Advisory Board
The Advisory Board Board advises the Institute Leadership on the fundamental orientation of the Institute, the research programme, the further integration into the Helmholtz Association's Program-oriented Funding (PoF), on the appointment of Fellows and the orientation of transdisciplinary and transformative policy and societal advice, and on cooperation with national and international institutions. The Advisory Board bears substantial responsibility for ensuring the quality of scientific work at the RIFS.
Members
Dr. Jörg Cortekar
Deputy Director and Head of Department Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) at Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
Prof. Frances Fahy
Established Professor of Geography, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, University of Galway
Dr. Jörg Mayer-Ries
Former Head of Division “Cross-sectoral and Sustainability-related Strategic and General Aspects of Environment, Strategic Foresight, Citizen Participation”, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Prof. Dr. Hermann E. Ott
Senior Consultant on International Environmental Policy & Law and Practicing Lawyer (Environmental Law)
Prof. Dr. Mira Pöhlker
Professor for Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics at Leipzig University and Department lead at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Prof. Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
