Siri Hummel

Dr. Siri Hummel is the Director of the Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society and is a political scientist and communications expert. Her research focuses are democracy and civil society, as well as equality in civil society and foundation research. She is also a lecturer for the programme ‘Nonprofit Management and Public Governance’ at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Before joining Maecenata, Hummel was a research associate at the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg in Greifswald from 2011-2017. In 2018, she completed her PHD at the University of Greifswald on the topic of promoting democracy through foundations.

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Current research projects:

• Muslim Philanthropy in Germany
• Shrinking Spaces in Europa (ESCO-Project)
• Diversity in Civil Society Organisations
• Civil Society Voices in Political Processes
• Maecenata Research Collegium
• Teaching: University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

Dr. Siri Hummel’s areas of expertise:

• Democracy and civil society
• Diversity in civil society
• Research on foundations
• Shrinking civic space

Beiträge

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  Civil Society is Here to Stay! A Report on the Shrinking Civic Space Project (2019-2023)

  Opusculum 186 | 01.03.2024 | New report on the research and policy project conducted by the Maecenata Institute from 2019 to 2023
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  Press release: On the State and General Condition of Civil Society in Germany

  Berlin | 10.08.2022 | English Translation of Opusculum 159 Public awareness for civil society is mushrooming in Germany as everywhere. When the new federal government […]