Team
Professors
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger (in German)
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/Marita Dick
Secretary for the Study of Religion (Prof. Schrode, Prof. Spies) - Katharina Ziegler/Verena Lauterbach (on parental leave until 15.03.2023)
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 (in German)
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 CultureClara Neff
Student Assistant for the Study of Religion with Focus on AfricaAnile Tmava
Student Assistant for the Study of Religion with Focus on Contemporary Islam
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)
Former staff members
List of former staff members (in German)