ev. akademie zu berlin

What ev. akademie zu berlin does

Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin is a non-profit limited liability company (gGmbH) founded in 1999 that operates as a forum for public discourse on religious, political, social, economic, and ethical questions in Germany's capital. It is jointly owned by the two largest Protestant church bodies in Germany — the Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz (EKBO) and the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) — each holding shareholder status, and is tax-exempt as a charitable organization. The academy organizes an event-driven portfolio of conferences (Tagungen), symposia, forums, and online series across six thematic fields: democratic culture and education, religion and theology, peace and international affairs, medicine and nursing, economy and sustainability, and projects.

Its core offering consists of Veranstaltungen (events) hosted at its Berlin headquarters on Charlottenstraße, at the Französische Friedrichstadtkirche on Gendarmenmarkt, the Haus der EKD, and traveling venues including Breslau (Poland), Kreisau (Poland), and Leipzig. Notable program brands include the bimonthly newsletter Streitlust, the workshop format TROTZDEM!, the Bildstörungen project on antisemitism-critical pedagogy, the Netzwerk narrt and Netzwerk Sinti Roma Kirchen, the Feministische Bibelgespräche podcast, the Europäische Bibeldialoge initiative, and the 25-year-old Berliner Symposium zum Flüchtlingsschutz. The academy co-publishes the annual Friedensgutachten (Peace Report) with four German peace research institutes (PRIF, IFSH, INEF, bicc) and is a member of the Evangelische Akademien in Deutschland e.V. umbrella and Oikosnet Europe.

Commercially, the academy operates on an event-participation-fee model supplemented by church subsidies, project grants (e.g., from the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur), and donations, and holds a 33.33% minority stake in HOSPES Evangelisch Tagen GmbH. It has a stated headcount of 34 (including minor-employment staff), is led by Akademiedirektorin Dr. Friederike Krippner, and uses a conventional event-registration stack (Antrago, Matomo analytics, PayPal) with no proprietary technology platform. The organization markets through its website, social channels (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Bluesky), thematic mailing lists, and press partnerships with epd documentation.

Name

ev. akademie zu berlin

Legal name

Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin gGmbH

Website

https://eaberlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin is a non-profit Protestant forum in Berlin that organizes public conferences, symposia, and online dialogue series on religious, political, social, and ethical questions, jointly owned by the EKD and EKBO churches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult Civic and Religious Education

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Religious & Spiritual Festivals/Observances (Public Events) (MPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Adult civic education
• Public discourse forums
• Interdisciplinary conferences
• Religious dialogue events
• Political education seminars

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Event participation fees: Participants pay registration fees for events, which may include accommodation and catering. Fees are due at the start of the event unless otherwise specified in the event announcement. For Europäische Bibeldialoge, a two-week cancellation period applies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin is a non-profit educational institution that organizes public conferences, symposia, forums, debates, and dialogue formats on religious, political, social, economic, and ethical questions. It offers participants open and protected spaces for interdisciplinary discourse, combining Protestant theological perspective with contemporary civic, scientific, and cultural issues across six thematic fields (democratic culture and education, religion and theology, peace and international affairs, medicine and nursing, economy and sustainability, and projects). Events are held in-person in Berlin, online, hybrid, and through traveling study excursions.

Product overview

The Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin operates as an event-based educational institution offering a portfolio of programs, conferences, and dialogue formats centered on religious, political, and societal topics. Its core offering consists of Veranstaltungen (events) - public and protected discussion spaces for discourse on contemporary issues. The academy manages numerous thematic projects including TROTZDEM!, Bildstörungen, Netzwerk Sinti Roma Kirchen, Netzwerk narrt, Feministische Bibelgespräche (podcast), Europäische Bibeldialoge, the annual Berliner Symposium zum Flüchtlingsschutz, AG jüdisch und christlich, and the completed Theologisches Labor Berlin (TheoLab) and Kirche als Lernort der Demokratie projects. Communication services include the newsletter Streitlust. The organization functions as a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue rather than a traditional tech product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Streitlust: The academy's newsletter published every two months featuring events, topics, and people of the academy. Named after the Französische Friedrichstadtkirche dome.
• TROTZDEM!
• Bildstörungen
• Berliner Symposium zum Flüchtlingsschutz
• Netzwerk Sinti Roma Kirchen
• narrt
• Feministische Bibelgespräche
• Europäische Bibeldialoge
• AG jüdisch und christlich

Products and services

• Veranstaltungen (Events) Public and protected discussion spaces (conferences, forums, symposia, and debates) for discourse on contemporary political, social, ethical, and religious topics, offered to individuals and institutional participants in in-person, online, and hybrid formats.
• TROTZDEM! Workshop format addressing contemporary challenges such as climate change, growing inequality, and new wars in Europe, countering perspective- and courage-loss with defiance and hope.
• Bildstörungen Educational initiative focusing on antisemitism-critical pedagogical and theological practice, addressing subtle anti-Jewish imagery and stereotypes in everyday contexts.
• Berliner Symposium zum Flüchtlingsschutz
• Europäische Bibeldialoge
• Feministische Bibelgespräche
• AG jüdisch und christlich Jewish-Christian think tank since 1961 working to reflect on and process Jewish-Christian relationships and the history of exclusion and persecution of Jews.
• Newsletter Streitlust
• Friedensgutachten (Peace Report)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe EKD is one of two shareholders (Gesellschafter) of the Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin gGmbH, providing institutional backing and strategic alignment with the broader Protestant church in Germany. The academy contributes to EKD initiatives including the EKD-Friedenswerkstatt and peace ethics work.
• Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz (EKBO)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEKBO is the second shareholder of the academy. It provides regional support and co-funding, and the academy serves as a platform for the church's public theological and societal engagement in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
• Evangelische Akademien in Deutschland e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe academy is a member of the umbrella association of 16 Protestant academies in Germany, enabling exchange, shared projects, and coordinated programming across the network.
• Oikosnet EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe academy is a member of Oikosnet Europe, an ecumenical network of Christian academies and educational institutions across Europe, facilitating cross-border dialogue and cooperation.
• HOSPES – Evangelisch Tagen GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe academy holds a 33.33% stake in HOSPES, which operates the Evangelische Bildungsstätte on Schwanenwerder and the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus conference hotel in Berlin-Mitte.
• Stiftung Berliner MauercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner in the 'Kirche als Lernort der Demokratie' project (2023–2024), which examined the role of Protestant churches in the GDR as spaces for democratic processes. Joint events and knowledge-sharing on democratic education.
• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-DiktaturcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunder of the 'Kirche als Lernort der Demokratie' project. Provides financial support and content expertise on the history of the GDR and its processing.
• bicc – Bonn International Centre for Conflict StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four German peace research institutes that co-publish the annual Friedensgutachten (Peace Report). The academy co-hosted the 2026 Friedensgutachten presentation with these institutes.
• Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four German peace research institutes co-publishing the annual Friedensgutachten. Partner in the 2026 Friedensgutachten presentation hosted by the academy.
• Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden der Universität Duisburg-Essen (INEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four German peace research institutes co-publishing the annual Friedensgutachten. Partner in the 2026 Friedensgutachten presentation hosted by the academy.
• PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und KonliktforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of four German peace research institutes co-publishing the annual Friedensgutachten. Partner in the 2026 Friedensgutachten presentation hosted by the academy.
• Freya von Moltke Stiftung für das Neue KreisaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular cooperation partner for events related to the Kreisau circle, resistance against National Socialism, and democratic memory culture, such as the 'Wie man den Mut zum Widerstand findet' event.
• Stiftung 20. Juli 1944minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in events commemorating the German resistance against National Socialism, including joint events on the Kreisauer Kreis.
• Evangelische Akademie VilligstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of the Friedensgutachten 2026 presentation and other joint events, notably on peace ethics and international relations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Evangelische Akademie Villigst: A fellow Protestant academy in the same Evangelische Akademien in Deutschland e.V. network and co-host of the Friedensgutachten 2026 with the Berlin academy. Directly comparable in mission, target audience, event formats, and church backing structure.
• Evangelische Akademie Tutzing: Major Bavarian Protestant academy with similar conference programming, theological mandate, and church ownership model. Closest structural peer among the 16-member academy network, differing mainly in geographic focus.
• Evangelische Akademie Loccum: Lower Saxony-based Protestant academy operating a dedicated conference center with comparable event portfolio on peace, ethics, religion, and democratic culture. Functionally equivalent peer with overlapping thematic coverage.
• Katholische Akademie in Berlin: Catholic counterpart in Berlin and direct co-host of the 'Berlin wählt!' event with the Evangelical academy. Highly comparable in format and audience, differing only in denominational framing.
• Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart: Catholic academy in Stuttgart running comparable conference, dialogue, and adult-education programming on social, political, and theological themes. Operates with similar event-driven model and denominational parent sponsorship.
• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Federal foundation that funded the 'Kirche als Lernort der Demokratie' project and co-programs events on democratic education and GDR history. Operates comparable educational event programming and serves overlapping themes.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): Germany's federal political education agency with substantially larger scale and budget. Overlaps on the academy's democratic-culture-and-education programming and event formats, but operates as a government-funded national body rather than a church-sponsored academy.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: German political foundation affiliated with the Greens that runs extensive educational programming and conferences on democracy, sustainability, and international affairs. Overlaps with multiple academy thematic areas but as a much larger and politically positioned foundation.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: One of Germany's largest political foundations, running extensive conference programming on democracy, peace, and social policy that overlaps with multiple academy thematic areas. Much broader scale and party-affiliated mandate.

Emerging players

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP): Berlin-based foreign-policy think tank that hosts public events, conferences, and debates on international affairs. Overlaps with the academy's Frieden und Internationales thematic area, though it focuses on foreign-policy analysis rather than religious-ethical framing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/EvangelischeAkademiezuBerlin
• Facebookfacebook.com/evangelischeakademiezuberlin
• Instagraminstagram.com/eaberlin.de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evangelische-akademie-zu-berlin-ggmbh

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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