Renate Mayntz is a German

Germany

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 sociologist. She was director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies is a German social-science research institute within the Max Planck Society located in Cologne. Established in 1985, it was initially headed by sociologist Renate Mayntz , followed by political scientist Fritz W...

, and is now director emeritus.

Biography

Mayntz studied in the United States

United States

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, and in 1957 received her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin

Free University of Berlin

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. She taught at the Deutsche Hochschule für Veraltungswissenschaften Speyer and the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...

 before founding, in 1984, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies is a German social-science research institute within the Max Planck Society located in Cologne. Established in 1985, it was initially headed by sociologist Renate Mayntz , followed by political scientist Fritz W...

. In 1999, she won the Schader Award

Schader Award

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, Germany's highest accolade for a social scientist, and in 2004 she was awarded the Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis.

Her areas of research include social theory

Social theory

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, management policy, development and application of policies, the development of technology, science and the development of science and policy, and transnationals

Multinational corporation

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 and the structures of transnational governance

Transnationality

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.

External links

• Renate Mayntz page at Max Planck Institute