Science in Exile is led by a Steering Committee, which acts as the initiative’s decision-making body, providing leadership and quality assurance to the initiative, overseeing the implementation of the strategic framework and the activities, and presiding over the Task Teams.
The current Steering Committee was established in June 2021, following a public call for nominations, with more than 60 nominations received, 51% of them from women and 76% from the Global South.
The Committee comprises 12 members coming from the academia, the scientific community and the non-governmental sector. 58% of them are women, two thirds come from the Global South and one third from a Science and Technology-lagging country.
Members are internationally renowned experts, professionals and/or scientists with exceptional knowledge and expertise in displacement/refugee/humanitarian issues, higher education and science, policy-making and/or advocacy. They are either at-risk, displaced or refugee scientists themselves, or work for organizations that support, protect and advocate for them at national, intergovernmental and/or global level.
The Steering Committee meets on a monthly basis and is in place until June 2022.