Home People Directors Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Steven Vertovec Director of the Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity Office Prof. Vertovec Jutta Esser ☎ +49 (551) 4956 - 126 ℻ +49 (551) 4956 - 170 ✉ esser(at)mmg.mpg.de more Former Directors Prof. (Univ. of Toronto) Dr. Ayelet Shachar 2015-2020 Director of the Department of Ethics, Law and Politics ✉ ayelet.shachar@utoronto.ca more Prof. Dr. Peter van der Veer 2009-2021 Director of the Department of Religious Diversity ✉ vanderVeer(at)mmg.mpg.de more Emeriti / Former MPI for History Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hartmut Lehmann Emeritus scientific member Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Otto Gerhard Oexle († 2016) Emeritus scientific member