The Board was composed of renowned academic figures from a number of different disciplines, as well as influential activists and policy makers concerned with civic and political participation among youth, women, minorities and migrants.
The members of the IAB were:
Professor Robert Andersen, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor Jorge Benedicto, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Professor Eugene Borgida, University of Minnesota USA
Professor Jan van Deth, University of Mannheim, Germany
Udo Enwereuzor, COSPE - Co-operation for the Development of Emerging Countries, Florence, Italy
Professor Constance Flanagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Professor Anita Harris, Monash University, Australia
Annette Lawson, National Alliance of Women's Organisations and The Judith Trust, London, UK
Giovanni Moro, Fondaca - Active Citizenship Foundation, Rome, Italy
Dr Reinhild Otte, Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights (EDC/HRE), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
Professor Philip Pettit, Princeton University, USA
Professor Marian Sawer, Australian National University, Australia
Professor Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University, USA
Professor Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland at College Park, USA