Since 2006, Ulrich Kober has held senior positions in the programs Integration (2006–2010), Integration and Education (2010–2020) and Democracy and Social Cohesion (as of 2021). He was responsible for the 2008 Carl Bertelsmann Prize on "Integration through Education" and the 2015 Reinhard Mohn Prize on "Fair Migration." He contributes his expertise to the State Integration Advisory Board in North...

Since October 2017, Miriam Kosmehl has been working as Senior Expert in the Europe Program of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, focusing on Eastern Europe. Previously, she headed the Ukraine and Belarus Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom for five years. Before that, she spent nine years as a project manager and consultant for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in the...