Organisation

• Prof. Dr. Ulrike Cress (Co-Director)
• Prof. Dr. Kou Murayama (Co-Director)
• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Trautwein (Co-Director)

• Dr. Christina Artemenko
• Dr. Thomas Dresler
• Dr. Ann-Christine Ehlis (Gender & Diversity Representative)
• Prof. Dr. Peter Gerjets
• Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl (Representative of the President’s Office)
• Prof. Dr. Olaf Kramer
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Lachner
• Prof. Dr. Marlit Lindner
• Prof. Dr. Detmar Meurers
• Prof. Dr. Benjamin Nagengast
• Prof. Dr. Walther Paravicini
• Prof. Dr. Tim Pawlowski
• Prof. Dr. Josef Schrader
• Prof. Dr. Kathleen Stürmer

• Dr. Simone Oechslen (Managing Director)
• Ina Müller (Scientific Coordination)
• Sophie Freitag (Scientific Coordination)

• Dr. Ann-Christine Ehlis
• Julia Lange

The Gender and Diversity Board ensures a family-friendly and equal opportunity environment within LEAD and addresses the individual needs of our members with mentoring programs, special coaching or dual career opportunities.

• Luisa Wellert
• Ida Malini Syvertsen 
• Marei Beukmann
• Denise Löfflad

The LEADing Research Center (LRC), headed by Prof Ulrich Trautwein, supports all LEAD members to conduct studies at schools (via the cooperation program ‚Schools & Research’) and to disseminate their research findings in practice, politics, administration and the public (via professional scientific communication).