Stakeholder Advisory Board

		Dr. Peter Grabensberger City of Graz - Culture and Science Head of the Department for Culture and Science (Kulturamt)
		Dr. Thomas Hlatky GRAWE - Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung Head of the Material and Natural Risks Insurance Branch
		Dr. Birgit Strimitzer-Riedler Province of Styria - Science and Research Head of the Department A8-Science and Health
		Mr. Norbert Swoboda Kleine Zeitung - Editorial Office Science Lead Editor, Kleine Zeitung Science

Composition and Tasks

The Stakeholders Advisory Board is composed of four to six personalities from the location Graz/Styria, who are renowned for leadership in business and society and who hold an explicit interest in the topic climate and global change. It advises and supports the Wegener Center Management especially in the following areas:

Strategic institutional positioning of the Wegener Center at the location Graz/Styria and in Austria as a whole
Establishment and maintainance of research cooperations, know-how transfer and public relations at the location Graz/Styria and in Austria as a whole
Effective communications to decision-makers in policy, economy, media and society for fostering a strong and solid institutional standing at the location
Systematic bulid-up of a sustainable economic and corporate prosperity of the Wegener Center

The appointment and organisational guidance of the Stakeholders Advisory Board is done by the Wegener Center Director.