Senate Committee for Research and Graduate Development

TERM OF OFFICE
Members of the Senate Committee for Research and Graduate Development are elected for a term of three years (current term of office 01.01.2020 – 30.09.2022, whereas elected representatives from the group of doctoral candidates are elected for a term of one year.

MEMBERS
Vice President of Research and Graduate Services (chairman)
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kranemann

Four professors, one from each faculty and, if applicable, one substitute professor from the respective faculty
Prof. Dr. Oliver Himmler, Deputy: Prof. Dr. Oliver Kessler (Stawi)
N.N., Deputy: Prof. Dr. Julia Knop (KTF)
Prof. Dr. Frank Domahs, Deputy: Prof. Dr. Kai Brodersen (Phil)
Prof. Dr. Bernadette Gold, Deputy: Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinbrink (Ewi)

One professorial representative of the Max-Weber-Kolleg
Prof. Dr. Markus Vinzent

One representative of the ESE
Prof. Dr. Petra Kirchhoff

One respresentative of the speaker of the Graduate Centres
Prof. Dr. Bettine Menke

One representative of the Gotha Research Library or the Gotha Research Centre
Dr. Markus Meumann

Two representatives from the group of academic staff
Dr. Nadine Böhme
Dr. Asuman Lätzer-Lasar

One representative from the group of doctoral candidates
Holger Futterleib

The head of the Research and Graduate Services (advisory)
Margrit Elsner

The faculty manager of the four faculties and the MWK are invited as permanent guests of the committee. 

Expert opinions are obtained within the university for applications and funding measures. Consultation and decision-making are also organized within the university. These procedures must be conducted in a fair and transparent manner for both the experts and those being evaluated. Biases, which can never be excluded within a university, should be reduced to a minimum. The guidelines for avoiding conflicts of interest should contribute to this (only available in German).