Office Hours

Drop-in office hours during the lecture period: 
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon.

During the semester break: by appointment only!

Academic and Professional Background

Alexander Lohse, M.A., has been Managing Director of the CNMS since July 2026. Previously, he served as Coordinator for Studies and Teaching at the Institute of Political Science from November 2024 to June 2026. He gained his initial experience in academic advising and the administration of studies and teaching between 2015 and 2018 as Programme Coordinator for the M.A. in “Politics and Economics of the Near and Middle East” (CNMS, Faculty 10). In 2018–2019, he worked on the redesign and accreditation of the M.A. in “Modern Arab Politics, Society and Culture” (CNMS, Faculty 03) as part of the DFG/Leibniz Prize-funded project “Turning Points”.

Alongside his professional responsibilities and doctoral research, Alexander Lohse has been pursuing a part-time M.P.A. in Higher Education and Research Management at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer since March 2024.

From 2019, Alexander Lohse worked as a Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate in the Politics of the Near and Middle East section at the CNMS. His doctoral project is entitled “Status-seeking strategies of a rising regional power: The foreign policy of the United Arab Emirates since 2011”.

Alexander Lohse studied History, Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (Islamic Studies) and Economics at the University of Hamburg, followed by Politics and Economics of the Near and Middle East at Philipps-Universität Marburg. During his studies, he spent a semester in Egypt, studying Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic at Ain Shams University.