Advisory Board
The Advisory Board advises and oversees the University Executive Board according to § 21 Higher Education Act of NRW. As the central governing body, it has to approve certain strategic decisions made by the Executive Board. It further provides statements and expresses recommendations in matters related to research, art, teaching and studying that are of importance to the entire university, central organizational units or of general concern. Furthermore, the Ministry for Culture and Science NRW has delegated some of the responsibility as the highest service authority to the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board of Paderborn University consists of nine members.
Dr. Dagmar Simon
Chair of the Advisory Board,
Managing director of EVACONSULT,
Visiting researcher of the research group "Digital Mobility and Social Differentiation" at Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier
Vice-chairman of the Advisory Board,
Vice-president of the Media Council of East-Belgium,
Honorary professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Prof. Dr. Rita Burrichter
Professor of Practical Theology at the Institute of Catholoic Theology of Paderborn University.
Dr. Doreen Hartmann
Leiterin der Abteilung Ausstellungen am Deutschen Hygiene-Museum Dresden mit den Arbeitsschwerpunkten u.a. in der interdisziplinären Wissensvermittlung, Nachhaltigkeit, Diversität und Digitalisierung.
Dr.-Ing. Steffen Jesinghausen
Senior researcher at the Particle Technology Group (Paderborn University), spokesman of the academic mid-Level staff at Paderborn University.
Prof. Dr. Holger Karl
Leiter der Gruppe „Internet Technology and Softwarization“ am Hasso-Plattner-Institut der Universität Potsdam.
Prof. Dr. Urška Kosi
Professorin für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere externes Rechnungswesen und Wirtschaftsprüfung an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften.
Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn
Professor for Integrated Quantum Optics, member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.