Steering Committee & Academic Board
- The International Steering Committee convenes at least once per year to discuss questions of all scientific and organizational matters of the center.
- It determines the distribution of research resources and conference.
- It selects Ela Bhatt professorship holders.
- The Academic Board decides on the applications for membership of the ICDD Graduate School (PhD / Postdoc fellows) as well as on all academic issues related to the Graduate School. Its membership it is identical with the International Steering Committee, except that no ILO representative is at this board.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

Director
- Professor for Globalization and Politics at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Kassel
- Areas of Expertise: International Political Economy: Governance of world markets, international labor standards, cross-national transfer of institutions, theories of the International Political Economy / American politics: Foreign economic policy making, industrial policy, labor politics
- Website
Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert

Vice Director
- head of the Section of Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics at the University of Kassel
- His research focuses on carbon and plant nutrient cycling in agroecosystems to analyse management effects on system sustainability, the role of organic amendments and mineral fertilisers on plant nutrient availability and product quality, and on nutrient acquisition by plants in marginal and intensive environments
- Website
Dr. Mubashir Mehdi
Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams

Representative of the social sciences
Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg South Africa and chair person for the Global Labour University Programme (GLU) at Wits.
Home Info
University of the Witwatersrand
Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams
Address:
1 Jan Smuts Avenue
Braamfontein 2000
Johannesburg 2000
South Africa
Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang
Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang is the Director of Institute for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Home Info:
Post Office Box UC 97, Cape Coast, Ghana
+233-20-8195279
eytenkorang[at]ucc.edu.gh or eytenkorang[at]yahoo.co.uk
Dr. Varsha Ayyar
Dr. Varsha Ayyar is an Assistant Professor at the Mumbai Campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). She is also a Chairperson of the Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies.
Contact info:
Prof. Dr. Joseph Matofari

Representative of the agricultural sciences universities
- Senior Lecturer, Food safety and Biotechnology at Egerton University
- Website
Dr. Javier Becerril

Representative of the agricultural sciences universities
- Economía Ambiental.
- Economía de la Agrobiodiversidad.
- Evaluación de Impactos
- Website
Home Info:
+52 (999) 983-0362 y 63
Dr. Indira Gartenberg
- Asia Regional Consultant (DGB Bildungswerk)
- PhD Alumni (TATA Institute of Social Sciences)
- Alumni Representative
Nomaswazi Mthombeni
PhD representative of the ICDD Network
Asif Hameed
PhD representative of the ICDD Network