Bodies and Committees
Bodies and Committees
Academic Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for ZiF's scientific programme. Its tasks are, among others, the development of interdisciplinary research, e.g. the decisions on interdisciplinary undertakings and projects at ZiF.
The Board of Directors consists of
- four professors of Bielefeld University who are appointed for four years by the Rectorate of the university on the recommendation of the Advisory Board of ZiF (one reappointment is permissible),
- one Prorector appointed by the Rector,
- one representative each from the group of academic staff and the group of staff in technology and administration, who are elected from their status groups within ZiF for four years (re-election is permissible),
- and ZiF's Managing Director as well as the Head of Bielefeld University’s Department for Research Administration and Technology Transfer (FFT) with advisory roles.
The Board of Directors elects one or two professorial members from their midst as Executive Director(s) and Deputy Executive Director, respectively, for a term of two years (re-election is permissible)..
- Members
Prof. Dr. Marie Kaiser
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Executive Director
Website
Mail: kaiser.m@uni-bielefeld.de, zif-directors@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-4605Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rohland
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Executive Director
Website
Mail: eleonora.rohland@uni-bielefeld.de, zif-directors@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-3251Prof. Dr. Jacob Engelmann
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Director
Website
Mail: jacob.engelmann@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-4641Prof. Dr. Christiane Fuchs
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Director
Website
Mail: christiane.fuchs@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-2576Prof. Dr. Johanna Kißler
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Director
Website
Mail: johanna.kissler@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-4433Maren Winkelhage
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Group and Conference Support
Mail: zif-group-support@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-2793
Room: 224Dr. Anika Haverig
Universität Bielefeld/P. Ottendörfer Managing Director
(advisory role)Mail: anika.haverig@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-2795
Room: 214Dr. Sandra Haseloff
Head of Department for Research Administration and Technology Transfer
(advisory role)Website
Mail: sandra.haseloff@uni-bielefeld.de
Academic Advisory Board
- The Advisory Board consists of 16 members (from Bielefeld University and scholars from other universities).
- The members are nominated by the faculties and appointed by the Rectorate of Bielefeld University for four-year terms (re-appointment is possible).
- The Advisory Board elects a chairperson and their deputy from the group of the non-Bielefeld scholars.
- Members
- Prof. Dr. Volker Bach (Mathematics, TU Braunschweig)
- Dr. Hanna Denecke (VolkswagenStiftung, Hannover)
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Göbel (Social and Cultural Anthropology, IAI Berlin)
- Prof. Dr. Julika Griem (Literature, KWI Essen)
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Hammer (Machine Learning, U Bielefeld)
- Prof. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf (Law, U Würzburg)
- Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kliegl (Psychology, U Potsdam)
- Prof. Dr. Anna Kosmützky (Science Research, Leibniz Centre Science and Society)
- Prof. Dr. Reimer Kühn (Physics, King's College London)
- Prof. Dr. Caroline Müller (Biology, U Bielefeld)
- Prof. Dr. Oliver Razum (Public Health, U Bielefeld)
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Scherer (Ethnology, Haus der Kulturen der Welt)
- Prof. Dr. Silke Schwandt (History, U Bielefeld)
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Sommer (Environmental Sociology, U Dortmund)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Stummer (Economics, U Bielefeld)
- Prof. Dr. Ruth Wodak (Linguistics, U Wien/Lancaster)
Art Committee
The Art Committee consists of members from art and cultural scenes from the region, as well as academics with experience with the assessment of potential artists for ZiF's Art and Science programme.
All artists are only nominated by the Committee; ZiF does not encourage self-initiative applications.
- Members
- Prof. Dipl.-Des. Katharina Bosse, Photography, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Braungart, Literary Studies, Bielefeld University
- Dr. Anika Haverig, ZiF's Managing Director, Bielefeld University
- Gereon Inger, Artist, Bielefeld
- Katharina Klang, Director of Kunstverein Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Helga Lutz, Image and Art History, Bielefeld University
- Roland Nachtigäller, Director of Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss
- Prof. Johanna Schwarz, Art, University of Siegen
- Victoria Tarak, Director of Kunstverein Bielefeld