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

• 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

• 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)