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.