OUR GOVERNANCE
Each Max Planck School is steered by outstanding scientists as Speakers and supported by a coordination office that is responsible for the program implementation and administration of the respective School. Issues concerning all Max Planck Schools are discussed by the general committees.
A Steering Committee headed by the President of the Max Planck Society and the President of the German Rectors' Conference supports the Schools’ strategic development. The Committee consists of three representatives each from the participating universities, the Max Planck Society and the non-university research organizations Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association and Leibniz Association.
The following experts currently support the Max Planck Schools as members of the Steering Committee:
- Walter Rosenthal, German Rectors' Conference (Chair)
- Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Society (Chair)
- Anita Schöbel, Fraunhofer Society
- Michael Backes, Helmholtz Association
- Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Society
- Jan-Michael Rost, Max Planck Society
- Ulrich Rüdiger, RWTH Aachen
- Anja Steinbeck, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Society
- Ulrike Cress, Leibniz Association
- Georg Krausch, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Jochen Zachgo, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Joachim Hornegger, FAU Erlangen
The Task Force, consisting of two Deans, the Speakers of the Max Planck Schools, and the coordination teams complements the work of the Steering Committee. The Task Force serves as a forum to discuss operational questions and exchange general information between the Schools. The Task Force is headed by one representative of the Max Planck Society and one representative of the universities, the so called Deans of the Max Planck Schools. Currently, Joachim Hornegger, President of the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Jan-Michael Rost, Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, are appointed as Deans.
