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Administrative bodies

Executive

The highest-level administrative body of the Institute for Advanced Studies is the Executive. It has the following ex officio members:
The President of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Prof. Dr. Werner Müller-Esterl
The Executive Director of the Werner Reimers Foundation, Wolfgang R. Assmann, RA [lawyer]
The Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Prof. Dr. Spiros Simitis
The District Chief Executive (Landrat) of the Hochtaunus District Authority, Ulrich Krebs
The Mayor of the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Michael Korwisi


Scientific Directorate

The Scientific Directorate draws up the Institute’s research programme. It comprises the following members of Frankfurt University, who are also Permanent Fellows of the Institute:
Prof. Dr. Spiros Simitis (Law), Chair of the Scientific Directorate, Director
Prof. Dr. Heinz Drügh (History of Literature and Aesthetics)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Political Science and Philosophy)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther (Law)
Prof. Dr. Hille Haker (Moral Theology and Social Ethics)


Scientific Advisory Committee

Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee:
Prof. Dr. Axel Honneth (Philosophy), Director of the Institute of Social Research, Frankfurt am Main
Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee:
Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Ammann (History of Art), former Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Johannes Fried (History), Frankfurt University
Prof. Dr. Wolf Lepenies (Sociology), Permanent Fellow and former Rector of the Berlin Wissenschaftskolleg [Institute for Advanced Study]
Prof. Dr. Wolf Singer (Brain Research), Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Michael Stolleis (Law), Director of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff (Psychology), University of Konstanz