Contributions to Policy Advice
The responsibilities of Forschungszentrum Jülich include making research findings available to political committees and decision makers, thus providing them with options for successfully tackling social challenges. This is particularly important in fields where drastic changes or rapid technological progress give rise to questions concerning the consequences for society and the environment. Examples are climate change as well as progress in neuroscience and information technology. Forschungszentrum Jülich undertakes these tasks in diverse ways on the regional, national, and European level.
Overview of activities at Forschungszentrum Jülich (selection, alphabetically according to committee).
The activities listed here comprise contributions to policy advice through committees and councils established by political organs.
Furthermore, there are a number of other activities such as participation in academies.
Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich – Member
The Council's scope of work is the strategic development of a contemporary infrastructure for access to scientific Information. This is an area of rapid change in technology, requiring systemic and institutional adaptation, as well as international cooperation.
Website: http://www.rfii.de/en/home/
German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)
The German Council for Sustainable Development is an advisory body mandated by and reporting back to the German Federal Government and has developed the Sustainability Code. It fulfils the obligation to submit reports to the EU and is internationally compatible. The Council is a recognized control instrument for corporate sustainability and incorporates the United Nations Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and ISO 26000.
http://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/en/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations
Jülich scientists from the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7) were involved as reviewers in the fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report summarizes the findings of world climate research and presents them in a suitable form for political decision makers, indicating options for action, and the possible consequences.
Dr. Rolf Müller, Dr. Martina Krämer (Reviewers)
http://www.ipcc.ch/
http://www.de-ipcc.de/de/200.php
Contributions to Policy Advice Academies (Selection, in alphabetical order)
German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
Prof. Katrin Amunts, Director at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine – Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain (INM-1)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich - Member of the Topic Network Biotechnology and Bioeconomy
Prof. Rainer Waser, Director at the Peter Grünberg Institute, Electronic Materials (PGI-7)
Prof. Martin Winter, Director at the Helmholtz-Institut Münster (HI MS) and at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-12)
Prof. Wolfgang Wiechert, Director at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Biotechnology (IBG-1) – Member of the Topic Network Biotechnology and Bioeconomy
Prof. Matthias Wuttig, Director at the JARA Insitute Energy-efficient information technology (PGI-10)
The German National Academy of Science and Engineering aims to promote sustainable prosperity through innovation. Its work focuses on four core areas: scientific recommendations and statements, transfer of expertise and networking between science and industry, promotion of young scientists and engineers, and representing the interests of scientists and engineers at the international level.
http://www.acatech.de/uk
National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Prof. Karl Zilles – JARA senior professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine – Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain (INM-1) – Member
The Leopoldina was appointed as the German National Academy of Sciences in 2008. In this capacity, it represents the German scientific community in international committees and speaks out on social and political questions, providing a nonpartisan, factual framework for discussion.
https://www.leopoldina.org/en/leopoldina-home/
North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Prof. Harry Vereecken, Director at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3) - Member of the Class for Science and Medicine
Prof. Rainer Waser, Director at the Peter Grünberg Institute, Electronic Materials (PGI-7) - Member of the Class for Engineering and Economy
Prof. Karl Zilles – JARA senior professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine – Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain (INM-1) – Member of the Class for Science and Medicine
The Academy promotes an exchange of scientific and artistic ideas amongst its members and with representatives of politics, industry, and the arts, as well as encouraging contacts with scientific and artistic institutions and scientists and artists in Germany and abroad. It advises the government of North Rhine-Westphalia on the promotion of science and the arts.
Website: http://www.awk.nrw.de