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 programme 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, CA
Prof. Geoffrey M. Hodgson
University of Hertfordshire, Hertford Herts, United Kingdom
Prof. Stephan Leibfried
Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik
Prof. Richard Münch
Universität Bamberg
Prof. Jonas Pontusson
Princeton University, Department of Politics, Princeton, NJ
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, CA
Prof. Geoffrey M. Hodgson
University of Hertfordshire, Hertford Herts, United Kingdom
Prof. Stephan Leibfried
Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik
Prof. Richard Münch
Universität Bamberg
Prof. Jonas Pontusson
Princeton University, Department of Politics, Princeton, NJ
Prof. Manfred G. Schmidt
Institut für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. David Stark
Columbia University, Department of Sociology, New York
Prof. Philippe Steiner
Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), Maison de la Recherche, Centre d'études sociologiques de la Sorbonne (CESS)
Prof. Richard Swedberg
Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Prof. Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Institut für Management
Institut für politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. David Stark
Columbia University, Department of Sociology, New York
Prof. Philippe Steiner
Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), Maison de la Recherche, Centre d'études sociologiques de la Sorbonne (CESS)
Prof. Richard Swedberg
Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Prof. Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Institut für Management