Persons at FIW

Dr. Rafaela Eulberg

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann

Director of the Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey

Executive Director of the FIW
Director of the Department of Science Studies

Dr. Damien Krichewsky

Research Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Lena Laube

Scientific Manager of the FIW
Research Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Kaat Louckx

currently on parental leave

Jr. Professor of Science and Society | Department of Science Studies

Prof. Dr. Takemitsu Morikawa

Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Evelyn Moser

Research Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Björn Müller-Bohlen

Executive Manager of the Unit for Strategic Partnerships
Research Fellow | Department Digital Society

Dr. Stefan Priester

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Prof. Dr. Almut-Barbara Renger

Professorin für Religion und Gesellschaft (Vertretung von Prof. Dr. Hermann) | Abteilung für Religionsforschung

Philipp Rueckheim

Research Associate and PhD Candidate | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Bettina Schlüter

Director of the Department of Digital Society
Unit for Strategic Partnerships

Galina Selivanova

Research Associate | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Stichweh

Founding Director of the FIW
Director of the Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

PD Dr. Christine Weinbach

Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Ramin Bahrami

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Yasmina Burezah

Department for Religion Studies

Leonie Geiger

Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Rodrigo Gutiérrez

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Annika Jacobsen

Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Yulia Lokshina

Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Felipe Ranke

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Philipp Roth

Department for Science Studies

Philipp Rückheim

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Lisa Schubert

Department for Science Studies

Anna Skripchenko

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Berit Stoppa

Department for Science Studies

Petra Tillessen

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Gioconda Vallarta-Cervantes

Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Raja Bernard

Management Assistant | Secretary's Office

Doris Westhoff

Secretary Department for Religion Studies | Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann
Secretary Department for Science Studies | Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey

Amélie Zoll

Secretary Department for Science Studies | Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey

Dr. Anna L. Ahlers

Permanent Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

PD Dr. Pascal Goeke

Visting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Moritz Klenk

Visiting Fellow

Dr. Giovanni Maltese

Research Associate | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Daniela Russ

Visiting Fellow | Department of Science Studies

Dr. Julia Schubert

Research Associate | Department of Science Studies

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner

Permanent Visiting Fellow

Prof. Dr. Julia Stenzel

Professor for Religion and Society | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Alexandra Bechtum (1/2015 - 3/2016)

Research Associate and PhD Candidate | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Student Assistant | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Samuele Dominioni (6/2017 - 3/2018)

Research Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Silke Engels (5/2015 - 11/2017)

Secretary Department of Science Studies | Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey

Dr. Julian Hamann (5/2015 - 4/2018)

Postdoc | Department of Science Studies

Simon Hecke (6/2015 - 9/2016)

Research Fellow | Department of Science Studies

Dr. Eric C. Hendriks (2018 - 2020)

Fritz Thyssen Foundation Scholar | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Wei Jiang

Post-Doctoral Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Leopold Ringel (5/2015 - 9/2016)

Research Associate | Department of Science Studies

PD Dr. Désirée Schauz (02/2021 - 09/2021)

Research Associate | Department of Science Studies

Alisson Soares (7/2014 - 3/2015)

Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Tobias Werron (3/2015 - 9/2016)

Former Director of the Department of Science Studies