Board of Trustees

As a supervisory body the Board of Trustees appoints, advises, and supervises the Executive Board and the scientific department heads of GESIS. All affairs and arrangements of fundamental significance that exceed the ordinary course of business require the prior consent of the Board of Trustees.

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer acts as Chairwoman and Dr. Katharina Pijnenburg as Deputy Chairwoman of the GESIS Board of Trustees.

Members entitled to vote according to §7, section 1, letters a) and b) of the GESIS Statutes
Dr. Katharina Pijnenburg Representative of the Federal State	Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) Ref. 426: Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften Heinemannstraße 2 53175 Bonn	Website
Martina Ritter Representative of the Land Baden-Württemberg	Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg	Website
Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst Representative of the Land North Rhine-Westphalia	Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen	Website
Members entitled to vote according to §7, section 1, letter c) of the GESIS Statutes
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer Chairwoman of the GESIS Board of Trustees	TU Dresden Institut für Politikwissenschaft Professur für Politische Systeme und Systemvergleich Bergstr. 53 01062 Dresden	Website
Prof. Dr. Marc Keuschnigg	Linköping University	Website
Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz	Universität Regensburg	Website
Members entitles to vote according to §7, section 1, letter d) of the GESIS Statutes
Prof. Dr. Thomas Grund	RWTH Aachen University	Website
Prof. Dr. Eldad Davidov	Universität zu Köln	Website
Prof. Dr. Jutta Mata	Universität Mannheim	Website
Prof. Dr. Annette Schnabel	Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf	Website
Guests with an advisory capacity according to §7, section 5, letters a)-c) of the GESIS Statutes
Dr. Nina Steinweg Representative of the General Works Council of GESIS	GESIS	Website
Prof. Dr. Marius Busemeyer Chair of the User Advisory Board	Universität Konstanz	Website
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kittel Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board	University of Vienna	Website

Members entitled to vote according to §7, section 1, letters a) and b) of the GESIS Statutes

Members entitled to vote according to §7, section 1, letter c) of the GESIS Statutes

Members entitles to vote according to §7, section 1, letter d) of the GESIS Statutes

Guests with an advisory capacity according to §7, section 5, letters a)-c) of the GESIS Statutes