Renate Mayntz
Renate Mayntz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Renate Pflaum 28 April 1929 Berlin, Germany |
| Other names | Renate Mayntz-Trier |
| Spouse | Hann Trier |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Technical University of Berlin Wellesley College Free University of Berlin |
| Thesis | Die formale und die informale Organisation in Betrieben und ihre Wechselbeziehungen (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Stammer |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Columbia University Free University of Berlin Speyer University University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
Renate Mayntz (née Pflaum) (born 28 April 1929), also known as Renate Mayntz-Trier, is a German sociologist and a pioneer of organizational sociology in Germany. She was the director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies from 1985 to 1997, and is now director emerita.