As one of the UoC Centers of Excellence, C-SEB provides funding for outstanding individuals and excellent collaborative research projects in KPA II. UoC Centers of Excellence are awarded to research groups with outstanding scientific records and a strong international reputation. They promote their overall visibility by advancing outreach activities as well as international networks and exchange programs. This also includes support for new junior research groups, international visitor programs, and other measures.
The center’s governance structure is formed by the executive board, the speakers, the PI board, the external scientific advisory board, and the central office.

C-SEB is managed by the executive board, which is responsible for its daily operation and decides upon all relevant matters. The board members elect a speaker and vice speaker who represent C-SEB both internally and externally. The current speaker and vice speaker are
Axel Ockenfels and
Christian Unkelbach. The other members of the executive board are
Anne Gast,
Iris Schneider,
Dirk Sliwka and
Matthias Sutter.
Research is conducted and supervised by the principal investigators (PI) which constitute the PI board. All PIs are qualified scientists at the
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences or the
Faculty of Human Sciences working in a field related to C-SEB’s thematic focus.
The external scientific advisory board, a group of leading international scholars that meets every second year, advises C-SEB in all scientific and strategic matters. The current members of the board are
Dan Ariely,
Susan Fiske, and
Uri Gneezy.
The central office provides the administrative framework for C-SEB and is supervised by the managing director. It is responsible for maintaining a productive research environment, organizing events and public relations activities, as well as infrastructure development.