Doctoral student: David Arn, lic.phil. (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)
Projekttitel: Verbrechen oder Krankheit? Der iranische Mediendiskurs über Drogen und Drogenpolitik (1995–2000)
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplony

Doctoral student: Natalie Böhler, lic.phil. (Film Studies)
Project title: Der zeitgenössische thailändische Film
Second Advisor and responsible Participating Professor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Riemenschnitter

Doctoral student: Samir Boulos (Islamic Studies)
Projekttitel: European-protestant Missionary Institutions in Egypt (1900-1956): Locations of cultural Entanglement
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplony

Doctoral student: Laura Coppens, M.A. (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Project title: Representing the 'Queer Other' in Ethnographic Film: An experimental approach to intersectionality and identity politics of LBT women in Indonesia
Doctoral committee: Prof. Dr. Mareile Flitsch, Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein

Postdoc: Dr. Alfred Hirt (History)
Project title: Zwischen Orient und Okzident – Die kulturelle Transformation Phönikiens (1000 v.Chr. – 500 n.Chr.)
Responsible Participating Professor: Prof. Dr. Christian Marek

Doctoral student: Rohit Jain, lic.rer.soc. (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Project title: Translokale Subjektivierungsprozesse bei Inderinnen und Indern der zweiten Generation aus der Schweiz
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Shalini Randeria

Doctoral student: Nikola Kosmatopoulos (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Project title: Governing Conflict: Expert networks in Lebanon and beyond
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Shalini Randeria

Doctoral student: Rita Krajnc, lic.phil. (Indian Studies)
Project title: «Indianness» in the works of Hindi author Mṛdulā Garg: The main female character as «Western imitation» or «authentic Indian role model»?
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angelika Malinar

Postdoc: Dr. Urs Müller (Geography)
Project title: Wege aus dem Natur-Kultur-Dualismus? Natur- und Naturschutzvorstellungen in Modellvorhaben eines integrierten "Naturschutzes" in Europa und Asien

Postdoc: Dr. Britta Ohm (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Project title: The Meaning of Turkey: Negotiations of the Secular and the Islamic on Commercial Turkish Television
Zuständige Fachvertreterin: Prof. Dr. Shalini Randeria

Postdoc: Dr. Henning Sievert (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)
Project title: Imperial Reign in Libya: Processes of Negotiating Local and Translokal Acteurs in Osmanic and Italian Contexts (1870-1922)

Doctoral student: Marco Vitale, lic.phil. (History)
Project title: Eparchie and Koinon in Asia Minor from the End of the Roman Republic to the Third Century AD
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Marek

Doctoral student: Andreas Zangger, lic.phil. (History)
Project title: Fast money and enduring relationships: Swiss business in colonial Singapore and Sumatra, 1860-1930
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Fisch