Bertelsmann Foundation
| Bertelsmann Foundation | |
|---|---|
| founded in the year | 1977 |
| City | Gütersloh |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/ |
| Legal form | Stiftung des Privatrechts |
| address | Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 256, 33311 Gütersloh |
| founder | Reinhard Mohn |
| number of employees | 349 |
| Virtual Networks A "Virtual Network" is a group of Think Tanks identified by certain semantic and normative (ideological) commonalities (e.g. climate change scepticism). Such a virtual network constitutes a research field that differs from the study of formal networks. Formal networks are real in the sense of officially acknowledged and immediately open to empirical validation. Virtual networks on the other hand display shared ideas. Social network analysis tools can be applied to find out if or to what extent virtual networks are real networks that display linkages (membership in networks, personnel, resources etc.). Unconnected think tanks in turn can be considered special cases in need of explanation independent from network structures (unless we have to assume invisible, hidden or covered ties). | Public Health |
| Last revision | 11.10.2016 |
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Organizational Structure and Funding
Address
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 256, 33311 Gütersloh
People
Executive board
People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).
- Aart Jan De Geus, CEO
- Henning Vom Stein, Leader Brussels Office
Staff
People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.
- Christian Ebel, Project Manager
- Kathrin Bock-Famulla, Senior Project Manager
- Hannah Amsbeck, Project Manager
- Catrin Dreßler, Senior Project Assistant
- Silke Hansberg, Senior Project Assistant
- Thorsten Hellmann, Project Manager
- Andrea Fürchtenicht, Project Manager
- Kerstin Elkmann, Assistant
- Sarah Fischer, Junior Professional
- Bianka Certa, Project Assistant
- Kerstin Große-Wöhrmann, Project Manager
- Sabine Donner, Senior Project Manager
- Maria Droop, Press Office
- Sabine Feige, Project Assistant
- Tanja Becker, Project Assistant
- Alexandra Dordevic, Program Assistant
- Heike Beyer, Project Assistant
- Marita Bussieweke, Senior Project Assistant
- Sabrina Even, Program Assistant
- Gunvald Herdin, Project Manager
- Katharina Beine, CRM-Manager
- Christina Brickenkamp, Program Assistant
- Jörg Habich, Senior Project Manager
- Anja Fiese, Library
- Sandra Deppe, Project Assistant
- Manuela Barisic, Project Manager
- Katharina Einhaus, Project Assistant
- Monika Diaz, Project Assistant
- Najim Azahaf, Senior Project Manager
- Armando García Schmidt, Senior Project Manager
- Katharina Gnath, Senior Project Manager
- Julia Behrens, Project Manager
- Stefanie Henning, Project Manager
- Nicole Adams, Program Assistant
- Lena Dreblow, Clerk
- Martina Böttcher, Project Manager
- Berk Cokkorkmaz, IT System Administrator
- Marion Grote-Westrick, Senior Project Manager
- Sabine Dzeya, Finance and Tax
- Sabine Fornefeld, Senior Project Assistant
- Gaelle Beckmann, Program Assistant
- Andreas Grau, Project Manager
- Katharina Bilaine, Project Manager
- Julia Aus der Wiesche, Project Manager
- Katharina Braun, Finance and Tax
- Michael Burke, Finance and Tax
- Ina Döttinger, Project Manager
- Bernhard Bartsch, Senior Expert
Advisory board
People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)
- Liz Mohn, deputy chairperson
Supervisory board
People supervising the Think Tank (mainly in economic questions).
- Werner J. Bauer, Chairman Supervisory Board
- Liz Mohn, Deputy Chairman Supervisory Board
Experts
Experts are not permanently employed at the Think Tank. They are paid for contract research when their expertise is needed. Some Think Tanks call a database of hundred or even more experts their own.
- Thomas Freidrich, CRM Manager
- Klaus-Henning Groth, Senior Vice President "Corporate Communications"
- Frank Frick, Director Programm für Lebenslanges Lernen
- Stefan Empter, Senior Director Sustainable Business
- Mieke J. Eyckerman-Kölln, Vice President Event Management
- Stefan Etgeton, Senior Expert
- Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, Director Program Europas Zukunft
- Andreas Esche, Director Sustainable Business
The Bertelsmann Foundation employs around 350 employees from which 185 are working in the project management field.
Budget
- Budget 2014: 937,000,000€: '"`UNIQ--ref-00000181-QINU`"'
Working mode, goals
"The Bertelsmann Stiftung was founded in 1977 based on the conviction of our founder, Reinhard Mohn, that Germany was not doing enough to consider the growing competition between the globe's various social and economic systems. We therefore concentrate on developing solutions capable of addressing challenges in range of societal sectors and, at the same time, ensuring the continuity of Germany's political, economic and social structures. In doing so, we consider what has proven successful in other countries and we strive to balance research findings with experience in the field." [1]
Cooperations with Think Tanks
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)
- Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
- Friends of Europe
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Atlantic Council
- Transatlantic Economic Council
Think Tanks that claim to cooperate with the Bertelsmann Foundation
While the section above shows Think Tanks the Bertelsmann Foundation claims to cooperate with, the list below shows Think Tanks that claim to cooperate with the Bertelsmann Foundation. NONE
Topics
We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.
- Education
- social issues
- Social Policy
- Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Democracy
- Demography
- Health and Consumer Policy
- Economic Research
- Economic Policy
- Economic Cooperation
- Economy
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Labour Market
- International Trade/Globalization
- Business
- Taxation
Semantic Fields
What we call here a semantic field is the idea to categorize think tanks in a two level system. The first levels are so called 'Virtual Networks' and the second are the semantic fields. Accordingly every semantic field entered here has to be attached to a virtual network. If you would like to follow a special phenomenon among think tanks please contact us and we are going to add a new virtual network. Semantic fields are topics that promote a virtual network. Lets take climate change as an example: 'climate change skeptics' is the virtual network and 'adaption instead of mitigation' would be one possible semantic field.
- ' (Public Health): [2]
References