Steering Committee
The Steering Committee makes the general strategic decisions, selects the co-chairs of the Scientific Council, and, with the co-chairs, selects the members of the Scientific Council. The Steering Committee is composed of a dozen scholars of diverse origins and disciplines, who combine first-rate scholarship and experience in research management.
Ernest Aryeetey
Professor of Economics and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
Olivier Bouin
Mamadou Diouf
Leitner Professor of African Studies, Columbia University, New York, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Science Research Council
Marie-Laure Djelic
Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris
Marc Fleurbaey
Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
Nancy Fraser
Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Science, New School, New York
Katsuhito Iwai
Visiting Professor at ICU, Distinguished Fellow of the Tokyo Foundation, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo
Ravi Kanbur
Professor of Economics, Cornell University
Cécile Laborde
Professor of Political Theory, University College London
Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal
Helga Nowotny
Professor of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich
Shalini Randeria
Professor of Social Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Elisa Reis
Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Leela Visaria
Honorary Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research
Elke Weber
Michel Wieviorka
Directeur d’Etudes EHESS, Administrator of Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
Björn Wittrock
Professor, University of Uppsala, Director of Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study
Xiaobo Zhang
‘National 1000-Talent Program’ chair professor of economics and deputy dean, National School of Development, Peking University