{"id":11158,"date":"2026-01-27T10:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/?page_id=11158"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:32:50","slug":"kuratorium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bafid.fau.de\/en\/zentrum\/kuratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An honorary board of trustees was established to effectively support BaFID&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board of Trustees is chaired by <strong>Joachim Herrmann<\/strong>, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 \u2013 for example, by contributing socially relevant questions about the role of religion in integration policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through its work, the Board of Trustees makes a decisive contribution to increasing the visibility of scientific findings and promoting social cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Bekim Agai<\/strong>, Director of the Academy for Islam in Science and Society, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Siegfried Balleis<\/strong>, FAU Honorary Professor, former Lord Mayor of the City of Erlangen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. Winfried Bausback<\/strong>, Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Barbara Becker<\/strong>, Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. G\u00fcnther<\/strong> <strong>Beckstein<\/strong>, Former Prime Minister<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Heinrich<\/strong> <strong>Bedford-Strohm<\/strong>, Former Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and Chairman of the World Council of Churches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Markus Blume<\/strong>, Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. em. Dr. Michael Borgolte<\/strong>, Medieval historian, senior researcher at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Director of the Institute for Islamic Theology at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin until 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PD Dr. Achim Budde<\/strong>, Director of the Catholic Academy of Bavaria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Daniela F.  Eisenstein<\/strong>, Director of the Jewish Museum Franconia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matthias Fischbach<\/strong>, Former Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Karl Freller<\/strong>, MdL, former First Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament. D.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\"><strong>Nora<\/strong> <strong>Gomringer<\/strong>, Author and Director of the International House of Artists Villa Concordia<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Detlef G\u00f6rrig<\/strong>, Church Council, Consultant for Mission and Theology in the Global Context of the Lutheran World Federation and its member churches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petra Guttenberger<\/strong>, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee for Constitution, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pfarrer Udo Hahn<\/strong>, Director of the Protestant Academy Tutzing and Chairman of the Board of the Protestant Academies in Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Johannes von Hebel<\/strong>, Chairman of the Management Board of Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen H\u00f6chstadt Herzogenaurach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Andreas Herrmann<\/strong>, Oberkirchenrat, Interreligious Dialogue Department of the EKD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joachim Herrmann<\/strong>, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Philipp Hildmann<\/strong>, Managing Director of the Bavarian Alliance for Tolerance \u2013 Protecting Democracy and Human Dignity, Head of the Project Centre against Right-Wing Extremism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ingrid Hofmann<\/strong>, Managing Director of I. K. Hofmann GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Thomas Jung<\/strong>, Lord Mayor of the City of F\u00fcrth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alexander Jungkunz<\/strong>, Chief Publicist of <em>N\u00fcrnberger Nachrichten<\/em>\u00a0and member of the editorial board at N\u00fcrnberger Presse Publishing House<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christian<\/strong> <strong>Kopp<\/strong>, Protestant Regional Bishop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Elmar Koziel, <\/strong>Canon in the Archdiocese of Bamberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcus K\u00f6nig<\/strong>, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Konrad K\u00f6rner<\/strong>, MdB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cardinal Dr. Reinhard<\/strong> <strong>Marx<\/strong>, Archbishop of Munich and Freising<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Bertram Meier<\/strong>, Bishop of Augsburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Ursula M\u00fcnch,<\/strong> Director of the Academy for Political Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ursula Ott<\/strong>, Editor-in-Chief of the evangelical magazine <em>Chrismon<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prof. Dr. Michael Piazolo, <\/strong>Member of the Bavarian State Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Markus Rinderspacher<\/strong>, Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Josef Schuster<\/strong>, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and President of the State Association of Jewish Communities in Bavaria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer<\/strong>, President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Ludwig Spaenle<\/strong>, Bavarian State Parliament, Commissioner of the Bavarian State Government for Jewish Life and against Anti-Semitism, for Remembrance Work and Historical Heritage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diana Stachowitz<\/strong>, Former Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arif Ta\u015fdelen<\/strong>, Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gabriele Triebel<\/strong>, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Member of the Committee for Education and Culture, Spokesperson for Education, Religion and Remembrance Culture of the B\u00fcndnis 90\/Die Gr\u00fcnen parliamentary group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>J\u00f6rg Volleth<\/strong>, 2nd Mayor of the City of Erlangen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Josef Widmann<\/strong>, Secretary General of the Hanns Seidl Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former members of the Board of Trustees: Dr. Johannes Friedrich, Landesbischof a. 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