Wissenschaft im Dialog

Administrative structure and committees

The Administrative office

Wissenschaft im Dialog is a non-profit organisation. The board is made up of the group of associates and the steering committee. The initiative is based in Berlin.

The Group of Associates

The presidents and heads of the science organisations involved in the organisation are represented in the group of associates, which lays down the guidelines of Wissenschaft im Dialog’s work and meets at least once a year.

The Steering Committee

Representatives of the science organisations, one each from the Stifterverband and the Federal Ministry of Research and Education and the committee president make up the steering committee. It determines the organisation’s activities and supports the management in realising these activities. It generally meets three times a year. The Committee members are:

Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer (Chairman)
University of Bremen

Cornelia Quennet-Thielen
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry for Education and Research

Dr. Andreas Schlüter
General Secretary of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
(Donors’ Association)

Prof. Dr. Matthias Kleiner
President of German Research Foundation (DFG)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Bullinger
President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek
President of the Helmholtz Association

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
President of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)

Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss
President of the Max Planck Society

Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Mayer
President of the Leibniz Association

Beate Spiegel
Managing Director Klaus Tschira Stiftung

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Marquardt
Chairman of the German Council of Science and Humanities

Dr. Thomas Gräbener
President of the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF)

Prof. Dr. Günter Stock
President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)

Prof. Dr. Bruno O. Braun
Chairman of German Federation of Technical and Scientific organisations (DVT)

Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schultz
President of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors (GDNÄ)

Committee guests:

Dr. Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Head of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung