Ibero-American Literary and Cultural Studies
Education Science, International Comparative Education Research and Intercultural Education
Constitutional Law, Public International Law, and Human Rights Law
Political Struggles in the Global South
Global Sociology: Urban Futures in the Global South
Romance Philology, incl. African Francophone Literatures; Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Global South Studies (ICGSS)
Didactics of History and Public History
Sociology with a Focus on Migration and Diversity
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Ethics and Sustainability Research; Director of the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
Political Science, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures