The Academic Committee recommends research priorities, approves research projects, and endorses annual and multi-year research programs. The Committee oversees the Institute's publications, seminar policies, and activities. The Academic Committee also appoints a steering committee of professionals for each research project.

Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Head of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies; Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Arza Churchman, Dean of the Department of Architecture and Urban Development, The Technion, Haifa

Prof. Gidon Czapski, Department of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Jacob (Kobi) Metzer, Department of Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Frances Raday, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Prof. Yosef Schweid, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

Prof. Moshe Sicron, Advisor, Central Bureau of Statistics

Prof. Alex Weingrod, The Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev