AI researcher Prof. Dr. Michael Möller, NRW Lamarr Fellow and spokesperson for the DFG AI research group "Learning to Sense", works on so-called "inverse problems" in the field of image processing and machine vision.

Prof. Dr. Chantal Munsch, social pedagogue and educational scientist, has been researching the topic of civic engagement for over 20 years. She heads the expert commission for the BMFSFJ's engagement report and has been the spokesperson for the DFG Research Training Group "Consequences of social assistance" since 2024.

Business Information Systems specialist Prof. Dr. Gunnar Stevens focuses in particular on consumer informatics, IT security and data protection. He examines the effects of digitalization on the consumption practices of consumers

Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz is Professor of Media and Communication Studies and spokesperson of the CRC 1187 "Media of Cooperation". Her research focuses on digital media, data analysis and platform economies with a focus on the social transformations of digital technologies.

Shadan Sadeghian is Assistant Professor of Interactive Autonomous Systems and researches the acceptance and use of Advanced Automation Systems (AAS) in various areas of life. Her focus is on the design of and interaction with automated systems such as robots, AI-based systems and automated vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Niels Werber, literary scholar and spokesperson for the CRC 1472 "Transformations of the Popular", investigates how society is changing through new forms of measuring attention. One focus of his work is on contemporary digital research and analyzing how popularity values influence art, literature, science, politics, religion and education.

The research of Julia Haberstroh, Professor of Psychological Aging Research, and her team focuses on resource-oriented diagnostics and psychological intervention to promote autonomy, quality of life and social inclusion in older people with and without dementia. They are investigating psychological phenomena of the ageing process and how they can be influenced and changed by various factors.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Mannel is a renowned theoretical physicist whose research focuses primarily on elementary particle physics and quantum chromodynamics (QCD). He is co-speaker of the TRR-SFB 257, winner of the Erwin Schrödinger Visiting Professorship 2025 and PI in the Cluster of Excellence "Color meets Flavor". His research focuses on the development of mathematical methods and the search for phenomena beyond the standard model.