General Assembly

The General Assembly decides on all fundamental issues of the institute. It sets the guidelines of the IRS’s activities and supervises the Management Board.

• Review and approval of research programme and yearly reporting
• Decision on the yearly budget proposal
• Approval of annual financial statement and decision granting discharge to the Management Board
• Appointment of Director
• Appointment of the members of the Scientific Advisory Board
• Decision on changes in the institute’s statutes and on the liquidation of the institute

• Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, represented by Department Head Steffen Weber (Chair)
• Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development, and Construction, represented by Division Head Anne Keßler (Deputy Chair)
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning of the State of Brandenburg, represented by Division Head Dr. Jürgen Neumüller
• State Chancellery of the State of Brandenburg, represented by Division Head Dr. Georg Dybe
• Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, represented by President Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande
• University of Potsdam, represented by Vice President for Research, Young Academics, and Equal Opportunities Prof. Dr. Barbara Höhle
• European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), represented by Vice President for Research and Career Development Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Passoth
• Technical University of Dortmund, represented by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann
• Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing Berlin, represented by Dr. Katja Adelhof
• Prof. em. Dr. Rudolf Schäfer (personal member)
• Prof. Peter Zlonicky (honorary member)

• Chair of the IRS Scientific Advisory Board
• IRS Executive Board
• Representative of IRS scientific staff