Our experts

Together with our partners from civil society, academia and politics, our experts develop funding projects on the key issues of our time. We share the results with policymakers and the interested public in the form of background discussions, events, and publications.
Our experts work in the Robert Bosch Stiftung's Education, Global Issues, and Ukraine programs. You can find our health experts at bosch-health-campus.de.

Education

Stella Voutta, PhD

Senior Vice President Education

Phone +49 30 220025-339

e-mail to Stella Voutta, PhD

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Andrea Preußker

Director Good schools and preschools

Phone +49 711 46084-758

e-mail to Andrea Preußker

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Corinna Gottmann

Director Future-proof Education System

Phone +49 30 220025-260

e-mail to Corinna Gottmann

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Andreas Dammertz

Senior Expert Education in the Digital World

Phone +49 711 46084-838

e-mail to Andreas Dammertz

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Lars Rettberg

Senior Expert Good schools and preschools

Phone +49 30 220025-270

e-mail to Lars Rettberg

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Vincent Steinl

Senior Expert Future-Proof Education System

Phone +49 30 220025-274

e-mail to Vincent Steinl

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Dana Tegge, PhD

Senior Expert Good schools and preschools

e-mail to Dana Tegge, PhD

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Dr. Anna Gronostaj

Senior Project Manager Future-Proof Education System

Phone +49 30/220025-448

e-mail to Dr. Anna Gronostaj

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Dr. Katharina Thoren

Senior Project Manager Future-Proof Education System

e-mail to Dr. Katharina Thoren

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Global Issues

Ottilie Bälz

Senior Vice President

Phone +49 711 46084-520

e-mail to Ottilie Bälz

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Antje Scheidler

Director Democracy

Phone +49 30 220025-175

e-mail to Antje Scheidler

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Raphaela Schweiger, PhD

Director Migration

Phone +49 711 46084-678

e-mail to Raphaela Schweiger, PhD

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Jessica Bither

Senior Expert Migration

Phone +49 30 220025-364

e-mail to Jessica Bither

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Ellen Ehmke, PhD

Senior Expert Inequality

Phone +49 30 220025-361

e-mail to Ellen Ehmke, PhD

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Hannes Einsporn

Director Migration

Phone +49 30 220025-362

e-mail to Hannes Einsporn

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Gordian Haas, PhD

Senior Expert Democracy

Phone +49 30 220025-492

e-mail to Gordian Haas, PhD

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Ferdinand Mirbach, PhD

Senior Expert Immigration Society

Phone +49 711 46084-480

e-mail to Ferdinand Mirbach, PhD

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Irene Weinz

Senior Expert Peace

Phone +49 711 46084-160

e-mail to Irene Weinz

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Ukraine Engagement

Markus Lux

Director Ukraine Engagement

Phone +49 711 46084-390

e-mail to Markus Lux

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Julia Teek

Senior Project Manager Ukraine Engagement

Phone +49 711 46084-440

e-mail to Julia Teek

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Futures and networks

Atje Drexler

Director Futures and networks

Phone +49 711 46084-420

e-mail to Atje Drexler

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Silke Breimeier

Senior Manager Futures and networks

Phone +49 711 46084-280

e-mail to Silke Breimeier

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News of our funding work

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Education

Global Issues

Health

German School Barometer 2025/26

Psychological stress among students is on the rise again

Stress, bullying, and a lack of opportunities to participate — according to the latest German School Barometer, schools contribute to...

German School Award

Copying encouraged!

Schools can now apply to take part in the job shadowing program at schools that have won the German School Award. Rector Helmut Klemm explains what makes participating in the program so valuable to him.

Bosch Health Campus

Care takes time — AI can give it back

This the ProKIP initiative, which is dedicated to promoting knowledge transfer on AI, is being honored with a special "Ideas for Impact" award.

Focus Topic 2026

AI in the Service of the Common Good

We offer a preview of our new thematic focus for 2026 and look back at the key outcomes of 2025.

Robert Bosch Academy

Four Voices, Four Futures: What 2035 May Hold

No utopia—yet reason for cautious optimism. Four Fellows of the Robert Bosch Academy look ahead and sketch out what the world might face in the coming decade.

Statement

Social cohesion embraces everyone, and Muslims want to be included

The Diversity Barometer shows a high level of rejection of Muslims and Islam in our society. Volker Nüske is committed to strengthening...

Rethink Global Mobiliy

The Hidden Costs of Global Visa Inequality

Those who are not allowed to travel cannot help shape the future. Visa inequality affects millions of people—yet it often remains invisible. New data reveals just how...

Munich Security Conference 2026

As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Security Risks

At the 2026 Munich Security Conference, the Robert Bosch Stiftung highlighed sea‑level rise as an underestimated geopolitical risk – and helped spur coordinated, global...

Study: “Diversity Barometer 2025”

Our representative democracy needs to become more representative

When every second person feels unrepresented by politics, it’s time for change. Based on the Diversity Barometer 2025, our democracy...

Opinion

Multi-Billion-Dollar Grounds for a New Direction in Climate Policy

Why seeking synergies between climate protection, adaptation, and economic development is essential.

Thoughts for the Turn of the Year

Together for a stable democracy!

At the end of the year, our CEO Bernhard Straub looks back at the debates of the past months and explains why it remains important to defend civil society.

Opinion

Why Germany Needs a National Strategy for Social Cohesion

Our migration expert on the results of the Diversity Barometer 2025 Focus report.

Testimonials by our project partners

How the War Is Changing the Role of Women in Ukraine

Three personal accounts from Ukraine: about new positions that women will no longer step back from.

Interview with Verena Bentele, president of the welfare association VdK

“Accessibility is the key to an inclusive society”

High acceptance levels for people with disabilities contrast with everyday discrimination. What can we do to change this?

Healthcare system

“The focus should be on preventive healthcare rather than on treating as many diseases as possible”

Polish Order of Merit for Joachim Rogall

An Honor for Extraordinary Commitment

Prof. Dr. Joachim Rogall, former Chairman of the Executive Board of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, received the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the...

Insights from our study ‘Diversity Barometer’

Diversity can help create identity: How we can strengthen social cohesion

A piece by Ottilie Bälz, Head of our funding area Global Issues.

M.E.T.A - A Program for Teacher Training

Using Artificial Intelligence to Shape Schools

How do you prepare teachers for the meaningful use of artificial intelligence in the classroom? The M.E.T.A. program provides trainers with the knowledge and tools to do...

Listicle

5 Key Facts About Food Policy

As a global climate offender, our diet is part of the public discourse. Why politicians are now called upon and what changes are needed.

Winner of German School Award 2025

Teaching That Makes a Difference – These Schools Lead the Way

Federal President Steinmeier honours schools at the 2025 German School Award that are courageously and creatively reimagining education.

Expert interview

Resilience of democracy: “If you want to prevent a worst-case scenario, you have to know what it is”

Publication

Why inequalities affect everyone – even those who may not think they are impacted

It is precisely privileged groups that must take active steps against inequality, our expert argues.

Current study

Diversity Barometer 2025: Acceptance of diversity in Germany is declining

Acceptance is declining particularly sharply with regard to ethnic origin and religion. Our expert Ferdinand Mirbach assesses the key...

Armin Laschet (CDU), Member of the German Bundestag

“Germany must remain a country that's open to the world”

During the summer of 2015, Armin Laschet frequently accompanied Angela Merkel. He recalls how quickly right-wing voices began to grow...

Common Ground

Citizen Participation in the German-French Border Region

In the German-French border region, local actors dared to rethink collaboration. Through citizen-driven participation, a dormant island...

Common Ground

Climate-Friendly Urban Planning Across Borders

Across borders, citizens in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice are reimagining their city—climate-friendly, participatory, and united.

Common Ground

Cross-Border Collaboration for Climate Resilience: A Tri-National Approach

In response to the floods in 2021, the tri-border region of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands developed a joint climate and health...

Common Ground

A Cross-Border Citizens’ Council for the Future

In the SaarMoselle region, a bold idea took shape: a cross-border citizens’ council to help guide the future of a shared urban space. Through inclusive participation and...

Recent study

A migration policy that unites

A new study shows how a fact-based and solution-oriented migration policy can be shaped in Germany – beyond political divides.

Common Ground

Shaping the Future in Trialogue

As coal mining ends, communities in the German-Polish-Czech border region are shaping a shared vision for a sustainable future.

Common Ground

A German-Polish Border Region Comes Together

In the border region of Spree-Neiße-Bober, COVID-19 revealed weaknesses—but also inspired new cross-border cooperation and civic engagement.

Shaping Regions Across Borders

Common Ground

How can we overcome borders to achieve more together? Between 2022 and 2025, the Robert Bosch Stiftung supported and scientifically accompanied eight innovative cross-border participation projects in German border...

Common Ground

A Shared Vision for the Upper Rhine

Along the Upper Rhine, 22 municipalities co-developed a cross-border spatial plan—balancing nature and infrastructure.

Common Ground

Participation as a Driver of Sustainability

In the German-Luxembourg border region, citizen engagement transformed an energy project into a shared climate vision.

Ayse Özbabacan, Commissioner for Integration in Stuttgart

“We need to talk about our successes"

A look at successful integration efforts in recent years – and why they offer a solid foundation for future social cohesion.

Bosch Alumni Network

“People Are Realizing That Democracy is About the Bigger Picture”

Alumni of the Robert Bosch Stiftung on the question of how to re-engage people in dialogue in an increasingly polarized society.

Integration

“We can do it” – Ten years later

Ten years after Angela Merkel’s famous statement on welcoming refugees, we asked our experts and partners: What has Germany achieved when it comes to integration?

Raphaela Schweiger, migration expert at the Robert Bosch Stiftung

“We mustn't be intimidated by the changed political game”

How foundations can help advance integration – especially in today’s context.

Migration researcher Hannes Schammann

“There was no debate – Do we want to make it happen?”

Why integration policy in Germany has seen both professionalization and polarization since 2015.

Frauke Frech, 'Grand Beauty Salon' project

“My hope that the state would act ‘outside the box’ has not been fulfilled”

Where politics has fallen short – and why we need open spaces for encounter more than ever.

Khalid Al Aboud, journalist from Syria

“Listen more closely to us refugees!”

On key perspectives that could advance the integration debate in Germany.

Tipps for everyone

Strengthening Democracy: 10 Things You Can Do Right Now

Ten concrete things we can do to take action for democracy—compiled by the Democracy Team at the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

German School Award 2025

These schools have made it to the finals

The German School Award 2025 is entering its final phase: 15 schools made it to the finals. Five have been nominated for the Democracy Education Award.

Transparency

Robert Bosch Stiftung Annual Report 2024

60, 300, 219 – Why these numbers mattered for the Robert Bosch Stiftung in 2024, and what they reveal about our work.

Point of view

More Than Military: Why West Africa Must Look to Local NGOs

Nuria Grigoriadis, peace expert at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, on new approaches to peace in West Africa.

German School Barometer 2025

Teachers Concerned About the Competencies of the ChatGPT Generation

Between AI skepticism and growing workload: The current German School Barometer shows what moves teachers.

New study

How Citizen Participation Can Strengthen Climate Policy

To make climate policy fair and socially inclusive, citizens must be actively involved. A new study sheds light on how this can be achieved.

Queer migrants

“I was shocked that racism is openly practiced even in the queer community”

Three participants in our project for queer refugees tell their stories.

Opinion

Climate Mobility in Times of Global Upheaval

How climate change affects migration has not been meaningfully addressed as a challenge by the international community until now. An opinion piece.

Dossier

Why Climate Policy Must Become a Priority

The dossier provides facts and arguments for why climate policy needs to return to the top of the political agenda. It refers to approaches that we follow at the Robert...

Migration Journalism Award

A Conversation with Award Winner Gabriela Galvin on Stigma and Storytelling

Migration Journalism Award winner Gabriela Galvin speaks about policy, identity, and inclusion intersect in Denmark.

Inequality

Intersectionality: Understanding Multiple Discrimination, Transforming Power Structures

Intersectionality is a term that has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. What...

Climate change

5 Facts about Emissions Trading, Land Rights and Land Grabbing

Emissions trading is booming and CO₂ certificates appear to be a win for the climate. We reveal the downsides.

“Restart” initiative

Ukraine: Rebuilding a battered country

The Ukrainian initiative Restart is developing plans for rebuilding the country. Two model regions demonstrate how infrastructure can hold society together.

Democracy Education for Children and Youth

How does democracy work in schools?

Winning schools of the German School Award provide answers in a video.

Understanding the disability justice movement

Bridging the Disability Rights Funding Gap

The Disability Rights Fund tells how philanthropy can be truly inclusive.

Perspectives of people in precarious life situations

Demands for a just future

Our partner denkhausbremen asked less privileged people what they think is needed for a fairer future.

German School Award 2025

New ideas for learning

The German School Award 2025 is entering its first selection round: 20 schools are now in the running for the prize.

Citizen participation

Do citizens' assemblies really strengthen the resilience of democracy?

Are citizens' assemblies an appropriate means of combating political apathy or do they weaken existing institutions? A study provides the...

Study

From indulgence to conscience: Why we care what we eat

Is food a private matter? What do people really want for the future of our food system? We listened.