Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board, made up of researchers and policymakers from outside the IPN, advises the Institute on principles for its academic research, with particular regard to its medium-term research planning, and conducts regular evaluations of the IPN's research and its outcomes.

Scientific Advisory Board 2025
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board 2025

Top row, from left to right: Prof. Dr. Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Prof. Dr. Martina Rau, Dr. Birgit Pikowsky, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Nagengast, Prof. Dr. Martin Storksdieck
Bottom row, from left to right: Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller, Prof. Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst, Prof. Dr. Claudia von Aufschnaiter, Prof. Dr. Carsten Schulte, Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht, Alexander Kraft, Ute Debold, Prof. Dr. Insa Melle

Members

  • Prof. Dr. Benjamin Nagengast (Chairman), University of Tübingen
  • Prof. Dr. Claudia von Aufschnaiter (Deputy), University of Gießen
  • Ute Debold, Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Alexander Kraft, Ministry of General Education and Vocational Training, Science, Research and Culture of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
  • Prof. Dr. Thisbe K. Lindhorst, Kiel University
  • Prof. Dr. Insa Melle, TU Dortmund University
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dr. Birgit Pikowsky, Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz
  • Prof. Dr. Martina Rau, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. Carsten Schulte, Paderborn University
  • Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht, FernUniversität in Hagen
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Ufer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
  • Prof. Dr. Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin