- Stephanie Assmann, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University
- Andreas Niehaus, Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University
- Koen Peeters, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
- Peter Scholliers, FOST (Research Group in Social and Cultural Food Studies), Free University of Brussels
- Cornelia Reiher, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Free University of Berlin
- Tero Salomaa Hokkaido University (Helsinki Office)
- Gert Verschraegen, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp
- Tine Walravens, Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University
Executive Committee
- Andreas Niehaus
- Tine Walravens