Iunona Guruli was born in Tbilisi in 1978 and is a writer and literary translator. She studied acting and journalism in Georgia and moved to Germany in 1999, where she studied politics and history. Guruli made her debut in Georgia in 2015 with the short story collection »Die Diagnose« (tr:
Karen Duve was born in Hamburg in 1961. She trained as a tax inspector, worked as a factory worker and proofreader for a newspaper, and drove a cab for 13 years. She is the author of numerous novels as well as several non-fiction and children’s books and works in a
Frank Terhorst, born in Xanten in 1969, studied economics and social sciences in Duisburg and Dublin after training as a mechanic. He then lived in several different countries, mainly in Africa, where he worked for various humanitarian aid organizations. Today he runs two mini golf courses in Neukölln and Steglitz.
Tobias Sauter is a geoscientist specializing in climate research. He studied geosciences in Freiburg and Granada and completed his doctorate at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen on the optimization and uncertainty analysis of non-linear prediction algorithms. He is a professor at the Department of Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Hedwig Richter, born in 1973 in Urach, is a historian and author. She studied history, German, and philosophy in Heidelberg, Belfast, and Berlin and completed her habilitation at the University of Greifswald in 2016 on the cultural history of elections in the 19th century. She writes for newspapers such as
Johann Braun, born in 1992, is a human geographer at the University of Heidelberg. He studied cultural geography, sociology, and journalism and completed his doctorate in 2022 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg on right-wing urban politics in the past and present. He researches and teaches urban politics and spatial imaginaries
Frank Bösch was born in Lübeck in 1969. He taught history at the universities of Göttingen, Bochum and Gießen. Since 2011 he is director of the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History (ZZF) and Professor of 20th Century European History at the University of Potsdam. Most recently, he published »Deals mit
Jens Beckert, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967, is Professor of Sociology and has been Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne since 2005. He was Professor of Social Theory at the Georg August University in Göttingen between 2003 and 2005. His
Ulrike Sterblich is an author. She comes from and lives in Berlin. She studied political science and from 2004 to 2011 she hosted the Berlin Bunny Lectures. Her memoir »Die halbe Stadt, die es nicht mehr gibt« was published in 2012. Ulrike Sterblich published her debut novel »The German Girl«
Tobias Singelnstein, born 1977 in Berlin, is a lawyer and author. He studied law with a specialization in criminology, juvenile criminal law, and penal system at the Free University of Berlin. From 2017 to 2022, he was Professor of Criminology at Ruhr University Bochum and then moved to the Department
Caroline Wahl, born in Mainz in 1995, is an author. She studied German language and literature in Tübingen and German literature in Berlin before working for various publishing houses. Her debut novel »22 Bahnen« (tr: 22 Lengths) was published in 2023, for which she was awarded the Ulla Hahn Author
Niclas Seydack, born in Bad Schwartau in 1990, is a journalist and author. He studied in Jena and Munich before attending the German School of Journalism in Munich (DJS). He works as a freelance reporter, mainly for »Die ZEIT«, »SPIEGEL« and the »Süddeutsche Zeitung« magazine. In 2023, he was awarded
