IFIS - Institut für integrale Studien - Institute for Integral Studies

The Institute is steered by a governance board, an international advisory board, and the general assembly.

 The governance board is constituted by a maximum of seven full members if the Institute. They are meeting frequently to manage the day-to-day business of the Institute. They are elected or re-elected for a two year term by the general assembly. The governance board for the 2009-2011 term is composed by:

• Traugott Elsässer, Professor, University of Teacher Education, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
• Elke Fein, Dr., University of Freiburg, Germany
• Iris Kunze, Dr., University of Münster, Germany
• Markus Molz, Dipl.-Psych., University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Alec Schaerer, Dipl.-Arch., University of Basel, Switzerland
  
• Hans-Peter Studer, Dr., Speicherschwendi, Switzerland
• Peter Winkels, Dipl.-Phys., Freiburg, Germany

The international advisory board oversees the scientific quality of the activities of the Institute. Its members provide feedback and support based on their leading-edge expertise in integral studies. They are contributing to the developmenent of the institute according to emerging requirements. The current members of the scientific board are: 

• Hans-Christoph Binswanger, Dr., Professor emeritus, University of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
• Mark Edwards, PhD, Lecturer, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
• Jennifer Gidley, PhD, Research Fellow, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, as well President of the World Futures Studies Federation
• Wendelin Küpers, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
• Jonathan Reams, PhD, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Editor-in-Chief of Integral Review
• Helmut Reich, Dr. Dr. PhD, Professor emeritus, Senior Research Fellow emeritus, Fribourg University, Switzerland

The general assembly takes place two times a year under normal conditions. It is constituted by all members of the Institute regardless their membership type. Only full members, however, have the right to vote on formal decisions.The general assemblies are generally linked to an academic event (presentations, workshop …) focusing on a specific topic.