Renate Mayntz

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Renate Mayntz (born 28 April 1929,

sociologist. She was director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies,[1]
and is now director emerita.

Biography

Mayntz studied in the

Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer and the University of Cologne before founding, in 1984, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.[2] In 1999, she won the Schader Award, Germany's highest accolade for a social scientist,[3] and in 2004 she was awarded the Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis.[2]

Her areas of research include social theory, management policy, development and application of policies, the development of technology, science and the development of science and policy, and transnationals and the structures of transnational governance.

References

  1. ^ Greenhouse, Steven (12 August 1989). "Europeans Unite to Compete With Japan and U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis 2004 geht an Renate Mayntz und Fritz W. Scharpf". Uni.protokolle.de. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Schader-Preis 2011 an Jan Philipp Reemtsma". Juraforum.de. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

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