International Advisory Board

The IAB’s mission

In a world that is becoming ever more geopolitically complex, the International Advisory Board contributes to the Humboldt Foundation’s internationalisation and strategic development. In order to act effectively in academia, politics and society, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is at pains to continuously question itself as an organisation. The IAB supports the Foundation by providing a sounding board. It meets once a year to discuss current challenges within the global science system and the Foundation’s core areas of activity as well as to generate ideas. This covers, for example, science diplomacy, transfer of science to society, and quality assurance in research. The aim is to benefit from the diverse perspectives of the IAB members, all of whom are internationally renowned experts with experience in academia, science management, academic cooperation and communications, and channel them into strategy and programme development.

Forum on the Internationalisation of Sciences and Humanities

On the history of the IAB

The Humboldt Foundation’s International Advisory Board was established in 2007 against the backdrop of the increasing internationalisation of science and research. It emerged from the “Advisory Board of the Transatlantic Science and Humanities Program” (TSHP), which was founded in 2001 to create a binational network of leading experts in the field of transatlantic academic relations.
From 2008-2022, the IAB's Forum on the Internationalisation of Science (later: Humboldt Academia in Society Summit) was an annual event that provided a forum for discussing current research policy issues.

Publications (2008-2019)

• Die Kraft der (wissenschaftlichen) Netzwerke - 13. Forum zur Internationalisierung der Wissenschaft, 2019 (PDF, 3 MB)
• Academic Freedom and Responsibility Toward Society – Who Decides What Science We Do? Proceedings of the 12th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2018 (PDF, 3 MB)
• Trust in Science and Scholarship – A Global Societal Challenge Proceedings of the 11th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2017 (PDF, 3 MB)
• Scholarly Integrity - 10th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2016 (PDF, 259 KB)
• Identifying the Best - Theory, Methods, Practice The 9th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2015 (PDF, 2 MB)
• Beyond Bibliometrics - Identifying the Best The 8th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2014 (PDF, 4 MB)
• Postdoctoral Career Paths 2.0: The Golden Triangle of Competitive Junior Investigators, Adequate Academic Systems, and Successful Careers - The 7th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2013 (PDF, 2 MB)
• Network of Trust: Will the New Social Media Change Global Science? - The 6th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2012 (PDF, 2 MB)
• The Globalization of Knowledge and the Principles of Governance in Higher Education and Research. - The 5th Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2011 (PDF, 4 MB)
• Crossing Boundaries: Capacity Building in Global Perspective - The Fourth Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2010 (PDF, 3 MB)
• Cultures of Creativity: The Challenge of Scientific Innovation in Transnational Perspective Proceedings of the Third Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2009 (PDF, 5 MB)
• Strategies to Win the Best: German Approaches in International Perspective Proceedings of the Second Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2008 (PDF, 2 MB)