Jürgen Dusel is a lawyer and Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Relating to Persons with Disabilities during the 19th parliamentary period. He has previously served in Brandenburg as Regional Commissioner for Matters Relating to Persons with Disabilities. Since completing his first and second state law examinations, his work has included serving as head of the Department for Inclusivity at the Brandenburg State Office for Care and Social Provision and as head of the Department for Regulation and Accommodation under the Brandenburg Mental Health Act. He himself is severely visually impaired since birth.

Katja Gimpel has worked since 2017 as part of the History of the Site team for the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, and acted as project manager for the creation of the inclusive publication on the Humboldt Forum. She has previously worked as an editor, been responsible for the implementation of a variety of cultural projects, and has worked in the field of communication of the sciences. She studied cultural and German studies at Leipzig University, majoring in cultural history.

Jonas Hauer is a pianist, accordion player, and a composer and arranger of music. Blind since the age of two, by the age of five he had already begun experimenting with the piano and other instruments. He graduated in piano studies from the Universität der Künste Berlin in 2005, and has since worked both as a solo artist and across Germany with bands and ensembles playing in a variety of musical styles.

Ariane Jeßulat studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin, where she has been teaching music theory since 2015. Since the late 1980s, she has performed contemporary and traditional repertoire as a pianist and singer in the experimental music ensemble die maulwerker, founded by Dieter Schnebel.

Friedrun Portele-Anyangbe is a historian, an expert in Jewish studies, and an intercultural trainer. Since 2005, she has been working as a facilitator at various Berlin museums. Since 2015, her main focus has been on the development and implementation of accessibility and inclusion. She acts as an adviser for numerous institutions, including currently acting as external consultant for the four partners at the Humboldt Forum.

Christine Rieger studied Art Education in Dresden and has worked as an art teacher for many years, while also becoming more familiar with other fields in the sciences. Visually impaired herself, she has for many years been involved as a freelancer and volunteer in facilitating access to art and culture for blind and visually impaired people. Her areas of expertise are guided tours, workshops and audio description for adults and children. Particular career highlights include collaborating on the Art With All Your Senses project at the Berlinische Galerie, and her project entitled Meeting Art with children from the Johann-August-Zeune-Schule, as well as her collaboration on the Humboldt Forum’s inclusive publication.