Prof Dr Michael Lackner (Chair)
Chinese Studies, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Prof Dr Gesine Foljanty-Jost (Vice Chair)
Institute of Political Science and Japanase Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Prof Dr Klaus Antoni
Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Japanese Studies, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Prof Dr Harald Baum
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg

Prof Dr Robert Kappel
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg

Prof em Dr Ulrich Kratz
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Prof Dr Joachim Kurtz
Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University

Prof Dr Remco Breuker
Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, SAS Korea, Universiteit Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)