Aladin El-Mafaalani is a sociologist and professor of migration and educational sociology at TU Dortmund University and a member of the SFB 1604 ‘Production of Migration’ at IMIS at the University of Osnabrück. Among other things, he advises the Federal Youth Board of Trustees and the NRW Ministry of Family Affairs on issues relating to Muslim civil society. He was previously a professor in Osnabrück and Münster, head of the integration department at the NRW Ministry and a teacher in Ahlen. He studied in Bochum, obtained his doctorate there and published numerous academic works, including eleven books - several of them bestsellers, such as The Integration Paradox, The Education Myth and Why Racism? He has received numerous awards for his research and public work, including the Federal Cross of Merit and the German Sociological Association's Award for Public Effectiveness. He has been active at Keuning.haus since 2016, including as a presenter of Talk im DKH and Pentagon.