The Scientific Advisory Board , Date: 2025.09.01, format: Article, area: Authority

The Scientific Advisory Board at the Federal Office offers advice and support for the research carried out by the Research Centre at the Federal Office. The committee was formed in 2005 and has a multi-disciplinary membership, composed of recognised academics.

Members of the Board are appointed for three years, and the appointment may be extended once only. The Scientific Advisory Board meets twice per year.

The responsibilities of the Scientific Advisory Board

• Specialist recommendations on research concepts and research priorities
• Providing support in theoretical and methodological questions related to migration and integration research, as well as in evaluating the results of the work
• Promoting cooperation with researchers and research facilities covering the same and neighbouring areas of knowledge, as well as with practitioners
• Advising on identifying new areas of research and in discussing new methodological developments

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board

• Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym (Chairman of the Advisory Board), member of the German Council of Economic Experts and Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law, University of Konstanz
• Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling, member of the Expert Council, Professor of Sociology, University of Mannheim
• Prof. Dr. Annette Korntheuer, Professor of Theory-Practice Transfer and Social Entrepreneurship, Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski, Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Institute for Sociology, University of Münster
• Prof. Dr. Antje Röder, Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Institute for Sociology, Philipps University of Marburg

• Prof. Dr. Jasper Tjaden, Professor of Applied Social Research and Public Policy at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam