FIW Staff

Dr. Anna L. Ahlers

Permanent Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Sónia Lopes Belabbes

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

Raja Bernard

Management Assistant | Secretary's Office

Andreas Dauns

Student Assistant | IT and Media Support

Dr. des. Rafaela Eulberg

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

PD Dr. Pascal Goeke

Visting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Eric C. Hendriks

Fritz Thyssen Foundation Scholar | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann

Director of the Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Dr. Wei Jiang

Post-Doctoral Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Prof. Dr. David Kaldewey

Director of the Department of Science Studies

Ariane Kovac

Student Assistant | Website and Working Paper

Dr. Damien Krichewsky

Research Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Lena Laube (on parental leave)

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

Prof. Dr. Kaat Louckx

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

Felipe Perez-Solari

PhD Candidate | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Dr. Stefan Priester

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Philip Rückheim

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

Daniela Russ 

Visiting Fellow | Department of Science Studies

Prof. Dr. Bettina Schlüter

Director of the Department of Digital Society
Unit for Strategic Partnerships

Julia Schubert

Research Associate | Department of Science Studies

Anna Skripchenko

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

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner

Permanent Visiting Fellow

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Stichweh

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

Berit Stoppa 

Scientific Manager of the FIW (parental leave substitution)

Petra Tillessen

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

PD Dr. Christine Weinbach

Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Amélie Zoll

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

Alexandra Bechtum (1/2015 - 3/2016)

Research Associate and PhD Candidate | 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, Temporary Position of Principal Investigator (German Research Foundation)

Simon Hecke (6/2015 - 9/2016)

PhD Candidate | Department of Science Studies

Moritz Klenk (1/2016 - 8/2017)

PhD Candidate | Department of Sciene Studies

Dr. Giovanni Maltese

Post-Doctoral Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

Leopold Ringel  (5/2015 - 9/2016)

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