Melanie Hallensleben

Biography

Melanie Hallensleben studied Religious Studies, Gender Studies and Old Testament Studies in Göttingen. After graduating, she worked as a lecturer and coordinator for religious studies in Göttingen and took on teaching assignments at other universities. Her dissertation in Religious Studies in Göttingen is entitled: Antisemitism, Philosemitism and Self-Assurance: The Perception of Judaism in New Religious Movements (unpublished). As part of her dissertation, she completed a stay abroad in Jerusalem. From 2021 to 2023, she worked as a project coordinator at the Protestant Centre for Worldview Issues for further training. Since December 2023, she has been project coordinator of the #WissenMachtStark project at BaFID, which is funded by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.