Chairs

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weins is the Head of the interdisciplinary Center for Research Methods at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and a Professor of 'Empirical Social Research' in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Prof. Dr. Jörg-Peter Schräpler is a professor of "Social Science Data Analysis" at the Faculty of Social Sciences and has been the Deputy Managing Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Research since 2012.

Prof. Dr. Maria-Pohn-Lauggas is Professor for “Qualitative Methods of Social Research” at the Faculty of Social Sciences (DFG Heisenberg Professorship).