Dr. Ayşe Almıla Akca received her PhD at the Institute of Islamic Studies/Freie Universität Berlin in 2018 with an ethnographic study on legitimisation and authorisation of Islamic knowledge in mosque associations in Germany (awarded with the DAVO-Dissertationspreis 2019). Her research includes Islamic-religious knowledge and religious practices of Muslims in Europe, Practical Theology and ethnographic research.

Andreas Feldtkeller teaches Comparative Religion and Intercultural Theology at the Faculty of Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He has been a research fellow at the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies in Amman, Jordan, during the 1990s.

Marie-Luise Frost (born 1986) studied Religious Studies, Area Studies Asia/Africa and Religion and Culture in Potsdam, Berlin, Lausanne and Oslo. Besides different freelance activities in the cultural field, she has been working as researcher in the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt University Berlin since 2015. She is Research Associate at the University of Pretoria.

He is presently the Head of the Environmental Desk at the Muslim Judicial Council. He is also the MJC representative on SAFCEI. He has been the Imaam and Khatib at various Masajid in Cape Town.
He is very active in supplying the community information on environmental ethics. He is presently starting eco-congregations in the communities. He has published many research papers on Islam, Science as well as on Environmental issues at various conferences in many countries.

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gräb (born 1948) is head of the research program on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. He also is an extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Stellenbosch University. From 1999 until 2016 he held the chair of Practical Theology and was the Director of the Institute of Sociology of Religion and Community Building at Humboldt Universität.

Philipp Öhlmann is Feodor Lynen Research Fellow at the University of Botswana. Moreover, he is Principal Investigator in the Research Programme in Religious Communities and Sustainable Development as well as Senior Associated Research at the Center for Rural Development at Humboldt University Berlin. Philipp conducted extensive research religion, development and sustainability in the African context. He is also the executive editor of the IN//RCSD journal Religion & Development.

My practice, research and teaching combines two core areas: (1) Ethics: Research here focuses on Poverty and Inequality, Theories of Justice and Global Justice; Intercultural Ethics and Ethics of Migration. I develop Christian Social Ethical approaches and am also interested in African and Chinese ethics and their take on Global Ethics. (2) Church Development: My practice and professorship in Berlin has led me to develop and research exciting new Models of Church Planting and Development.

Teddy Chalwe Sakupapa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Theology and teaches ecumenical studies and social ethics. Originally from Zambia, his research traverses the fields of ecumenical studies, systematic theology and social ethics, decoloniality, African theology and the history of Christianity in Africa on which he has published several articles and book chapters. He is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Tradition.

Ekkardt Sonntag (born 1978) received his PhD from the chair for the study of the Church in Islamic Contexts at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ekkardt was a guest lecturer at the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary. He has fulfilled different pastoral positions and consulting roles for international churches. Besides his academic work, Ekkardt works for Danmission, an independent Danish INGO for development cooperation with roots in the Lutheran church of Denmark.

Juliane Stork (born 1991 in Berlin) is the John S. Mbiti Research Fellow at the Research Programme for Religious Communities and Sustainable Development. She pursues a PhD on "The Production of Theology in African Independent Christianity - the Case of Ecology in the Zion Christian Church in South Africa".

Susanna Trotta is a PhD candidate and associated researcher at the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She also works as a researcher at the Bruno Kessler Foundation - Centre for Religious Studies (FBK - ISR) and as a research adviser at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities.

Dr Tanya van Wyk is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics and Spirituality at the Faculty of Theology and Religion. Her current research foci include political theology, feminist theology and ethics and religion and sustainable development with a focus on gender equity. She is the Chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee of her Faculty and is currently a research fellow with the Programme for Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt University.