Scientific Advisory Board

The role of the Scientific Advisory Board is to advise the Directors and staff members of the Institute. The Board evaluates the work of the Institute every three years. They make recommendations, and signal whether changes in Institute activities are called for. All members of the Scientific Advisory Board are internationally recognized scientists. They are appointed by the President of the Max Planck Society. The current members of the Scientific Advisory Board are:

Prof. Maria-Giovanna Merli (CHAIR), Professor of Public Policy and Sociology and a member of the Duke Global Health Institute, USA

Prof. Jane Falkingham, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor of Demography and International Social Policy, Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton, UK

Prof. Filiz Garip, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University, USA

Nico Keilman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway

Prof. Adrian Raftery, Professor of Statistics and Sociology, and Adjunct Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, USA

Dr. Diego Ramiro Fariñas, Demographic Dynamics Research Group, Department of Population Studies, Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography, Center for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Prof. Leo van Wissen, Professor of Economic Demography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands