Scientific Board
The OSC is directed by a board of five scientific members and managed by a managing director. The board is elected every two years by the members of the OSC at a general meeting. The board members are supposed to represent various disciplines.
The scientific board members for the current term (2025 - 2027) are:
- Dr. Sabine Hoffmann (Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology)
- Prof. Dr. Anna Sophie Kümpel (Media and Communication)
- Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Plesnila (Neuroscience, Speaker)
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Wuttke (Politics)
- Dr. Tobias Straub (Bio-Medical Center)
Managing director: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt (Psychology)
Past boards:
- 2023-2025: Board members: Prof. Dr. Niels Dingemanse (Evolutionary Biology, until 2024), Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig (Geography, Speaker until 2024), Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Plesnila (Neurosciences, Speaker from 2024), Dr. Sabine Hoffman (Medical Statistics), Prof. Dr. Alexander Wuttke (Politics)
Dr. Tobias Straub (Bio-Medical Center, since 2024); Managing director: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt - 2021-2023: Board members: Prof. Dr. Katrin Auspurg (Speaker; Sociology), Prof. Dr. Ralf Elsas (Economics), Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig (Speaker; Geography), Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Plesnila (Neurosciences), Dr. Julia Schulte-Cloos (Political Science, 2021-2022), Dr. Sabine Hoffman (Medical Statistics, 2022-2023). Managing director: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt
- 2019 - 2021: Board members: Prof. Dr. Katrin Auspurg (Speaker; Sociology), Prof. Dr. Anne-Laure Boulesteix (Statistics, Medicine), Prof. Dr. Ralf Elsas (Economics), Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig (Geography), Dr. Xenia Schmalz (Psychology/ Psychiatry). Managing director: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt
- 2017 - 2019: Board members: Prof. Dr. Katrin Auspurg (Speaker; Sociology), Prof. Dr. Anne-Laure Boulesteix (Statistics, Medicine), Prof. Dr. Ralf Elsas (Economics), Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig (Geography), Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt (Psychology). Managing director: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt