Prof. Dr. Heide Glaesmer
Prof. Dr. Heide Glaesmer is a psychologist and psychological psychotherapist. Together with Dr. Yuriy Nesterko, she heads the working group "Psychotraumatology and Migration Research" at the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the University of Leipzig. She is also the department’s deputy head. Her research focuses on sexual violence against women and men in war, children born of war, childhood experiences of sexual violence, and culturally sensitive health care for different groups of migrants and refugees in Germany. Her work reflects in over 300 scientific publications and has been awarded various prizes, most recently the Ralf Dahrendorf Prize for the European Research Area (2021) from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Dr. Yuriy Nesterko
Dr. Yuriy Nesterko is a psychologist and research associate at the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig. Since 2020, he has been leading the research group "Psychotraumatology and Migration Research" at the department together with Prof. Dr. Heide Glaesmer. Since March 2022, he also heads the research department at Zentrum ÜBERLEBEN in Berlin together with Dr. Maria Böttche. His research focuses on culturally sensitive health care for different groups of migrants and refugees in Germany. In recent years, he has increasingly conducted research on conflict-related sexual violence against men and boys. He has received several awards for his scientific work to date, most recently the German Society for Psychotraumatology 2021 Advancement Award, the 2020 Lilly Quality of Life Award, and the 2019 Sylke Temple Fellowship.
Kim Schönenberg
Kim Schönenberg is a psychologist (M.Sc.) and has been working as a research associate in the research group "Psychotraumatology and Migration Research" in the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig since 2020. Currently, she is researching on the topic of sexual violence against men in the context of war and forced displacement, particularly on the issues of psychological and psychosocial care for male survivors and disclosure of victimization. In a broader sense, she is interested in gender and violence research. As of late, she is a psychotherapist in training in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy.