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Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board has the task of critically monitoring and promoting the scientific activities and development of the Institute. It does this by issuing statements based on the documents provided and through discussions with the management and employees, which may also contain recommendations for the further development of the Institute and for the consideration of desirable aspects.

In particular, it has the task of

1) to advise the Director General of the Foundation on medium-term research and development planning as well as on national and international collaborations

2) to comment on the draft programme budget and make recommendations on the use of resources

3) to support the Board of Trustees in the recruitment of management staff and in important decisions on the further development of the Foundation

4) to evaluate the research, service and consulting performance of the individual work units at regular intervals in dialogue with the management and scientific staff, if necessary with the involvement of external experts

5) to report to the Board of Trustees on the evaluation.

 

Composition

The Scientific Advisory Board currently (as of June 2022) consists of the following persons

Prof. Dr Arne W. Nolte, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, University of Oldenburg
Prof. Dr Susanne Dobler, Deputy Chair, University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr Netta Dorchin, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Dr Ronald Jenner, Natural History Museum, London
Prof. Dr Eva Knop, Agroscope - Schweizer Forschung für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Umwelt & Universität Zürich, Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften
Prof. Henry Sauermann, Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance, ESMT Berlin
Dr Violaine Nicolas-Colin, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Dr Katrin Vohland, Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr Andreas Wanninger, University of Vienna

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