Scientific Advisory Board and Board of Trustees

Scientific Advisory Board and Board of Trustees

With the scientific advisory board and the board of trustees, the Institute’s directorate benefits from two committees that are in a position to observe and evaluate the Institute’s academic performance from an external perspective. The scientific advisory board is populated by scholars from in- and outside Germany who evaluate the Institute’s academic activities. The board of trustees, by contrast, is composed of representatives from politics, business and the media; its task is to promote the Institute's contact with the public and foster connections with parties having an interest in the Institute's research.

Scientific Advisory Board

The Institute possesses a scientific advisory board whose most significant task is evaluating the academic work of the Institute and on this basis advising the Institute leadership as to the planning and achievement of research projects. Additionally, the advisory board consults with the presidents of the Max Planck Society in respect of the academic progress made by the Institute. The scientific advisory board comprises internationally recognised scholars from in and outside Germany who possess expertise across the Institute's research spectrum. Nominated by the Institute leadership, the members of the advisory board are appointed by the presidents of the Max Planck Society. Advisory boards are constituted for a six year term of office. The current members are as follows:

  • Prof. Dr. Jacco Bomhoff, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
  • Prof. Dr. Vivian Curran, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh
  • Prof. Dr. Nina Dethloff, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Jacques du Plessis, Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University
  • Prof. Dr. Anatol Dutta, Juristische Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • Prof. Dr. Susan Emmenegger, Institut für Bankrecht, Bern
  • The Right Honourable Lord Patrick Stewart Hodge, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, London
  • Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger, Lehrstuhl für Deutsches und Europäisches Privatrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Universität Würzburg
  • Prof. Dr. Salvatore Patti, Patti Avvocati & Rechtsanwälte, Rom
  • Prof. Dr. Andrés Recalde, Derecho Privado, Social y Económico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Prof. Dr. Karsten Thorn, Lehrstuhl Privatrecht V, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Torggler, Institut für Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien

Board of Trustees

The Institute's board of trustees undertakes to promote the Institute's contact with the public and, moreover, to foster the Institute's connection with the individuals and organisations for whom the Institute's research carries particular interest. The board and the Institute leadership confer on the significant results of the Institute's research work as well as its development and perception in the community. The board of trustees consists of prominent representatives from Institute-relevant arenas of society, politics and media. Board members are proposed by the Institute leadership and named to a six-year term by the presidents of the Max Planck Society; repeated appointments are possible. The current members are as follows:

  • Erika Andreß, ehem. Präsidentin Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht, Hamburg
  • Dr. Barbara Bludau, Rechtsanwälte Pöllath + Partners, München
  • Dr. Verena Brandt, Notariat Spitalerstraße, Hamburg
  • Corinna Budras, Wirtschaftskorrespondentin Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Lado Chanturia, Richter am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, Straßburg
  • Katharina Fegebank, Zweite Bürgermeisterin und Senatorin in der Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke, Hamburg
  • Anna Gesche Lydia Gallina, Senatorin in der Behörde für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz, Hamburg
  • Dr. Anna-Maria Karl, Director Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH, Stuttgart
  • Jakob Kleefass, Esche Schümann Commichau, Hamburg
  • Prof. Dr. Doris König, Vizepräsidentin des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, Karlsruhe
  • Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Leiter der Abt. für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin
  • Dr. Holger Otte, BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg
  • Prof. Dr. Vasilios Skouris, ehem. Präsident des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, Luxemburg
  • Dr. Jan Tolkmitt, Richter am Bundesgerichtshof, Karlsruhe
  • Marc Tully, Präsident des Hanseatischen Oberlandesgerichts, Hamburg
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