The Scientific Advisory Board meets every two years to
evaluate the institute. Every six years, the regular
evaluation is augmented by an expanded one. A small
committee of experts from inside and outside the Max
Planck Society is appointed to conduct the expanded
evaluation.
Several Max Planck institutes
working in related fields are put together in "research
fields," which are then compared with research
institutions in Germany and abroad that are working in
related fields as well. The institutes' results are
compared as are the funds spent to achieve them.
MPIfG Scientific Advisory Board
In January 2009 the following scholars were chosen to constitute
the scientific advisory board of the MPIfG. Appointed by the
president of the Max Planck Society for a 6-year term, they
advise the institute's directors on issues affecting the
research program and evaluate the institute's research output
for the president of the Max Planck Society.
Prof. Nicole W. Biggart
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis
Prof. Geoffrey M. Hodgson
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Prof. Stephan Leibfried
Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen
Prof. Richard Münch
Universität Bamberg
Prof. Jonas Pontusson
Department of Politics, Princeton University
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis
Prof. Geoffrey M. Hodgson
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Prof. Stephan Leibfried
Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen
Prof. Richard Münch
Universität Bamberg
Prof. Jonas Pontusson
Department of Politics, Princeton University
Prof. Manfred G. Schmidt
Institut für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. David Stark
Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York
Prof. Philippe Steiner
Centre d'études sociologiques de la Sorbonne (CESS), Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
Prof. Richard Swedberg
Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca
Prof. Jörg Sydow
Institut für Management, Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. David Stark
Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York
Prof. Philippe Steiner
Centre d'études sociologiques de la Sorbonne (CESS), Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
Prof. Richard Swedberg
Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca
Prof. Jörg Sydow
Institut für Management, Freie Universität Berlin