Team
Professors
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger
Professor for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Religious Culture - Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kirby
Junior Professor for the Study of Religion with Focus on Global Entanglements - 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. Kirby) 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) - Sophie Faulstich M.A.
Research associate in the reserach project Religion Literacy (Dr. Schröder) - Andrea Göcer M.A.
Research associate Study of Religion (Prof. Schrode) - Maria Papenfuss M.A.
Research associate Study of Religion (Prof. Bochinger) - 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
- Salome Heinisch
Student Assistant for the Project "Religion Literacy" (Dr. Schröder) - Gesa Marxsen
Student Assistant at the research group "Contemporary Islamic Cultures" (Dr. Weineck) - Alexander Zukanov
Student Assistant for the 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
- Mariam Goshadze, PhD
Research associate Study of Religion (Prof. Spies) - 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)