Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner

Curriculum vitae

Personal
born 1979 in Forst (Lausitz)

Education
> 10/2005 Diploma in Catholic Theology (University of Münster), thesis: ""On the vocation of the Church in society". The positioning of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russian society after the end of the Soviet Union."
> 1999 – 2005 Studied Catholic theology at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Münster

Promotion
> 02/2017 Doctorate in theology (University of Münster), dissertation on the topic "Herausforderung Moderne. The Russian Orthodox Church in the field of tension between unity and diversity: Historical milestones and theological options."

Jobs
> since 01/2024 Professor of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics
> since 04/2023 Substitute for the Professorship of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics
> 12/2022 Appointment as Professor of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster
> 09/2017 – 03/2023 Research assistant at the Center for Eastern European and International Studies ZOiS, Berlin
> 12/2016 – 04/2017 Research assistant at the Ecumenical Institute (Dept. II) of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster in the project "Orthodoxy as a power resource of Russian domestic and foreign policy" (start-up funding ZOiS)
> 03/2015 – 10/2015 Parental leave
> 03/2014 – 10/2014 Research assistant in the parliamentary office of Katrin Göring-Eckardt MdB (executive office of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group), Berlin
> 01/2014 – 02/2014 Research assistant in the project network "Competence Network Institutions and Institutional Change in Post-Socialism (KomPost)" at the LMU Munich
> 03/2010 – 12/2013 Research assistant in the project network "Kompetenznetz Institutionen und institutioneller Wandel im Postsozialismus (KomPost)" (funded by BMBF) at the Ecumenical Institute (Dept. II) of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster
> 10/2006 – 02/2010 Project coordinator for Caritas Russia in St. Petersburg (as a specialist in the development service of AGEH)

Further Activities 
> 01/2012 – 07/2013 Spokesperson of the Mittelbau at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, member of the faculty council
> 2010 – 2014 Project consultant for Caritas St. Petersburg on behalf of Caritas Osnabrück
> 09/2005 – 09/2006 Voluntary service for Caritas in St. Petersburg/Russia ("Voluntary Service Abroad" of the Diocese of Osnabrück)
> 2004 Management (finances) of the Federal Student Council for Catholic Theology (AGT)
> 2002 – 2005 Delegate of the student representation of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the WWU Münster in the Federal Student Council for Catholic Theology (AGT)
> 2002 – 2005 Student representative of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the WWU Münster
> 1999 – 2001 Student representative at the Institute for Catholic Theology at the FU Berlin