Scientific Advisory Board
BIGSSS has established a Scientific Advisory Board to support its long-term institutional development. The Advisory Board evaluates the work of BIGSSS and acts as a think-tank for future developments.
The Scientific Advisory Board encompasses 8 scientists from the core disciplines of BIGSSS.
The members of our Scientific Advisory Board are:
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker
Managing Director
Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law;
Honorary Professorship
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Research Interests: Public Law, Social Law
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Anton C. Hemerijck
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Research Interests: Comparative Welfare State Studies
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Katharina Holzinger
Professorship for International Politics and Conflict Studies
University of Konstanz
Research Interests: Intrasocietal Conflicts, Communicative Procedures of Conflict Resolving, Negotiation Theory
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Martin Kohli
Professorship for Sociology
European University Institute Florence
Research Interests: Life Course, European Social Structures, Welfare State Theory
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich K. Preuß
Professorship for Public Law and Politics
Hertie School of Governance
Member of the State Constitutional Court of Bremen
Research Interests: Constitutional Law, Political Theory
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Norbert Schwarz
Professorship for Psychology and Marketing
University of Michigan
Research Interests: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Studies of Emotion
Further information can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Karen Shire
Professorship for Sociology and Japanese Studies
University of Duisburg
Research Interests: Labour Organization, Information Services, Gender and Labour
Further information can be found here.