The Executive Body consists of the President and a minimum of four Board members, appointed by the Board, of whom one shall be appointed secretary-treasurer with daily responsibility for the secretariat. The Executive Body acts on behalf of the Board.

Executive Body

• Christa Rautenbach (President), North-West University, South Africa
• Waheeda Amien, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Sophie Andreetta, Université de Liège, Belgium
• Kalindi Kokal, Independent Scholar
• Rebecca Monson, Australian National University
• Ghislain Otis, University of Ottawa
• Reetta Toivanen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Bertram Turner, Max Planck Institute Social Anthropology (Halle), Germany
• Larissa Vetters, Max Planck Institute Social Anthropology (Halle), Germany
• Markus Weilenmann, Office for Conflict Research in Developing Countries, Switzerland

Executive Body Ex-Officio Members

• Anne Griffiths (Past President), University of Edinburgh
  
• Dik Roth (on behalf of Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis), Wageningen University
• Janine Ubink (Past President), Leiden University, the Netherlands
• Melanie Wiber (on behalf of Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis), University of New Brunswick, Canada