Prof. Dr. Renate Mayntz
Emeritus Director and Founding Director
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-206
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-206
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
Personal homepage
Research Interests
theories of society/social systems; political institutions, policy development and implementation; development of science and of technology, relationship between science and politics; transnational structures and "global governance"Research Projects
Selected Publications
Crisis and Control: Institutional Change in Financial Market Regulation (Ed.). Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2012Über Governance: Institutionen und Prozesse politischer Regelung. Frankfurt a.M.:
Campus, 2009
Akteure - Mechanismen - Modelle: Zur Theoriefähigkeit makro-sozialer Analysen (Hg.). Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2002
Gesellschaftliche Selbstregelung und politische Steuerung (hg. Mit F.W. Scharpf). Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 1995
Die Handlungsfähigkeit des Nationalstaats bei der Regulierung der Finanzmärkte. Leviathan, 38, 2, 175-187 (2010)
Mechanisms in the Analysis of Social Macro-Phenomena. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 34, 2, 237-259 (2004)
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Vita
| since 1997 | Research on several topics including global structures and macro-social phenomena at the MPI for the Study of Societies |
| 1997 | Retirement |
| 1985 | Founding Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne |
| 1973-1985 | Full Professor of Sociology, University of Cologne |
| 1971-1973 | Full Professor of the Sociology of Organization, School of Public Administration, Speyer |
| 1965-1971 | Full Professor of Sociology, Free University of Berlin |
| 1960-1965 | Lecturer, Free University of Berlin |
| 1958-1959 | Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1957 | Postdoctoral lectureship status (habilitation), Free University of Berlin |
| 1953-1957 | UNESCO Institute of Social Research, Cologne |
| 1953 | Doctorate in sociology, Free University of Berlin |
| 1950 | BA, Wellesley College (USA) |
Professional Activities (Selected)
Member of the Steering Committee for Research Focus on "Knowledge for Decision Making: Research on the Relationship between Science, Government and the Society," German Federal Ministry for Education and ResearchInterdisciplinary working group on "The Role of Scientific Advice in Modern Democracies," Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Scientific Advisory Board, Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (Institute for Studies in Science and Technology), Bielefeld University
Awards and Honors (Selected)
2010: Innovation Award of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for her life’s work2008: Ernst Hellmut Vits Award from the Society for the Advancement of the University of Münster
2006: Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding scholarly performance from the German Sociological Association
2004: Bielefeld Science Award, jointly received with Fritz W. Scharpf
1999: Schader Prize, awarded by the Schader Foundation in Darmstadt
1977, 1979, 2002: Honorary Doctorates from the University of Uppsala, the University of Paris X - Nanterre and the European University Institute in Florence
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences