Scientific advisory board
The Scientific Advisory Board has been established by the President of the Max Planck Society. Its role is to counsel the Institute’s Directors and staff members, to provide regular evaluations and to critically assess the Institute’s work by way of assuring it is of high international quality. The Board also advises the Institute and the President of the Max Planck Society on the innovative development of the Institute’s research activities and deployment of its resources.
Prof. Rainer Bauböck (European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences)
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. Virginie Guiraudon (Sciences Po, Centre d'études européennes)
Prof. Vincent Goossaert (École doctorale 472 Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités)
Prof. Michèle Lamont (Harvard University, Department of Sociology)
Prof. Richard Madsen (University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy)
Prof. Peter Niesen (Hamburg University)
Prof. Joel Robbins (University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology)
Prof. Nomi Stolzenberg (University of Southern California, USC Gould School of Law)
Prof. Leti Volpp (University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall)