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Organization

Shareholders

Federal Republic of Germany, Land Berlin

Board of Trustees

Chair:
Ulrich Schüller
Deputy Chair:
Dr. Jutta Koch-Unterseher

Advisory Board

Chair:
Prof. Peter J. Katzenstein Ph.D.

Academic Council

Chair:
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger Ph.D
Spokesperson:
Sascha Kneip

Management

President
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger Ph.D.
Managing Director
Heinrich Baßler

Education, Work, and Life Chances

Research Unit
Skill Formation and Labor Markets
Director:
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Research Group
Public Health
Head:
Prof. Dr. Rolf Rosenbrock
Project Group
Demography and Inequality
Head:
Prof. Dr. Anette Eva Fasang
Research Unit
Inequality and Social Integration
Acting Head:
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger Ph.D.
Dr. Ulrich Kohler
Project Group
National Educational Panel Study: Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning
Heads:
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze
Dr. Reinhard Pollak (on parental leave)

Markets and Politics

Research Unit
Market Behavior
Director:
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Kübler
Research Professorship & Project
The Future of Fiscal Federalism
Research Professor:
Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad
Research Unit
Economics of Change
Director:
Prof. Dr. Steffen Huck

Society and Economic Dynamics

Research Unit
Cultural Sources of Newness
Director:
Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter
Project Group
Globalization, Work, and Production
Head:
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jürgens
Research Group
Science Policy Studies
Head:
Dr. Dagmar Simon
Project Group
Modes of Economic Governance
Head:
Sigurt Vitols, Ph.D.

Civil Society, Conflicts, and Democracy

Research Unit
Migration, Integration, Transnationalization
Director:
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Research Unit
Transnational Conflicts and International Institutions
Director:
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Research Professorship
Structural Problems of Liberal Political Systems
Research Professor:
Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf
Rule of Law Center
WZB Rule of Law Center
Managing Head:
Prof. Dr. Mattias Kumm
Schumpeter Junior Research Group
Position Formation in the EU Commission
Head:
Dr. Miriam Hartlapp
Research Unit
Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges
Director:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel
Research Professorship
Rule of Law in the Age of Globalization
Research Professor:
Prof. Dr. Mattias Kumm
Research Professorship
Theory, History and Future of Democracy
Research Professor:
Prof. John Keane
Emmy Noether Junior Research Group
Immigration Policies in Comparison
Head:
Dr. Marc Helbling
Project Group
Civic Engagement
Head:
Dr. sc. Eckhard Priller

Bridge Projects

Bridge Project
The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism
Heads:
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Bridge Project
Recruitment Behavior of Companies in Vocational Training and Labor Markets
Heads:
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Kübler
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Bridge Project
Cultural Framing Effects in Experimental Game Theory
Heads:
Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Kübler

Research at President

Project Group at the President
Head:
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger Ph.D.

Deputy Managing Directors

Research Area Education, Work, and Life Chances:
Christoph Albrecht

Research Area Markets and Politics:
Babette Hagemann

Research Area Society and Economic Dynamics:
Christian Rabe

Research Area Civil Society, Conflicts, and Democracy:
Editha von Colberg

Presidential Department:
Dr. Lisa Hamacher

Presidential Department

Head of the Presidential Staff:
Dr. Julia Stamm

Boards

Officer
Jessica Haase

Academic Service

Library and Research Information
Sebastian Nix
Information and Communication
Dr. Paul Stoop
IT Coordination
Peter Rindfuß
Data Management
Dr. Roland Habich

Administration

Personnel and Legal Matters:
Frank Ottens
Finance and Accounting
Technics I:
Ursula Noack
Technics II:
Thomas Schuh

Works Council

Chair:
Axel Tröster-Grönig

Equal Opportunity Commissioner

Anke Geßner

Ombudsperson

Dr. Maria Oppen

Data Protection Commissioner

Dr. Roland Habich

Representative for Disabled Employees

Ralf Künster

Security Commissioner

Thorsten Blunk