STAFF
CORE STAFF
Lukas K. Pokorny
Professor
Head of Department
Nickolas P. Roubekas
Asst. Professor of Theories of Religion
Deputy Head of the Department
Dirk Schuster
Assistant Professor
TEACHING FELLOWS
Sára Eszter Heidl
Teaching Fellow (2026–2027)
Research Fellow (2025–2026)
Katharina Limacher
Teaching Fellow (2019–2021, 2026)
Marleen Thaler
Teaching Fellow (2025–2027)
Research Fellow (2024–2028)
FWF Fellow (2019–2022)
Human-Friedrich Unterrainer
Professorial Teaching Fellow (2014–2027)
Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna
Robert Wurzrainer
Teaching Fellow (2024–2027)
Departmental Coordinator (2023–2026)
Dominic S. Zoehrer
Teaching Fellow (2026–2027)
FWF Fellow (2019–2022)
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Moritz Maurer
FWF Fellow (2025–2028)
Research Fellow (2024–2025)
Ivana Ryška Vajdová
ESPRIT Fellow (2024–2027)
Samuel Thévoz
FWF Fellow (2024–2028)
PROFESSORIAL RESEARCHERS
Karl Baier
Professorial Research Fellow (2020–2026)
Associate Professor (2009–2020)
Ugo Dessì
Professorial Research Fellow (2025–2026)
FWF Professorial Fellow (2022–2025)
OeNB Fellow (2020–2022)
Senior Research Fellow (2017–2018)
Hans Gerald Hödl
Professorial Research Fellow (2024–2026)
Associate Professor (2009–2024)
Karsten Lehmann
Professorial Research Fellow (2025–2027)
Robyn Faith Walsh
Professorial Research Fellow (2026–2028)
University of Miami, USA
DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Muhammad Adiz Wasisto
IASP Fellow (2024-2027)
VISITING SCHOLARS
Ursula Baatz
Research Fellow (2023–2026)
Lulie El-Ashry
Senior Research Fellow (2022–2026)
Barbara Hendrischke
Senior Research Fellow (2021–2026)
Tao Thykier Makeeff
Research Fellow (2024–2026)
Davide Marino
Research Fellow (2023–2026)
Jill Marxer
Research Fellow (2026)
Universität Zürich
Isis Mrugalla-Kalmbacher
Visiting Scholar (2026)
University of Tübingen
Elli Papazoi
Research Fellow (2026)
ASSOCIATED STAFF
Nicole M. Bauer
Adjunct Professor (2026–)
Teaching Fellow (2022)
Birgit Heller
Associate Professor Emerita (1999–2025)
Johann Figl
Professor Emeritus (1986–2013)
Astrid Mattes
Assistant Professor of Social Science Research on Religion
Franz Winter
Professor
University of Graz
FORMER STAFF AND RESEARCHERS
