The members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) are external, internationally acclaimed scholars. They discuss research foci with the director and oversee the process of selecting scholars for the fellowship program. Fellows are invited by the director with the approval of the Board, which is responsible for quality assurance and reports on the Lichtenberg-Kolleg to the Presidential Board. Every four years, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg is audited by external experts in cooperation with the Scientific Advisory Board.


Professor Dr. Jan Assmann
Universität Heidelberg, Ägyptologisches Institut

Professor Dr. David Blackbourn
Harvard University (USA), The Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies

Professor Dr. Walter Erhart
Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft

Professorin Dr. Mary S. Morgan
London School of Economics and Political Science (Großbritannien), Department of Economic History

Professor Dr. Arie Rip
University of Twente, Enschede (Niederlande), Department of Science, Technology, Health and Policy Studies

Professor Dr. Amartya K. Sen
Harvard University (USA), Department of Economics

Professorin Dr. Mina Teicher
Bar-Ilan University (Israel), Department of Mathematics

Professorin Dr. Sigrid Weigel
Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Literaturwissenschaft
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin

Prof. Björn Wittrock
Professor at Uppsala University and Principal of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study