The Annual General Meeting of NEPS
The main body of the NEPS network is the “Annual General Meeting of the National Educational Panel Study”. It convenes once a year and consists of the members of the LIfBi Board of Directors, the signatories of the Network Charter, and elected staff representatives. At the center of consultations held by the AGM is the long-term strategic orientation of NEPS as well as plans for the research and service design of NEPS, which the Director presents to the Scientific Advisory Board for a statement and to the Board of Trustees for resolution.
Members of the Annual General Meeting with voting rights are:
a) The members of the LIfBi Board of Directors,
b) all NEPS network partners from the University of Bamberg that have signed the Network Charter,
c) all NEPS network partners from cooperation partners outside the University of Bamberg that have signed the Network Charter,
d) and elected staff representatives,
e) and the Department Heads of LIfBi.
The NEPS Network Committee
The NEPS Network Committee holds strategic discussions on current and medium-term questions regarding the research and service activity of NEPS. It also deals with contentious issues in connection with the implementation of the research and service planning of NEPS.
The Network Committee consists of:
- The members of the LIfBi Board of Directors,
- the elected Chairperson of the NEPS Annual General Meeting as well as his/her deputy,
- elected representatives of the network partners, as well as
- elected staff representatives.
In the 8th Meeting of the Annual General Meeting on February 8, 2021, the Chairpersons of the AGM were newly elected:
- Chairman: Prof. Dr. Olaf Köller, IPN Kiel
- Vice Chairman: Prof. Dr. Yvonne Anders, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
These two persons preside over the AGM, issue invitations, and conduct proceedings. Furthermore, in their capacity as Chairperson of the AGM they are automatically also on the Network Committee of the National Educational Panel Study.
In the 8th Meeting of the Annual General Meeting the following persons were elected to be on the Network Committee:
- Prof. Dr. Silke Anger, IAB Nürnberg
- Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert, WZB Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Guido Heineck, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Kristen, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
- Prof. Dr. Nele McElvany, TU Dortmund
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Weinert, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
NEPS Full Staff Meeting
Members with voting rights of the Full Staff Meeting of the NEPS Network are all LIfBi-external and LIfBi-internal employees that are actively engaged in NEPS. The Full Staff Meeting elects for the duration of three years three staff representatives
who are members of the Annual General Meeting and of the NEPS Network Committee:
a) Two representatives (as well as two deputies) from among the members of staff actively engaged in NEPS and employed by LIfBi in Bamberg, with one of whom taking over the role as chair by mutual consent.
b) One representative (as well as one deputy) from among the members of staff actively engaged in NEPS employed by NEPS cooperation partners.
The following persons were elected as NEPS staff representatives in Summer 2022:
NEPS Staff Representatives LIfBi
- Representatives: Manja Attig (Chair) & Anika Bela
- Deputies: Ariane Würbach & Christoph Homuth
NEPS Staff Representatives Cooperation Partners
- Representative: Cindy Fitzner
- Deputy: Paul Fabian