Scientific advisory board

The scientific advisory board advises the directorate and the foundation board on academic and technical matters, supports connections with institutions dealing with the same scientific matters at home and abroad and carries out regular appraisal of the institute's wo

The members of the scientific advisory board are:

• Prof. Dr. Ernst Berg
  University of Bonn
• Prof. Dr. Michael Grings
  Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
• Prof. Dr. Michael Kirk
  University of Marburg
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Kirschke (Vice Chairman)
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Koester
  Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Prof. Dr. Ewa Rabinowicz
  Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics (SLI), Lund (Sweden)
• Prof. Dr. P. Michael Schmitz (Chairman)
  Justus Liebig University Gießen
• Prof. Dr. Johan Swinnen
  Katholike Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)