The team behind the
Institute

Annegret Reski has been part of our team for 15 years. She holds a doctorate in communication and has extensive professional experience as a lecturer. From aptitude diagnostics to personnel management and communication psychology, she covers all areas of specialisation. Her calm, level-headed voice makes her interesting lectures a cosy learning experience. She is our professor of the heart.

Prof. Dr. Wolbers is Professor for Aging, Cognition & Technology at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). He uses neuroscience and virtual reality (VR) to understand mechanisms of healthy aging and dementia and develops therapeutic VR applications to improve the treatment of mental disorders.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Baur is Director of the Department of Criminology, Juvenile Criminal Law and Penology and holds the Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Faculty of Law of Georg August University in Göttingen. He has been Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Law since 2025. His research focuses on sanctions and penal law (in particular, corrective measures) and its legal implications, corporate sanctions law in relation to criminal procedure and criminological principles (economic criminology), and general crime prevention law. In addition, he specialises in law-related evaluation research.

Prof. Bschor teaches in the field of psychopharmacology for us. He is a specialist in psychiatry in Berlin, carrying out research and teaching in various specialist fields, e.g. therapy-resistant depression, bipolar affective disorder, long term prophylaxis of affective diseases, addictions, especially alcohol, drug and medication dependence.

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Prof. Dr. Scheel is an expert in business and organizational psychology. Working as a freelance coach, she also has her finger on the pulse of practice. She is fascinated by the role of humor in the work context.

Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing holds the professorship for Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping at the University of Witten/Herdecke. He has been working as a researcher for 20 years on the importance of spirituality as a resource in dealing with difficult life situations.

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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gisch is Professor of Nutritional Psychology at Justus Liebig University in Giessen. Her work focuses on healthy eating habits, family and food, eating disorders and weight problems, and sustainable nutrition.

Prof. Steffens is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, social medicine with the corresponding further training authorisations in these fields. After working elsewhere in a managerial capacity and as an expert and state policy advisor, he has been Chief Physician at the Hohe Mark Clinic in Oberursel/Taunus and Frankfurt am Main since 2018. He has been researching and teaching in the field of mental health at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz since 2017 after a good six years in Nordhausen.

Prof. (em.) Dr Bernhard Bogerts is a brain researcher and psychiatrist in Magdeburg. He is well-known for his work on the brain-biological changes in schizophrenic and affective disorders as well as on the causes of violence.

Uwe Seebacher is one of the world's most recognised and leading experts in methodology and structural science, with over 30 years' experience as an author, investor, professor and speaker. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration and is a professor at several institutions, including Munich University of Applied Sciences, Vienna University of Applied Sciences, IIM Shillong and IMT Dubai, in areas such as Predictive Intelligence, Marketing, Communication, Data Science and Sales & Distribution Management.

Prof. Dr. Stueber is a philosopher who teaches at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA). He is internationally well-known for his scholarship on empathy and has widely published in the areas of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, the philosophy of the social sciences, and meta-ethics. At the moment, he is exploring the role of empathy for the foundations of morality. Professor Stueber grew up in Flensburg, Germany, and received his Ph.D. from the Unversity of Tübingen.

Prof. Terry Hanley ist Professor für Psychologische Beratung an der Universität Manchester (UK). Er hat viel über die Entwicklung der Online-Beratung und Online-Unterstützung geschrieben und ist einer der Herausgeber des The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Prof. Allgaier is Professor of Communication and Digitalisation in the Department of Oecotrophology at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. His teaching and research areas include communication in social media, digital transformation and digital society, science, technology and health communication, as well as misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories in public communication.

Prof Sarah Jessen is Professor of Social Psychology and Neurocognitive Development at the University of Lübeck. Her research focuses on the neuronal foundations of early social development and she heads the Babylab Lübeck.

Prof Dr Bernd Leplow is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, Biopsychology and Neuropsychology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He is a licensed behavioural therapist and clinical neuropsychologist (GNP). Following his membership of the board of directors of the Medical-Ethics-Law (MER) programme at the University of Halle, he continues to give lectures and seminars there.

Prof Dr Schädler is Professor of Sex Education at the Medical School Berlin. He works on the interfaces between sexuality, media, politics and education. In the field of sexual education, there is also the interesting problem of scientific theory of the extent to which the necessary neutrality can be productively combined with the always subjective attitude towards the topic.

Prof. Dr. Wasserka-Zhurakhovska holds a degree in economics (University of Bonn), completed her doctorate as a scholarship holder of the Max Planck Society at the University of Cologne and is currently working at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Furthermore, she is a member of the Junior Faculty of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ). In her research, she deals with questions of behavioural economics with a focus on individual and group behaviour.

Prof. Nanette Ströbele-Benschop is Professor of Nutritional Psychology at the University of Hohenheim. Her specialist focus is on the influence of internal and external factors on our eating behavior, which play a role in the development of obesity and the prevention of non-communicable diseases in particular.

With Professor Alexander Moutchnik, AIHE has an expert in media economics and media business at its side. Professor Moutchnik studied history, sociology, political science and economics in Russia and Germany. He supports AIHE especially in the field of communication with new media.

Prof Dr Rainer Rupprecht is Medical Director and Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Regensburg. He conducts research into novel principles for the treatment of depression and anxiety.

After completing his community service in a psychiatric clinic and working in a home for the disabled, Prof Dr Kasten studied psychology at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel. Erich Kasten is a qualified behavioural therapist and clinical neuropsychologist and works part-time in his own practice in Travemünde. He received his doctorate summa cum laude from the Martin Luther University in Halle in 1993. In 1999 he qualified as a professor and received the venia legendi for medical psychology. Erich Kasten was Professor of Neuropsychology and Research Methodology at the MSH Medical School Hamburg from April 2013 to September 2023.

Prof. Dr. Roland Mangold is a habilitated psychologist and professor of information and communication psychology. He teaches and conducts research on the user-centered design of information media. With AIHE, he introduces the field of media psychology in comprehensible lectures.

Prof. Dr. John McAlaney is a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist who conducts research into how and why people become involved in risky behaviours, including cybercrime, online gambling, and the production and consumption of fake news. His works aims to promote informed decision making by everyone involved in these phenomenon.

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