Our team members and their knowledge are our resources. They combine social science expertise and interdisciplinary competence. This is our basis for the creation of new concepts and realistic and viable solutions which lead to the development of models, processes and projects, achieving optimal results. We deal with the coordination and management of regional and international projects on a daily basis and have wide-ranging experience in this field. Because communication is essential, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Jana Eckert is an executive partner and director of ISIS. She has studied social sciences (diploma) at JLU Giessen with majors in sociology and political science and the secondary subjects psychology and psychosocial medicine. Her education focused on quantitative social research and on health-related issues. Since mid-2013 she is working for ISIS, in particular in the fields of geriatric care and promoting age-friendly environments as well as the wellbeing, social and digital participation of older people. Jana Eckert speaks German and English.

Jesper Schulze is an executive partner and director of ISIS. He studied social sciences with a focus on sociology and social psychology in Hanover and then moved to the Goethe University Frankfurt for his master’s degree in sociology. His studies focused on theories and concepts of social inequality with a special emphasis on poverty and gender studies. He is currently involved in European projects on adult education. Here he is working on innovative interdisciplinary concepts to ensure quality of life in an aging society and on the topics of racism and diversity. Jesper Schulze speaks German and English.

Dr phil. Katrin Fröhlich has been a research associate at ISIS since April 2025. She studied political science and African studies in Leipzig (University of Leipzig) and London (SOAS London) and completed her doctorate at the research training group of the German Research Foundation (DFG) ‘Transnational Social Support’ at the University of Mainz in the field of education. Before turning her attention increasingly to socio-political issues, she worked in the field of local development policy for the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the German Development Institute (DIE/IDOS), among others. In addition to her work at ISIS, she teaches at the Apollon University of Applied Sciences for Health Economics.

Dr. Karl Mingot studied sociology at the Universities of Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Giessen. He is trained in techniques of objective hermeneutics and in conversation analysis. His research focuses mainly on the way people perceive artefacts, the historic development of occupations requiring professionalization, poverty in Germany, as well as living in old age. His main tasks with ISIS as a freelancer are conducting case studies and project evaluation. Karl Mingot speaks German, French and English.

Vincent Holzapfel has been studying Political Science and History at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2021. He has focused on political theory in his main studies. As a student assistant, he supports ISIS with ongoing projects, the conceptualisation of planned projects, and research and public relations. He speaks German, English and Italian.

 

 

Renata Openchowska Renata Openchowska is working for ISIS as an administratvie assistant since December 2014. She completed an apprenticeship as an economic technician for finance and accounting and studied economics at Bogdana Janskiego University of Applied Sciences in Lomza, Poland. She holds the IHK certificates “Administration of Human Resources” and “Accounting”. At ISIS, Renata Openchowska is in charge of the usual administrative activities and in particular the accounting of Eu-funded projects. She speaks Polish, Russian and German.

Equality, participation and equal opportunities are central to the work of ISIS Institut für Soziale Infrastruktur. Within the organisation, we also strive to promote gender equality at all levels of work. Read more about this in our Gender Equality Plan (available in German language).