Who we are
Maximilian Steinbeis is the founder and executive director of Verfassungsblog. (Photo: Maurice Weiß/Ostkreuz)
Verena Vortisch is executive director of Verfassungsblog. (Photo: Damian Gorczany)
Editorial Team
Maxim Bönnemann is the chief editor at Verfassungsblog. Maxim is qualified for the German bar and holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin.
Eva Maria Bredler is deputy chief editor at Verfassungsblog covering German constitutional law and comparative constitutional law. Eva is a PhD candidate at the University of Münster. She studied law in Hamburg and Paris and did research at the University of Oxford.
Jakob Gašperin Wischhoff is deputy chief editor at Verfassungsblog covering European Union law. Jakob is a researcher at the Project FOCUS – promoting fundamentals of the EU Charter in Society, funded by the EU. He holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin.
Jasper Nebel is an editor at Verfassungsblog. He studied European Studies and European Law (LL.M.) in Maastricht and law in Bonn and Berlin.
Janos Richter is editor and researcher focusing on state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as well as on democratic and judicial resilience. He studied law in Leipzig.
Till Stadtbäumer is a publishing editor at Verfassungsblog. He studied European Law in Utrecht and International Administration in Potsdam and Bordeaux.
Jana Trapp is an editor at Verfassungsblog covering security law and criminal law. Jana is qualified for the German bar and holds a Master of Law from Universiteit of Amsterdam and Columbia University. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Keanu Dölle is an open source software developer and part of our publishing team.
Management Team
Margarita Iov is a team assistant at Verfassungsblog. She studied literature in Leipzig and Berlin.
Sonja Kaufmann is project manager at Verfassungsblog. She holds an M.A. in political science and has worked in academic publishing and program management at think tanks and civil society organizations.
Mathias Rodatz is responsible for communications and fundraising. Previously, he was head of communications at the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) and the Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ).
Alena Schwarz is Head of Finance and HR at Verfassungsblog, with roots in Eastern European Studies and many years of experience in managing people, projects and budgets.
Derya Kizilkaya supports the IT team and is responsible for website maintenance. She studied communication sciences in Lisbon.
Student Assistants
Ianthe Scheelhaase is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog and studies law at Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Geneva.
Jakob Weickert is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog and works for the Judicial Resilience Project. He studies law at Humboldt University of Berlin and Paris 1 – Sorbonne.