Prof. Dr. Annett Thiele has been Vice President at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg since 1 January 2020. From 2020 to 2021, she was responsible for early career researchers and equal opportunities. Since 1 January 2022, she has been Vice President for Early Career Researchers, Equal Opportunities and Diversity.

Since 2017, Prof. Dr. Annett Thiele has been a university professor in pedagogy and didactics of children whose physical and motor development is impaired as well as those suffering from chronic and progressive diseases. After training as a pediatric nurse and studying special education in Bremen, she received her doctorate from the University of Dortmund in 2007. As a scientist, she conducted research and taught as a visiting professor at the HU Berlin as well as at the University of Leipzig, where, as a senate representative for students with impairments, she was involved in drawing up a diversity concept. Her research focuses on, among other things, ensuring the participation of students with either physical impairments or a chronic or life-threatening illness, for example in hospital classrooms or inclusive settings. Her focus is on children and adolescents with neurological movement disorders and oncological diseases.