Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Economics): Economic history, Social policy, Education and human capital, Demography.
Prof. Dr. Klaus Gestwa (Faculty of Humanities, Departement of History): Cultural history of the Cold War.
Prof. Dr. Martin Groß (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Sociology): Cross-national comparative inequality research and social structure analysis, Attitudinal research, Social justice, "Class structuration", Labor market, Forms of atypical employment.
Prof. Dr. Steffen Hilmert (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Sociology): Life-course research, Education, Social inequalty and stratification, Labor market, Transitions in youth, Comparative research, Research methods; Sociology of science.
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder (Faculty of Science,Department of Geoscience): Economic geography, Economic transformation and metropolitan areas, Transformation in Central, Eastern and South Europe.
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Economics): International economic relations, EU Economic and Monetary Union.
Prof. Dr. Udo Kreickemeier (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Economics): International Economics.
Prof. Dr. Martin Nettesheim (Faculty of Law): EU law, Criminal law, International law.
Prof. Dr. Boris Niesand (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Departement of Sociology): Transnational comparative cultural studies, migration & diversity.