Team
Professors
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger
Professor for Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Religious Culture - Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kirby
Junior Professor for Study of Religion with Focus on Global Entanglements - Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode
Professor for Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Islam - Prof. Dr. Eva Spies
Professor for Study of Religion with Focus on Africa
Secretariat
- Miriam Bittermann
Secretary for Study of Religion (Prof. Schrode, Prof. Spies) - Daniela Jahreiß
Secretary for Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Kirby) and at the Institute for Research of Contemporary Religious Culture (IrG)
Research associates
- Sophie Faulstich M.A.
Research associate in the reserach project Religion Literacy (Dr. Schröder) - Andrea Göcer M.A.
Research associate for Study of Religion (Prof. Schrode) - Mariam Goshadze, PhD
Research associate for Study of Religion (Prof. Spies) - Maria Papenfuss M.A.
Research associate for Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger)
- Dr. Stefan Schröder
Academic councilor for Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger)
Fellow
- Dr. Hakan Mertcan
Fellow of the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative
Student Assistants
- Salome Heinisch
Student Assistant for the Project "Religion Literacy" (Dr. Schröder) - Gesa Marxsen
Student Assistant for Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Kirby, Prof. Schrode, Prof. Spies) - Alexander Zukanov
Student Assistant for Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger, Prof. Kirby, Prof. Schrode, Prof. Spies)
Private Lecturers
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 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)