Institute management
Difu is headed by a dual leadership team: the Director of Research and the Managing Director. They set the institute’s strategic course and are responsible for its work. They represent Difu, supported by two authorized signatories. The management team is appointed and dismissed by the shareholder’s meeting for a maximum term of six years in each case.
Institute Management
Prof. Dr. Jochen Monstadt
Director of Research and Managing Director
Katherine Kaplan, LL.M.
Managing Director
Scientific Departments
Ricarda Pätzold
Head of Department Urban Development, Law and Social Affairs
Dr. Jens Libbe
Head of Department Infrastructure, Economy and Finance, Authorised Officer, Member of the Institute Management
Anne Klein-Hitpaß
Head of Department Mobility
Cornelia Rösler
Head of Department Environment
Dipl.-Geogr. Ulrike Wolf
Head of Department Knowledge Management and Further Training, Authorised Officer, Member of the Institute Management