Management Board

Statutory, the Executive Board of the IRS consists of the Director as Chairman, his scientific deputy and the Head of Administration. The Director manages and represents the Institute and conducts day-to-day business in the scientific field. The scientific deputy only exercises their office on the Board in the event of a vacancy in the Director's position or if the Director is prevented from doing so. The administrative management conducts the day-to-day business of the administration and is responsible for the budget in accordance with the Brandenburg state budget code. The management of the Executive Board is subject to the resolutions of the General Assembly and the approved program budget.

• Development and implementation of the long-term strategy
• Development of medium-term research programme and preparation of the annual program budget
• Maintenance and safeguarding of cultural assets of the Scientific Collections
• Human resource management
• Performing budgetary, cash and accounting duties, in particular the preparation of the draft business plan
• Reporting on the institute’s activities to the General Assembly
• Preparation of the General Assembly’s meetings and responsibility for the implementation of the General Assembly’s decisions
• Cooperation with universities and colleges, research organisations and other national and international organisations