The council of Die Junge Akademie is an advisory body committed to support the Academie's work. The members of the council are appointed for three years. It is their purpose to provide Die Junge Akademie with valuable feedback and ideas, to issue advice and critique on matters concerning interdisciplinary scientific work, and to support the projects that aim to bring together science, politics, economy and culture.
Current Council Members
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
President of Justus Liebig University Giessen
President of the German Academic Exchange Service
Dr. Anna-Lena Scholz
Journalist and Editor Wissen department at DIE ZEIT weekly newspaper
Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy
Head of Chair
Chair for Modern Art History
Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und historische Urbanistik
TU Berlin
Prof. em. Dr. Peter Strohschneider
LMU Munich
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas Voßkuhle
Director of the Institute for Staatswissenschaft & Philosophy of Law
Department of Law, University of Freiburg
former President of the German Federal Constitutional Court
Former Council Members
2019 - 2022
Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger
Prof. Dr. Christoph Möllers
Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy
Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
Prof. Dr. Peter Strohschneider
Prof. Dr. Hildegard Westphal
2016 - 2019
Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger
Prof. Dr. Julia Fischer
Jürgen Kaube
Prof. Dr. Rainer Maria Kiesow
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner
Prof. Dr. Christoph Möllers
Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
2013 - 2016
Prof. Dr. Julia Fischer
Jürgen Kaube
Prof. Dr. Rainer Maria Kiesow
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner
Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin, Staatsminister a.D.
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
2009 - 2013
Prof. Dr. Lorraine Daston
Prof. Dr. Wolf Lepenies
Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin
Prof. Dr. Pierre Rosenberg
Prof. Dr. Helmut Schwarz
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
2005 - 2008
Prof. Dr. Lorraine Daston
Helga Dierichs, M.A.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl
Nele Hertling
Prof. Dr. Wolf Lepenies
Prof. Dr. Renate Mayntz
Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel
Prof. Dr. Jens Reich
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Zäh
2002 - 2005
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hirzebruch
Dr. Luca Marighetti
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman
Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny
Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Dr. Ulrich Raulff
Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Reemtsma
Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Singer
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller
