The Council is the institutional centre of the Academy and is led by the President. Its tasks are centered on the scientific work of the Academy. It consists of: the members of the Board, up to fifteen scientific members, the spokespersons of the interdisciplinary research groups and initiatives, and three chairs of the commissions responsible for the long-term projects, as well as the Rapporteurs on Academy Policy and the spokespersons of the research staff, each with advisory status.

The Council decides on the Academy’s programme of scientific work and on matters of scholarly principle. This includes:

• Decisions on the creation, extension and ending of research groups and their organisation.
• Decisions on the creation, extension and ending of long-term projects and their organisation
• Activation of the Committee for Academy Projects
• The establishment and announcement of prizes
• Proposals for selection of new members, election of new members

Members of the Council

Jutta Allmendinger, Ralph Bock, Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Holger Dobbek, Olaf Dössel, Matthias Drieß, Thomas Elsässer, Julia Fischer, Eva Geulen, Annette Grüters-Kieslich, Peter Hegemann, Bernd Hillemeier, Bernhard Jussen, Thomas G. Kirsch, Wolfgang Knöbl, Martin Korte, Gudrun Krämer, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Ulrike Kuhlmann, Max Löhning, Hans Jürgen Maier, Philip Manow, Christoph Markschies (Vorsitzender), Birgit Meyer, Christoph Möllers, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Dagmar Schäfer, Dörte Schmidt, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Britta Siegmund, Thomas Sikora, Matthias Steinmetz, Markus Stommel, Anita Traninger, Gerhard Wagner, Markus Willaschek, Michael Zürn

Academic policy rapporteur

Ortwin Renn, Christine Windbichler

Spokespersons of the Research Staff

Ulrike Jansen, Ulrich Päßler (with advisory status)