Menu About Us/Organization SHAREHOLDERS AND COMMITTEES Cookies and Tracking help us to give you a better experience on our website. Read More OK Organization Shareholders and Committees Management Groups Works Council Representatives Shareholders The GWDG is a joint institution of the University of Göttingen - Public Law Foundation and the Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., which thus constitute the two partners and are involved in equal parts. In 2005, the Land of Lower Saxony had transferred its share of the GWDG the Foundation University Göttingen. The GWDG has both a supervisory board and a user representative who perceive different tasks. Supervisory Board The supervisory board of the GWDG has to meet the rights and duties prescribed by the legislator, in particular monitoring and advising the management. The two shareholders each appoint up to four members to the Supervisory Board. The chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Deputy Chairman lead the two-year rotation by a representative of the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Society. The following persons are currently members of the Supervisory Board: Members of Göttingen University: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brück, Spokesman of the Board of the University Medical Centre Göttingen Dr. Jürgen Holm, Institute for Theoretical Physics Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau, Vice President of Göttingen University Dr. Valérie Schüller, Vice President of Göttingen University Members of the Max Planck Society: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz Dr. Petra Küster, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen Prof. Dr. Erwin Laure, Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Garching Chairman: Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau Deputy Chairman: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger User Representation Committee The user representation performs a variety of tasks according to the contract of association. These include the following in particular: It collects the detected requirements for data processing in research and administration of scientific institutes, proposes changes and updates of services offered by the GWDG and services and assesses them with the GWDG. The GWDG informs the user representation committee about planned applications of new IT technologies and new content and forms of services. The user representation committee can comment on this information and relays it to the users of its field. It consists of 20 members, half of whom are representatives for institutions of the Max Planck Society and Göttingen University, respectively. The user representation committee elects a chairman and a deputy chairman. The following persons currently belong to the user representation committee: Members of Göttingen University: Jascha Bohnet, Data Centre of Economic and Social Sciences (Economic Sciences / Social Sciences) Udo Burghardt, Institute of Computer Science (Mathematics/Computer Science) Martin Grodzki, Division 3-7 Information Technology (UMG-IT) Sabine Hohmann-Fricke, Deanery of the Faculty of Law, Professor of Criminology, Criminal Law and Penology (Law) Prof. Dr. Jürgen Holm, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Physics/Chemistry) Frank Klaproth, Göttingen State and University Library (SUB-IT) Prof. Dr. Guido Mensching, Facutly of Humanities Dr. Reinhold Meyer, Büsgeninstitut, Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Markus Remmers, IT Department - Information Technology and Information Management (UNI-IT) Maike Tech, Deanery of the Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Department for Bioinformatics (IMG) (Biology/Medical Center) Members of the Max Planck Society: Reiner Dierksmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen Dr. Denny Fliegner, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen Hans-Joachim Horn, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen Dr. Georg Kettmann, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen Benjamin Knoth, Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), Munich Dr. Petra Küster, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen Sonja Lux, General Administration of the Max Planck Society, Munich Bertram Smolny, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena Derk Wachsmuth, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön Dr. Norbert Winnige, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen Chairman: Dr. Jürgen Holm, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Göttingen Deputy Chairman: Dr. Petra Küster, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen About Us/Organization/Shareholders and Committees SERVICE HOTLINE +49 551 39-30000 / support@gwdg.de SUPPORT GWDG GWDG News Events Career Opportunities Terms and Conditions Service Catalog Account and Service Request Forms Offers New here? 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