The Steering Committee fulfils what is primarily a strategic role for the entire duration of the programme. It is responsible for NRP 52. Its remit ranges from the selection of projects to be passed on to the Research Council through to monitoring the quality standards prescribed by the Swiss National Science Foundation as applicable for all national research programmes. This is the body which shapes the programme, determining its profile and guaranteeing the required continuity and coherence in the decision-making process.
It organises and supervises scientific co-ordination and evaluates the progress of both the research projects and of the activities undertaken in the implementation of the individual projects and of NRP as a whole. Evaluation of interim and final reports is likewise carried out by the Steering Committee.

		Chair: Prof. Dr. Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello Institute of Psychology, University of Berne pasqualina.perrigchiello@psy.unibe.ch
		Prof. Dr. Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer Department of Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich barbara.buddeberg@usz.ch
		Prof. Dr. Martin Kohli European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italia martin.kohli@eui.eu
		Prof. Dr. Cléopâtre Montandon Cleopatre.Montandon@bluewin.ch
		Prof. Dr. Franz Schultheis Institute of Sociology, University of St. Gallen franz.schultheis@unisg.ch
		Prof. Dr. Stephan Wolf Zivilistisches Seminar, Universität Bern stephan.wolf@ziv.unibe.ch
		Expert Advisor, Division IV, SNF Research Council: Prof. Dr. Christian Suter Institute of Sociology, University of Neuchatel christian.suter@unine.ch
		Scientific Secretariat, SNF Division IV: Dr. Stephanie Schönholzer, Bern sschoenholzer@snf.ch
		Implementation Officer: lic. rer. pol. Dominik Büchel advocacy ag, communication and consulting, Basel buechel@advocacy.ch