To maintain the academic standards of the work ELRIM has an Academic Advisors’ Committee. The members of the committee have academic merits and represent well-known academic institutions. Starting from January 1st 2018 ELRIM has two new advisors:
Dr Daniel Brown (USA), Institute for the Study of Religions in the Middle East (ISRME), Istanbul, Turkey
Dr Kari Vitikainen, Kotka, Finland
- The Academic Advisors of ELRIM are now:
- Professor emeritus Jouko N. Martikainen, Göttingen University, Germany
- Professor Antti Laato, Åbo akademi University, Finland
- Professor Lauri Thuren, University of Eastern Finland
- Professor Tapio Puolimatka, Jyväskylä University, Finland
- Professor Ingvar Dahlbacka, Åbo akademi University, Finland
- Adjunct Professor Olli-Pekka Vainio, Helsinki University,Finland
- Dr Leif Göte Björklund, Åbo Akademi University,Finland
- Dr Svante Lundgren, Lund University, Sweden
- Dr Daniel Brown, ISRME, Istanbul,Turkey
- Dr Kari Vitikainen, Kotka, Finland