Vera Hennefeld completed her master's degree in sociology at Saarland University and her doctorate in the field of environment. The focus of her work as head of the Education and Culture Department is on project and program evaluation in the education and science sector, in foreign cultural and education policy, and in the fields of environment and social welfare. Furthermore, she specializes in the development and implementation of impact-oriented monitoring and evaluation systems and works as a trainer on monitoring and evaluation.