John Stuart Mill Institut für Freiheitsforschung

John Stuart Mill Institut für Freiheitsforschung
City	Heidelberg
Country	Germany
Website	http://www.hochschule-heidelberg.de/de/fakultaet-fuer-wirtschaft/john-stuart-mill-institut-fuer-freiheitsforschung/
address	Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 85
founder	Ulrike Ackermann
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).	Climate Policy Opposition
Last revision	10.09.2019
Presence of Think Tank affiliates in the various fieldsWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows in which fields the affiliates are present. Every presence is counted once.
People n = 8
Presences n = 11
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Think Tank,6 Business,1 Media,3 Politics,0 Academia,1 NGO,0 </pPie>
Kind of activities of Think Tank affiliatesWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows which kind of activities the affiliates conduct. Every presence is counted once.
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Author,1 Leader (CEO etc.),3 Consultant,1 Editor,2 Interviewee,1 Member,2 Participant,0 Lecturer,0 Employee,1 </pPie>

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Organizational Structure and Funding

Address

Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 85

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Ulrike Ackermann, Director

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Hand Jörg Schmidt, Manager

Advisory board

People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)

• Michael Zöller

• Gerhard Schulze

• Detmar Doering

• Robert Nef

• Thomas Petersen

• Dominik Geppert, Lecturer at the University Bonn

• Friedhelm Hufen, Lawyer, Judge

• Ton Nijhuis, Director of the Deutschlandinstitut Amsterdam

• Karen Horn

• Edgar Wolfrum

• Theo Müller

Supporters/Sponsors

People or legal entities that either support the Think Tank with their reputation or with their money.

• Donaukurier Verlagsgesellschaft mbh & Co. KG
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
• Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS)
• Stiftung Erneuerbare Freiheit, Stiftung Ökonomischer Fortschritt
• Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation

Working mode, goals

the aim of the Institute is to remember freedom as the most precious good of western civilization

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.