Bielefeld Science Award

Selection Committee

Professor Angelika Epple (Head of Selection Committee)

Professor of General History at Bielefeld University since 2008 and Rector of Bielefeld University since October 2023.

Professor Ulrike Davy

Professor of Public Law, German and International Social Law and Comparative Law at Bielefeld University since 1998. 2011-2015 Managing Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF).

Professor Giovanni Galizia (and here)

Professor of Neurobiology and Zoology at the University of Konstanz, Director of the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz and Permanent Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.

Professor emerita Bettina Heintz

Professor emerita of Sociological Theory and General Sociology at the University of Lucerne.

Jürgen Kaube

Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, responsible for the feature section, and former university assistant to Niklas Luhmann at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Professor Dr Dres. h.c. Andreas Voߟkuhle

Professor at the Alberts-Ludwig University of Freiburg since 1999 and former President of the Federal Constitutional Court.

Advisory Members

Pit Clausen
Since 2009 Lord Mayor of Bielefeld.

Michael Fröhlich
Since 2017 chairman of the board of Sparkasse Bielefeld and its foundation.