The committee is comprised of representatives of research and practical experts in social policy:
- Prof. Dr. Jos Berghman (Social Policy Department of Sociology, Leuven, Netherlands)
- Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke (Technische Universität Berlin)
- Prof. Dr. Adrienne Héritier (Max Planck Project Group "Law of Common Property", Bonn)
- Prof. Dr. Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (Bielefeld University)
- Dr. Arnold Knigge (council of state, Senator of Labour, Women, Health, Youth and Social Affairs, Bremen)
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Baron von Maydell (Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law, Munich)
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Münz (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Riedmüller (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Prof. Dr. Franz Ruland (Verband Deutscher Rentenversicherungsträger e.V.) (the pension insurance association)
- State Secretary Dr. Werner Tegtmeier (German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Bonn)