Steering Committee

During the third period from 2021 and 2024, the Steering Committee was composed as follows:

• Academic directors Prof. Robert Weibel ( 1/2021 - 12/2024 ), Prof. Johannes Kabatek ( 4/2023 - 12/2024 ), Prof. Barbara Sonnenhauser ( 2/2021 - 3/2023 ), Prof. Elisabeth Stark (1/2021)
• Representatives for the Research areas: Prof. Marie Luis Merten, Prof. Carlota de Benito Moreno
• Representative for the Language and Space Lab: Dr. Tanja Samardzic
• Representative for the area Dissemination: Dr. Peter Ranacher
• Representative for the promotion of young scientists: Prof. Ross Purves
• Representative for the Linguistic Research Infrastructure: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer

Members of the Steering Committee in previous periods:

• Academic directors Prof. Elvira Glaser ( 1/2023 - 7/2018), Prof. Heiko Hausendorf ( 1/2013 - 7/2019), Prof. Elisabeth Stark ( 8/2018 - 1/2021)
• Representatives for the Research areas: Prof. Volker Dellwo, Prof. Johannes Kabatek, Dr. Elisa Pellegrino, Prof. Ross Purves, Prof. Elisabeth Stark, Prof. Paul Widmer
• Representatives for the Language and Space Lab / Linguistic Laboratories: Dr. Curdin Derungs, PD Dr. Wolfgang Kesselheim, Dr. Peter Ranacher, PD Dr. Tanja Samardzic
• Representatives for the promotion of young scientists: Prof. Daniel Schreier, Prof. Christa Dürscheid
• Representatitives for young scientists: Dr. Hanna Ruch, Dr. Christoph Hottiger, Dr. Kristina Eiviler

• scientific and strategic planning
• coordination of the scientific program and planning of important events
• initiation of national and international cooperations
• responsibility for quality assurance (evaluation of the progress and targets)