Home Society of Friends and Former Associates of the MPIfG Vorstand Society of Friends and Former Associates of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Executive Board Prof. Dr. Birgit Apitzsch Ruhr-Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. Simone Leiber University of Duisburg-Essen Prof. Dr. Daniel Mertens University of Osnabrück Prof. Dr. Sascha Münnich Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) Prof. Dr. Susanne K. Schmidt University of Bremen Founding Members Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Jürgen Lautwein former Administrative Director of the MPIfG Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Renate Mayntz Founding Director of the MPIfG Prof. em. Dr. Dr. Fritz W. Scharpf Direktor emeritus at the MPIfG Prof. Dr. Uwe Schimank University of Bremen, BIGSSS Prof. Dr. Volker Schneider University of Konstanz, Lehrstuhl Materielle Staatstheorie Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Streeck Direktor emeritus at the MPIfG