Dr Seyran Bostancı is Executive Director of the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and heads the department Young Postmigrant Alliances. She works at the intersection of democratic citizenship education, digitalisation, and social justice, with a particular focus on extremism prevention, anti-discrimination, and social cohesion. She is a social scientist whose research has focused on racism, migration, (early childhood) education, and civil society. Her work bridges academic analysis with practice-oriented educational and dialogue formats at both national and European levels. She was also a participant in the first cohort of the Young Islam Conference (JIK).

Andrei Chitu supports the program management and the team in the areas of finance and administration. He also manages the European project Moving Europe – Negotiating Legacies of Migration at the Museum, which aims to research local migration history by young people in museums. He studied philosophy and data management in Tübingen, Paris, Potsdam and Berlin. Before joining the team, he had already worked for several organizations and institutions and was able to implement and support a wide range of social and cultural projects.

Julia Steenpaß supports the Outreach and Policy department as a project assistant. Previously, her focus was on supporting transformation processes and building governance structures through exchange and participation formats in city-related projects. She is currently studying Eastern European Studies and is working on international democratization processes.

Caroline Haufe manages the press and public relations of the Young Islam Conference and manages the Media Academy together with Seren. She studied literature in Freiburg, Edinburgh and Berlin and previously worked in the field of communication in the cultural sector and in post-migrant contexts.

Armin Begić manages the project Untold Stories of Togetherness: Muslim-Jewish Alliances and Remembrance Culture and coordinates the European travel grants. He studied Islamic Theological Studies and Gender Studies in Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Amman and London. His expertise includes anti-discrimination work, interreligious learning, genocide research, political education and religion and gender.

Sarah Kinold is doing a voluntary year at Young Postmigrant Alliances. She previously completed her bachelor´s degree in political science and sociology in Heidelberg and Uppsala. Sarah is interested in anti-discrimination and equality issues and would like to deepen her knowledge of post-migrant topics.