Boards of Trustees

Boards of Trustees

The Max Planck Society depends on the acceptance of the public and its willingness to support research. The Boards of Trustees of the Max Planck Institutes promote mutual understanding and convey the awareness that science is indispensable and part of our society.

Networking within the scientific community is not everything. Rather, a scientific organization has to reach out and promote the acceptance of its work. People want to know what drives the researchers, how they arrive at their results and what questions are on the agenda for the next stage.

The members of our Boards of Trustees act as liaison between the Max Planck Society with its Institutes and the public – they are advocates for the Institutes and their concerns. Assuming a key role as ambassadors, they foster positive interaction with the scientific and social environment of the Institutes and the Max Planck Society.

Our Trustees are personally committed to the success principle of independent research. Their voluntary work and their role as intermediaries are just as beneficial to the scientific community as they are to the public who wishes to share in the results.

Excellent research requires outstanding commitment: the Max Planck Society is grateful to its Trustees. Only in this way can science be successful.

 

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2024 Discussion Forum of the Trustees

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At the invitation of President Cramer and Secretary General Schwanitz

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to the annual network meeting of the Trustees of the MPIs,

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some fifty members of the Boards of Trustees met on December 4th 2024

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in the historic lecture hall ruin on the Charité campus in Berlin.

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After a presentation on science policy by the Secretary General,

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the President's interview on the topic of AI and ethics

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with Anne-Marie Nussberger from the MPI for Human Development

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broadened the basis for the subsequent discussion in the Plenary Session.

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The Trustees were extremely interested in both

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the current concerns and pressing needs of the MPG and

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the highly topical research of the junior scientist.

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In line with the wishes of the President and the Secretary General,

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the meeting provided a rich exchange of ideas

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with the distinguished guests from a wide range of backgrounds.

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After all, as much as science must be organized autonomously,

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it is just as important for the MPG not only to provide information

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to the public, but also to actively engage in a lively dialogue

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and to assume social responsibility. In this context,

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the Boards of Trustees of the MPIs are indispensable,

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as their members gain insight into the research and provide feedback.

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Following the discussion forum, Arturo Zychlinsky,

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Managing Director of the neighboring MPI for Infection Biology,

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invited interested Trustees to join him for a tour of the Institute

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and to exchange ideas with the researchers there over lunch.

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We thank all participants for their time and loyalty!

List of Boards at our Max Planck Institutes and associated facilities

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Board of Trustees Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Selforganization

Board of Trustees Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Physics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance

Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

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