The Jury selected by the Academy of the German Non-Fiction Prize

Sibylle Anderl
© Mathis Beutel
Dr. Sibylle Anderl
Julika Griem
© Research Alliance Ruhr / Simon Bierwald
Prof. Dr. Julika Griem
Michael Hagner
© privat
Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner
Stefan Koldehoff
© Sarah Koldehoff
Stefan Koldehoff
Michael Lemling
© Matthias Kneppeck
Michael Lemling
Patricia Rahemipour
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker
Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour
Katrin Vohland
© NHM Wien / C. Rittmannsperger
Dr. Katrin Vohland
Dr. Sibylle Anderl

Dr. Sibylle Anderl

Sibylle Anderl has been co-head of the popular science magazine ZEIT WISSEN since 2024. Previously she was head of the science department of the print and online F.A.Z. and F.A.S. Before that, she worked as an editor in the “Nature and Science” department of the F.A.Z. feature section. She studied physics and philosophy and did her doctorate in astronomy/astrophysics on shock waves in the interstellar medium. She is co-editor of the cultural magazine Kursbuch and hosts the monthly show “Space Night Science” on ARD alpha. She has also published non-fiction books with the publishing houses Carl Hanser and C.H.Beck. In 2019 she was awarded the Roelin Prize for Science Journalism, and in 2023 she received the medal for science journalism of the German Physical Society.

Prof. Dr. Julika Griem

Prof. Dr. Julika Griem

Julika Griem has been professor of English literature at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2018, director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen and founding director of the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the University Alliance Ruhr. Her fields of research include narrative, literary and reading theories, contemporary literature and the cultural study of science and science communication. The KWI blog provides brief insights into her academic and science policy work. Most recently, transcript Verlag in Bielefeld published her book “Szenen des Lesens. Schauplätze einer gesellschaftlichen Selbstverständigung” (“Scenes of Reading. Sites of Social Self-Understanding”) (2021).

Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner

Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner

Michael Hagner has been professor of science studies at ETH Zurich since 2003. His research interests lie in the history of the humanities, the relationship between science and democracy, the history of photography (and, more generally, of visualisation in the sciences), as well as the history of books. His recent book publications include “Die Lust am Buch” (“The Pleasure of Books”) (2nd ed., Berlin 2019) and “Foucaults Pendel und wir. Anlässlich einer Installation von Gerhard Richter” (“Foucaultʼs Pendulum and Us. On the Occasion of an Installation by Gerhard Richter“) (Cologne 2021).

Stefan Koldehoff

Stefan Koldehoff

Stefan Koldehoff, born in Wuppertal in 1967, studied art history, German language and literature and political science, worked as a freelance journalist for FAZ, SZ, taz and the broadcaster WDR and was deputy editor-in-chief of the art magazine art in Hamburg. Since 2001, he has been working as a culture editor at Deutschlandfunk in Cologne and writing for DIE ZEIT and art, among others.
Books he has published include: “Van Gogh. Mythos und Wirklichkeit” (“Van Gogh. Myth and Reality”) (2003), “Die Bilder sind unter uns. Das Geschäft mit der NS-Raubkunst” (“The Artworks Are in Our Midst: The Looted Nazi Art Trade”) (2009, expanded new edition 2014), “Falsche Bilder – Echtes Geld: Der Fälschungscoup des Jahrhunderts – und wer alles daran verdiente” (“Fake Paintings – Real Money. The Art Forgery Coup of the Century”) (with Tobias Timm, 2012), “O-Ton Pina Bausch – Interviews und Reden” (“O-Ton Pina Bausch. Interviews and Speeches”) (as editor, 2016) and “Kunst und Verbrechen” (“Art & Crime”) (2020).

Michael Lemling

Michael Lemling

Michael Lemling, born in Trier in 1964, studied German language and literature and political science in Trier and Marburg. In 1992, he graduated with a master of arts. After retraining as a bookseller at the bookshop “Roter Stern” in Marburg, he managed the bookshops “Buchhandlung am Markt” in Marburg and “Carolus” in Frankfurt. Since June 2006, he has been managing director of the bookshop “Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl” in Munich. From 2001 to 2006, he was chairperson of the Hesse regional association of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association). He was a member of the board of the Bavarian regional association of the Börsenverein from 2009 to 2015 and served as its chairperson in 2014 and 2015.

Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour

Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour

Patricia Rahemipour is director of the Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation). Prior to this, she headed the department of science communication at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, in the areas of education, archive, publishing and library; she was also head of the Botanical Museum. Ms Rahemipour studied prehistory and early history, classical archaeology and philosophy and received her doctorate in prehistory and early history on the science-historical topic “Archäologie im Scheinwerferlicht. Die Visualisierung der Prähistorie im Film 1895–1930” (“Archaeology in the Spotlight. The Visualisation of Prehistory in Film 1895–1930”). She is chairperson of the Berliner Museumsverband (Association of Museums in Berlin).

Dr. Katrin Vohland

Dr. Katrin Vohland

Katrin Vohland has been director general and scientific director of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM Wien) since 1 June 2020. Previously, she was head of the research area museum and society at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN; Natural History Museum). She holds a doctorate in biology and her work has focused on citizen science and biodiversity research.

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