BIEN is organised under the aegis of:
Dr. Holger Gärtner
Institute for School Quality in the Federal States of Berlin and Brandenburg (ISQ e.V.)
(acting head)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hornbostel
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW GmbH)
Research System and Science Dynamics (Head of Department)
Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel
Technische Universität Berlin
Professor for Educational Psychology
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lauterbach
University of Potsdam
Professor for Socioscientific Education Research
Prof. Dr. Kai Maaz
German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
Director of the Department for educational Governance
Prof. Dr. Hans Anand Pant
Deutsche Schulakademie
Director
Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt
RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research
President
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Director of the Research Unit „Skill Formation and Labor Markets“
Prof. Dr. C.Katharina Spieß (project manager)
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Head of Department „Education and Family“
Prof. Dr. Petra Stanat
Institute for Educational Quality Improvement (IQB)
Director
Prof. Dr. Felicitas Thiel
Freie Universität Berlin
Professor for School Pedagogy and School Improvement Research
Former Patrons:
Jun. Prof. Dr. Katja Görlitz
Freie Universität Berlin
Professor for Labor Market and Social Policy
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hurrelmann
Hertie School of Governance Berlin
Professor for Public Health and Education
Prof. Dr. Ulman Lindenberger
Max-Planck-Institut for Human Development (MPIB)
Director