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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
  • Prof. Dr. Anke Holler, Vice President of Göttingen University
  • Dr. Jürgen Holm, Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • Dr. Valérie Schüller, Vice President of Göttingen University

Members of the Max Planck Society

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
  • Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
  • Prof. Dr. Erwin Laure, Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Garching
  • Matthias Quade, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen

Chairman

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen

Deputy Chairwoman

  • Prof. Dr. Anke Holler, Vice President of Göttingen University

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)
  • Dr. Christian Kluth, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Sciences
  • Dr. Heiko Liesegang, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics
  • Prof. Dr. Guido Mensching, Facutly of Humanities
  • Markus Remmers, IT Department - Information Technology and Information Management (UNI-IT)

Members of the Max Planck Society

  • Reiner Dirksmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
  • Dr. Denny Fliegner, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
  • Andreas Ißleiber, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
  • Sonja Lux, General Administration of the Max Planck Society, Munich
  • Matthias Quade, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
  • Jonathan Schulz, Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), Munich
  • Dr. Christoph Schwittek, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
  • 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

  • Matthias Quade, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen