Board of Directors
The FRIAS Board of Directors manages the scientific and organizational affairs of the institute. The three scientific directors represent different areas of responsibility (Humanities; Social and Behavioral Sciences; and Natural and Life Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering). The directors are appointed by the Rectorate.
Since October 2022, the Board of Directors has consisted of the following individuals:
Administration
The FRIAS Administration is responsible for managing the funding programmes, supervising the fellows, organizing activities at the institute, and overseeing general administration. It is headed by Managing Director Dr. Annette Doll.
The tasks of the FRIAS Administration include:
Events & Housemanagement
Administrative Services
Fellow Service
Communications & PR
Young Academy for Sustainability Research
Funding Programmes
Freiburg Postdoctoral Academy
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee oversees the work of the institute and the FRIAS Board of Directors.
It makes recommendations to the FRIAS Board of Directors and the Rectorate of the university on fundamental issues relating to the long-term development of FRIAS. It is made up of five external and nine internal members, including representatives of the faculties and research centers, students, and early-career researchers. The Steering Committee meets once a year.
The Steering Committee consists of the following individuals:
| Internal university members | |
| Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit | Professor of Forestry and Environmental Policy and Vice-President for Internationalisation and Sustainability |
| Prof. Dr. Class Lahmann | Professor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy |
| Prof. Dr. Johanna Pink | Professor of Islamic Studies and the History of Islam |
| Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte | Professor of English Literature | Vice-Speaker of the DFG Graduate School 2571 Empires |
| Prof. Dr. Manfred Jung | Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Vice-Spreaker of the CRC 992 Medical Epigenetics |
| Dr. Sarah May | Interim Professor Institute of Cultural Analysis / European Ethnology |
| Lea von Berg | Doctoral student representative |
| Members external to the university | |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther | Professor for Macromolecular Materials and Systems, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | Chair FRIAS Scientific Advisory Board |
| Prof. Dr. Jens Stove | Bielefeld University Faculty of Engineering Genome Informatics | Managing Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University |
| Prof. Dr. Gerd Folkers | Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ETH Zurich | President of the Swiss Science Council |
| Dr. Anke Beck | Managing Director, IntechOpen London |
| Dr. Enno Aufderheide | Former Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) advises FRIAS on scientific matters and is the central selection committee for the FRIAS funding programmes. It is made up of eleven internationally renowned academics from various disciplines who are not members of the University of Freiburg. The Scientific Advisory Board ensures that FRIAS maintains the highest academic quality standards in its research programmes and selection procedures. The members of the SAB are appointed by the Senate of the UFR for a period of three years.
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of the following individuals:
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther (Chair FRIAS Scientific Advisory Board) | Professor for Macromolecular Materials and Systems, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| Prof. Dr. Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb | Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge |
| Prof. Dr. Beate Rössler | Professor of Ethics, University of Amsterdam |
| Prof. Dr. Jens Ivo Engels | Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, University of Darmstadt |
| Prof. Dr. Petra Mutzel | Professor of Computer Science, University of Bonn |
| Prof. Dr. Damaris Nübling | Professor of German Historical Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| Prof. Dr. Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodriguez | Professor of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Prof. Dr. Anke Becker | Professor of Microbiology, Philipps University of Marburg |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Butter | Professor of American Literary and Cultural History, University of Tübingen |
| Prof. Dr. Clémence Ledoux | Associate Professor of Political Sciences, Nantes University |
| Prof. Dr. iur. Sabine Gless | Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, University of Basel |
Kuratorium
The Kuratorium advises the FRIAS Board of Directors and establishes contact with potential partners and sponsors. Members of the Kuratorium are individuals from politics, business, and science who have special ties to the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and the University of Freiburg. They support FRIAS in executing its tasks and contribute to boosting its public impact.
The Kuratorium consists of the following individuals:
| Dr. Bernd Bruchmann | Director of JONAS (Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems) at BASF |
| Dr. h.c. Klaus Endress | President of the Board of Directors of Endress + Hauser AG; Honorary Senator of the University of Freiburg |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Frankenberg | Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting of the Dieter-Schwarz-Foundation |
| Prof. Dr. Stefan Hiermaier | University Professor for Sustainable Engineering Systems; Coordinator of the Sustainability Performance Center of the five Fraunhofer Institutes in Freiburg and the University of Freiburg |
| Jeffrey A. Himmel | Former CEO of “The Artco Group”; President of the Friends of Freiburg North America |
| Edith Sitzmann | Former Minister of Finance of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Michael von Winning | Member of the Board of the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation |
| Dr. Peter Wittig | Former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany; Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.; Senior Advisor Global Affairs at Schaeffler Group |