This is us

Behind the Munich International Stone Centre for Inequality Research is an interdisciplinary team of dedicated researchers, coordinators and creative minds. Together, we create spaces for critical scholarship, international collaboration and new perspectives on social inequality.

Our team

Get to know the people who shape the ISI - curious, clever and sometimes surprisingly different.

Dr.

Arielle

Helmick

Managing Director

With an analytical eye, academic experience and a sense of structure, she ensures that research at ISI runs smoothly.

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Michèle

Loetzner

Communications Director

Characterised by many years as a journalist and a sure sense of tone and timing, she gives ISI's communication clarity, character and reach.

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Prof. Dr.

Fabian

Pfeffer

Director

Driven by curiosity, experience, and a belief in good science, he leads the creation of an institute that opens new ways of thinking about inequality.

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We are hiring!

Here you will find our current vacancies.

Open positions

At ISI, I can combine my passion for structure with my curiosity about social fault lines. And in a team that takes concepts just as seriously as deadlines.

Arielle Helmick

Managing Director

Research changes nothing if nobody understands it. Good science communication is not an accessory: it is a prerequisite for impact. That's exactly why I like working at ISI. Because here it is clear that knowledge alone is not enough if nobody hears it.

Michèle Loetzner

Communications Director