The NIAS Directorate installs an Academic Advisory Board (AAB) which has the task of advising the NIAS Directorate on the selection procedure and to rank applicants, on which basis the NIAS Directorate makes decisions about the allocation of fellowships.
Members of the Academic Advisory Board are:
- Professor Halleh Ghorashi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sociology (chair)
- Dr. Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki, University of Essex, Critical race, class, gender and sexuality
- Professor Sven Dupré, Utrecht University, History and Art History
- Dr. Verónica Gago, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Labor, neoliberalism and feminism
- Dr. Timo Makori, Maastricht University, Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development
- Professor Joyashree Roy, Asian Institute of Technology, Economics
- Prof Pablo Valdivia Martin, University of Groningen, Cultural Studies