Team

Professors

• Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger
  Professor for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Religious Culture
  
  
• Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode
  Professor for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Islam
  
  
• Prof. Dr. Eva Spies
  Professor for the Study of Religion with Focus on Africa

Secretariat

• Miriam Bittermann
  Secretary for the Study of Religion (Prof. Schrode, Prof. Spies)
  
  
• Katharina Ziegler
  Secretary for the Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Berner) and at the Institute for Research of Contemporary Religious Culture (IrG), Web-administrator
  

Research associates

• Hanni Bezem, M.A.
  Research Associate at the research group “Contemporary Islamic Cultures” (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Schrode)
  
  
• Benedikt Erb, M.A.
  Research associate Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger)
  
  
• Sophie Faulstich, M.A.
  Research associate in the reserach project Religion Literacy (Dr. Schröder)
  
  
• Andrea Göcer, M.A.
  Research associate Study of Religion (Prof. Spies)
  
  
• Benedikt Römer, M.A.
  ​Research Associate at the research group “Contemporary Islamic Cultures” (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Schrode)
  
  
• Dr. Stefan Schröder
  Academic councilor Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger)
  
  
• Dr. Benjamin Weineck
  ​Research Associate at the research group “Contemporary Islamic Cultures” (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Schrode)

Fellow

• Dr. Hakan Mertcan
  Fellow of the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative

Student Assistants

• Viviana Cescati
  Student Assistant for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Religious Culture
  
  
• Clara Neff
  Student Assistant for the Study of Religion with Focus on Africa
  
  
• Anile Tmava
  Student Assistant for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Islam

Private Lecturers

• PD Dr. Markus Dreßler
• PD Dr. Karsten Lehmann

Emeriti

• Prof. Dr. em. Ulrich Berner (in German)
  Professor emeritus Study of Religion / affiliated senior fellow and Principal Investigator at Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)

Staff members on parental leave

• Verena Lauterbach
  Secretary for the Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Berner) and at the Institute for Research of Contemporary Religious Culture (IrG)
  

Former staff members

• List of former staff members (in German)