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

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

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

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

Petra Tillessen

Researcher | Department for Comparative Research on Religions

PD Dr. Christine Weinbach

Visiting Fellow | Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

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

Berit Stoppa (10/2017 - 6/2018)

DAAD Scholar | Department of Science Studies

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

Former Director of the Department of Science Studies