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Prof. emer. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Renate Mayntz
Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
Research Interests
- Theories of society/social systems
- Political institutions, policy development and implementation
- Development of science and of technology, relationship between science and politics
- Transnational structures and "global" governance
Current Work
- Types of theoretical statements in the analysis of social macro-phenomena, concepts of social mechanisms
- Interaction of internal (push) and external (pull) factors in the development of basic research
- Institutionalization of political counselling
- Legal and criminal transnational structures, international organizations and "global governance"