The International Scientific Council (ISC)
IPSO's top policy making body is the International Scientific Council (ISC), with up to twenty eminent international scientists and scholars.
Members of the International Scientific Council (ISC)
Torsten Wiesel* (USA), Chair
Peter Agre* (USA)
Michael Atiyah** (UK)
Kenneth J. Arrow* (USA)
Edouard Brézin (France)
Farida Faouzia Charfi (Tunisia)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji* (France)
Abdallah Daar (Oman/Canada)
François Jacob* (France)
Daniel Kahneman* (USA)
Yuan T. Lee* (Taiwan)
Ida Nicolaisen (Denmark)
Sari Nusseibeh (Palestine)
Harald Reuter (Switzerland)
Yoav Shoham (USA)
John Sulston* (UK)
Michael Walzer (USA)
Menahem Yaari (Israel)
* Nobel Laureate
** Abel Laureate
The Executive Committee (EC)
IPSO's Executive Committee is responsible for day to day management, operations and performance. It is composed of the chairperson of the ISC and up to eight additional members - Israelis and Palestinians in equal numbers - who are appointed by the ISC.
Members of the Executive Committee (EC)
Torsten Wiesel (USA), Chairperson of the ISC and EC
Sari Nusseibeh (Palestine), Deputy Chairperson
Menahem Yaari (Israel), Deputy Chairperson
Dan Bitan (Israel), Co-Director
Hasan Dweik (Palestine), Co-Director
Co-Directors
Two of the members of the Executive Committee, one Palestinian and one Israeli, with no voting rights, are appointed as the co-directors of IPSO. The co-directors are responsible for all operations and for carrying out policies and decisions set by the ISC and the EC.