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.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board 2026
Top row, from left to right: Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller, Prof. Dr. Martin Storksdieck, Prof. Dr. Susanne Metzger, Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht, Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg, Prof. Dr. Carsten Schulte, Prof. Dr. Stefan Ufer
Bottom row, from left to right: Prof. Dr. Martina Rau, Ute Debold, Prof. Dr. Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Dr. Birgit Pikowsky, Prof. Dr. Steffi Pohl
Not on the photo: Alexander Kraft, Prof. Dr. Insa Melle
Members
- Prof. Dr. Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA (Chair)
- Prof. Dr. Insa Melle, TU Dortmund University (Vice Chair)
- 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. Susanne Metzger, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Dr. Birgit Pikowsky, Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz
- Prof. Dr. Steffi Pohl, Freie Universität Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Martina Rau, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Schulte, Paderborn University
- Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht, FernUniversität in Hagen
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Ufer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Prof. Dr. Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin