Scientific Advisory Board
- Dr. Mirjam Brusius, Research Fellow in Colonial and Global History at the German Historical Institute London
- Dr. Lucas Haasis, Senior Researcher for Digital Maritime Cultures German Maritime Museum (DSM), Leibniz Institute of Maritime History in Bremerhaven, before Prize Papers Project
- Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn, Institute of Ethnology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Member of the Board of the Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD E.V.) Regional and thematic focus: West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo), Material Culture, Ethnological Museums, Consumption, Migration and Mobility and Globalization
- Prof. Dr. Mona Hess, Chair of Digital Monument Technologies, Institute of Aracheological Sciences, Monument Studies and Art History, University of Bamberg
- Prof. Dr. Ansgar Scherp, Head of the Data Science and Big Data Analytics Working Group, Institute of Databases and Information Systems (DBIS), University of Ulm
- Prof. Dr. Ruth Schilling, Scientific Director and Acting Managing Director of the German Maritime Museum (DSM), Leibniz Institute of Maritime History in Bremerhaven
- Dr. Marc Vermeulen, Head of Heritage Science and Conservation Research, The National Archives, UK
- Dr Andreas Christoph, Head of the Digital Culture and Collection Management Department, Thuringian University and State Library Jena
Prof. Dr. Jochen Schiewe, Geoinformatics & Geovisualisation, HafenCity University Hamburg, President of the German Cartographic Society
- Dr. Frank Marquardt-Schleffler, Prize Papers Project, Project Coordination, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- Sonja Schwoll, Head of Conservation and Treatment Development, Specialism: Book conservation, Stationery bindings, Value and significance assessment, The National Archives, UK
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vehlken, Knowledge Processes and Digital Media, Insitute of History FK IV, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg and German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven, Leibniz Institute of Maritime History
- Prof. Dr. Lynn Rother, Provenance Studies, Institute for Sociology and Cultural Organization, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
