Board of Trustees

An honorary board of trustees was established to effectively support BaFID’s scientific work in the service of society and strengthen its public presence. It is made up of renowned personalities from politics, religious communities, the media, business, and academia.

The Board of Trustees is chaired by Joachim Herrmann, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration

The Board of Trustees accompanies the work of BaFID in an advisory and committed capacity. The members are regularly informed about current projects and research findings and provide valuable input – for example, by contributing socially relevant questions about the role of religion in integration policy.

Through its work, the Board of Trustees makes a decisive contribution to increasing the visibility of scientific findings and promoting social cohesion.

  • Prof. Dr. Bekim Agai, Director of the Academy for Islam in Science and Society, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
  • Prof. Dr. Siegfried Balleis, FAU Honorary Professor, former Lord Mayor of the City of Erlangen
  • Prof. Winfried Bausback, Member of Parliament
  • Barbara Becker, Member of Parliament
  • Dr. Günther Beckstein, Former Prime Minister
  • Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Former Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and Chairman of the World Council of Churches
  • Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts
  • Prof. em. Dr. Michael Borgolte, Medieval historian, senior researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Director of the Institute for Islamic Theology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin until 2021
  • PD Dr. Achim Budde, Director of the Catholic Academy of Bavaria
  • Daniela F. Eisenstein, Director of the Jewish Museum Franconia
  • Matthias Fischbach, Former Member of Parliament
  • Karl Freller, MdL, former First Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament. D.
  • Nora Gomringer, Author and Director of the International House of Artists Villa Concordia
  • Dr. Detlef Görrig, Church Council, Consultant for Mission and Theology in the Global Context of the Lutheran World Federation and its member churches
  • Petra Guttenberger, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee for Constitution, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Integration
  • Pfarrer Udo Hahn, Director of the Protestant Academy Tutzing and Chairman of the Board of the Protestant Academies in Germany
  • Johannes von Hebel, Chairman of the Management Board of Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach
  • Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Oberkirchenrat, Interreligious Dialogue Department of the EKD
  • Joachim Herrmann, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration
  • Dr. Philipp Hildmann, Managing Director of the Bavarian Alliance for Tolerance – Protecting Democracy and Human Dignity, Head of the Project Centre against Right-Wing Extremism
  • Ingrid Hofmann, Managing Director of I. K. Hofmann GmbH
  • Dr. Thomas Jung, Lord Mayor of the City of Fürth
  • Alexander Jungkunz, Chief Publicist of Nürnberger Nachrichten and member of the editorial board at Nürnberger Presse Publishing House
  • Christian Kopp, Protestant Regional Bishop
  • Prof. Dr. Elmar Koziel, Canon in the Archdiocese of Bamberg
  • Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg
  • Cardinal Dr. Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising
  • Dr. Bertram Meier, Bishop of Augsburg
  • Stefan Müller, Former Member of Parliament
  • Prof. Dr. Ursula Münch, Director of the Academy for Political Education
  • Ursula Ott, Editor-in-Chief of the evangelical magazine Chrismon
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Piazolo, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
  • Markus Rinderspacher, Member of Parliament
  • Dr. Bettina Scherbaum, Ministerial Counsellor of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs
  • Dr. Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and President of the State Association of Jewish Communities in Bavaria
  • Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer, President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
  • Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, Bavarian State Parliament, Commissioner of the Bavarian State Government for Jewish Life and against Anti-Semitism, for Remembrance Work and Historical Heritage
  • Diana Stachowitz, Former Member of Parliament
  • Arif Taşdelen, Member of Parliament
  • Gabriele Triebel, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Member of the Committee for Education and Culture, Spokesperson for Education, Religion and Remembrance Culture of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group
  • Jörg Volleth, 2nd Mayor of the City of Erlangen
  • Joseph Widmann, Secretary General of the Hanns Seidl Foundation

At #WissenMachtStark, BaFID’s social media campaign for more togetherness, members of the BaFID Board of Trustees participated between May and mid-July 2021, including Joachim Herrmann, Dr. Josef Schuster, Petra Guttenberger, Dr. Florian Janik, Udo Hahn, Prof. Dr. Michael Piazolo, Dr. Hans-Eckard Sommer, Prof. Dr. em. Michael Borgolte, Dr. Philipp Hildmann, Dr. Reinhard Marx, Alexander Jungkunz, Dr. Johannes Friedrich, Dr. Detlef Görrig, PD Dr. Achim Budde, Matthias Fischbach, Ingrid Hofmann, Stefan Müller, Dr. Bertram Meier, Dr. Günther Beckstein, Prof. Dr. Siegfried Balleis, Dr. Ulrich Seiser, and Marcus König.

 

Former members of the Board of Trustees: Dr. Johannes Friedrich, Former regional bishop; Dr. Ulrich Seiser, Former Ministerial Councillor