• The Board of Trustees (Curatorium)
• The Scientific Advisory Board
• DASA Advisory Board

The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is supported in the performance of its tasks by three advisory boards: the Board of Trustees (Curatorium), the Scientific Advisory Board and the DASA Advisory Board

The Board of Trustees (Curatorium)

The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is advised in all basic matters and with respect to its long-term specialist and scientific orientation by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees comprises 16 members from among the social partners and institutions who operate in the Federal Institute's area of work. The members are appointed by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for a period of four years. Work on the Board of Trustees is performed on an honorary basis.

The members of the Board of Trustees are:

Employer representatives:

• Norbert Breutmann, BDA
• Stefan Gryglewski, TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
• Dr. Uwe Müller, Henkel & Co. KGaA
• Herbert Jöris, Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE)

Employee representatives:

• Klaus Pickshaus, IGM (Chair)
• Dr. Hanns Pauli, DGB
• Anne Jenter, GEW
• Hans-Jürgen Marker, GdP

Occupational safety and health authorities of the Federal States:

• Ernst-Friedrich Pernack, Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Familie des Landes Brandenburg
• Dr. Helmut Deden, Ministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales des Landes NRW

Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV):

• Dr. Walter Eichendorf, Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV)
• Prof. Dr. Helmut Blome, Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA)

Health insurance funds:

• Dr. Julia Schröder, Institut für Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung BGF GmbH
• Dr. Gregor Breucker, BKK Bundesverband

Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board:

• Prof. Dr. Gisela Mohr, University of Leipzig

Chair of the DASA Advisory Board:

• Dr. Bodo Pfeiffer, retired

The Scientific Advisory Board

To provide specialist advice the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has a Scientific Advisory Board. The Board's main functions are quality assurance in research and development and networking with the scientific community.

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are:

• Prof. Dr. Gisela Mohr, University of Leipzig (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Scheuch, GWT - Zentrum für Arbeit und Gesundheit Sachsen (Deputy Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Eva Bamberg, University of Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Ing. Ralph Bruder, Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bünger, Institut für Prävention und Arbeitsmedizin der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IPA) Bochum
• Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Letzel, University of Mainz
• Prof. Dr. med. Bernt-Peter Robra MPH, University of Magdeburg
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Spath, University of Stuttgart
• Dr. Ulrich Walwei, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung

DASA Advisory Board

To provide specialist advice in specific questions relating to the German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has a DASA Advisory Board. The Board's main functions are to advise the President and DASA Director and to provide quality assurance in the exhibition domain.

The members of the DASA Advisory Board are:

• Dr. Lieselotte Kugler, Museum für Kommunikation Berlin (Chair)
• Prof. Ulrich Nether, University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Deputy Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Graf, Institut für Museumsforschung Berlin
• Prof. Heide Hagebölling, Kunsthochschule für Medien Cologne
• Jolanta Nölle, Stiftung Zollverein, Essen
• Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein, Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung
• Prof. Dr. Manfred Rasch, ThyssenKrupp Konzernarchiv
• Dr. Susanne Wichert, Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Mannheim
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Windemuth, Institut für Arbeit und Gesundheit der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IAG)
• Prof. Holger Wormer, Technische Universität Dortmund