The Scientific Advisory Board may offer advice with or without being requested, and it forms an important forum for the institute. The board meets at least once a year or as often as the chair and two other members deem necessary.
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board are:
- Professor Halleh Ghorashi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sociology (chair)
- Professor Sven Dupré, Utrecht University, History and Art History
- Dr. Timo Makori, Maastricht University, Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development
- Prof Pablo Valdivia Martin, University of Groningen, Cultural Studies