Committees and Bodies

The DIE is a registered association. In accordance with its articles of association, the DIE has three committees: General Assembly, Board of Directors and Administrative Board. The General Assembly elects three representatives each from the fields of research and practice for the Adminstrative Board, which supervises the institute's legality, expedience and efficiency. Consisting of two directors, the Board of Directors manages the institute, administrates the association, and represents the Leibniz-Association.

General Assembly

• Association of German Educational Organisation (AdB)
• Berufsverband der Erziehungswissenschaftlerinnen und Erziehungswissenschaftler(BV-Päd)
• Bundesarbeitskreis Arbeit und Leben e.V.
• Bundesverband der Fernstudienanbieter e. V.
• Bundesverband der Träger beruflicher Bildung e.V.(BBB)
• Deutsche Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Erwachsenenbildung (DEAE)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
• German Adult Education Association (DVV)
• German Association for University Continuing and Distance Education (DGWF)
• German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
• Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF)
• Leibniz University Hannover - Institute of Vocational Education and Adult Education
• Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)
• Library and Information in Germany e. V. – Federal Union of German Library Associations (BID)
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt
• Philipps University Marburg
• Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
• University of Bremen

Board of Directors

• Scientific Director: Prof. Dr. Josef Schrader
• Business Director: Bettina Pröger

Management Council

• Prof. Dr. Josef Schrader, Scientific Director
• Bettina Pröger, Business Director; Head of Department "Central Administration"
  
  
• Dr. Peter Brandt, Head of Department "Knowledge Transfer"
• Dr. Kerstin Hoenig, Head of Department "Research Infrastructures"
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Martin, Head of Department "System and Politics"
• Prof. Dr. Sylvia Rahn, Head of Department "Organisation and Programme Planning"
• Prof. Dr Hannes Schröter, Head of Department "Teaching, Learning, Counseling"
  
  
• Dr. Fabian Rüter, Representative of the junior research groups

Administrative Board

• Chairman: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW)
• Deputy Chairperson: RD'in Dr. Jutta Illichmann, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• Juliane Berger, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW)
• Dr. Friedrun Erben, Association of German Educational Organisation(AdB)
• Gundula Frieling, German Adult Education Association (DVV)
• MinDirig Dr. Thomas Greiner, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• Prof. Dr. Michael Kerres, University of Duisburg - Essen (UDE)
• Karin Langenkamp, Library & Information Germany e.V. (BID)
• Ulf Rautenstrauch, Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK)
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften (DGfE)

Advisory Board

• President Prof. Dr. Christiane Hof, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt
• Vice President Prof. Dr. Stephan L. Thomsen, Leibniz University Hannover
• Prof. Dr. Ellen Boeren, University of Glasgow
• Prof. Dr. Julia Franz, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
• Jörg-Friedrich Gampper, Dachverband der Weiterbildungsorganisationen e.V. DVWO
• Prof. Dr. Ingrid Gogolin, University Hamburg
• Dr. Ulrich Heinemann, Ruhr University Bochum
• Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hesse, CATALPA research centre at the University of Hagen
• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Klemm, University of Augsburg
• Prof. Dr. Henrik Lobin, Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Scheiter, University Potsdam
• Prof. Dr. Julia Schütz, Germany’s State Distance-Learning University
• Prof. Dr. Aiga von Hippel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Photo: Marco Rothbrust