Scientific Advisory Board 2010-2022

The members of the Advisory Board, each appointed for a term of six years, are appointed by the President of the Max Planck Society. The task of the Advisory Board is to advise the directors and staff of the Institute by carrying out regular evaluations and critically assessing the work of the Institute in order to ensure high international quality. In addition, the Advisory Board advises the Institute and the President of the Max Planck Society on innovative developments in the Institute's research activities and on the use of its resources. The members of the Advisory Board for the entire period from 2010 to 2022 have included:

Prof. Talal Asad, City University of New York, Graduate Center

Prof. Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Florence

Prof. Neil Brenner, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

Prof. Craig Calhoun, London School of Economics and Political Science

Prof. José Casanova, Georgetown University, Department of Sociology

Prof. Matthew Engelke, Columbia University

Prof. Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology

Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Université de Montréal, Faculté de droit

Prof. Vincent Goossaert, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

Prof. Virginie Guiraudon, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris

Prof. Lily Kong, National University of Singapore, Department of Geography

Prof. Will Kymlicka, Queen’s University, Department of Philosophy, Kingston, Ontario

Prof. Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, Department of Sociology

Prof. Richard Madsen, University of California at San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

Prof. Douglas Massey, Princeton University, Department of Sociology

Prof. Peter Niesen, Hamburg University

Prof. Alejandro Portes, Princeton University, Department of Sociology

Prof. Joel Robbins, University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Prof. Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, Department of Sociology

Prof. Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern California, USC Gould School of Law

Prof. Leti Volpp, University of California at Berkeley

Prof. Mary Waters, Harvard University, Department of Sociology