999 – 2004
Professor for the Right of Residence and Asylum, University of Federation for Public Administration
Leonie Schulz
at KFN: 2024 – 2025
Research associate at University of Bielefeld
Dr. Julia Simonson
at KFN: 2006 – 2009
Head of Research, Vice Leader of the Instiute German Centre of Gerontology
Dr. Lena Stadler
at KFN: 2010 – 2012
Scientific Employee at the Faculty of Law University of Hamburg
Dr. Anja Stiller
at KFN: 2015 – 2021
Head of Kinderschutzzentrum und fachliche Entwicklung Der Kinderschutzbund, Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V.
Katharina Stoll
at KFN: 2011 – 2012
Scientific Employee, Criminological Services for the Law Enforcement of Berlin and Socioal Services of Justice
Prof. Dr. Stefan Suhling
at KFN: 2000 – 2006
Scientific Employee and Head of Criminal Services, Honorary professor at the University of Hildesheim
Dipl.-Soz. Anabel Taefi
at KFN: 2008 – 2009
Scientific Employee, University at the Hamburg Police Academy
Prof. Dr. iur. Thomas, M.A. Trenczek
at KFN: 1992
Professor for Law, Ernst-Abbe-University Jena
Ina Ulrich (former Klopp)
at KFN: 2017-2020
Internship
Vivien Völklin
at KFN: 2011 – 2013
Jan Weber
at KFN: 2015 – 2020
Sozialreferat – Koordination Altenhilfe- und Pflegeplanung Stadt Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Michael Windzio
at KFN: 2004 – 2006
Professor University of Bremen
Prof. Dr. Gina Rosa Wollinger
at KFN: 2012 – 2018
Professor University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and management of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Ulrike Zähringer
at KFN: 2008 – 2015
Professor University in the Academy for the Police Hamburg
Yvonne Ziert
at KFN: 2008 – 2010
Scientific Employee at the Institute for Biometrics, Hannover Medical School
Bettina Zietlow
at KFN: 2009 – 2022
Psychological expert witness