The Scientific Advisory Board of the TGNB The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) is an association of scientists and other academics which supports the TGNB in its political work. The members of the SAB seek to follow the objectives and concerns of the transgender and intersex movements in their research, which oppose the domination and appropriation of the field by science. The production of non-pathologizing and non-exoticising research by, with and for transgender and intersex people is the central aim of the SAB.
The members of the Scientific Advisory Board, which was founded in October 2004, are elected by the Plenum of the TGNB.
More information on the Scientific Advisory Board of the TGNB: wissenschaft@tgnb.de
Chairperson:
Carsten Balzer
Ph. D. in Cultural Anthropology, Free University Berlin
Steering Committee, Transgender Europe
TGNB-specific topics of research:
- transgender subcultures and movements in Brasil, Germany and the USA
- gender / sex diversity in non-European societies
- transgender studies / transgender theory
Research / Activism / Projects / Publications
Deputy Chairperson
Ammo Recla
Diploma in Education
Project Leader of Abqueer e. V.
TGNB-specific topics
- queer theory
- sexual and gender education
- counselling and support of young transgender people
Further members of the Scientific Advisory Board
Lena Eckert
MA Gender Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
MA Gender History, University of Essex
TGNB-specific research topics:
- queer theory
- intersexuality
Research / Activism / Projects / Publications
Jannik Franzen
Diploma in Psychology, Potsdam University
TGNB-specific research topics:
- medical-psychological treatment of gender crossing / non-conforming expressions of gender
- transgender / transsexuality and psychotherapy
Research / Activism / Projects / Publications
Esther Mosel
Diploma in Education, Psychosocial Counsellor
TGNB-specific topics:
- psychosocial counselling of transgender people
- reformation of the German Transsexuality Law (TSG)
Astrid Suess
MA in Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Hagen
Master in Art Therapy, University of Murcia, Spain
TGNB-specific topics:
- queer and transgender self representations and activism forms
- links between political and artistic activities
- queer theory
