Dr. Annika Hampel

Annika Hampel has been working for 15 years at various German universities and non-university research institutions in the internationalization of research, teaching, and studies. As a passionate science manager and global networker, she successfully implements international and interdisciplinary projects and programs.

Annika Hampel is an expert in the areas of cultural and higher education policy as well as inter­na­tional affairs and relations, with a particular interest in African-European relations, global collab­o­ra­tions' practice in culture and science as well as the role of culture and science for sustainable prosperity and social transformation.

Annika Hampel studied Applied Cultural Sciences with a focus on International Management at the Universities of Lüneburg and Passau. In 2014, she completed her doctorate on International Cooperation in Culture, Education, and Science with distinction at the Department of Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim. In 2015, her doctoral thesis was awarded the ifa Research Award on Foreign Cultural Policy by the Stuttgart Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and the ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management by the European Network of Cultural Admin­istration Training Centres in Brussels.

To date, Annika Hampel has received several scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for research visits to Ghana, India, and South Korea. She traveled to Namibia, South Africa, Paraguay and Bolivia for further study and research.

Annika Hampel serves as a member of the ENCATC Research Award International Jury from 2022 to 2025. The ENCATC Re­search Award aims to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural management and cultural pol­icy with an emphasis on its applied implications. The ENCATC Re­search Award also has the ambition to contribute to the process of creating a network of scholars who are competent in doing ground-breaking research projects in cultural pol­icy and cultural management. The jury of the ENCATC Research Award is made up of recognized experts and aca­dem­ics from Europe, Asia, North and South America.

From December 2022 to September 2024, Annika Hampel is chairwoman of the Alumni- und Förderverein der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg e.V. (AFL).

Annika Hampel regularly teaches courses on Africa and Europe at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): Africa-Europe – Current Debates in a Complex Relationship; 'Africa' – Boom Continent of the Future? Critical Analysis of Themes and Countries.