The steering group of the RCIE consists of

• the Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching of the University of Graz Univ.-Prof. Dr. Catherine Walter-Laager
• the Rector of the University College of Teacher Education Styria Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Beatrix Karl
• and the Rector of the Private University College of Teacher Education Augustinum Dr. Andrea Seel

The FZIB Expert Board meets annually with the management team to discuss research topics and practice-related science. It consists of representatives from education, the province of Styria, social services and self-advocacy organizations:

• MinR. Barbara Gullner, Section I - General Education and Vocational Training Department I/3 - Compulsory General Education Schools, Head of Unit Inclusive Education and Diversity Management Unit I/3a, BMBWF
• Anneliese Franz, BEd MA (Head of Digital Education atempo)
• Robert Konegger (Deputy Chairman Selbstbestimmt Leben Steiermark)
• Mag. (FH) Maximilian Koren (City of Graz, Office of City Councillor Kurt Hohensinner, Officer for Inclusion, Youth & Family)
• Director of Board of Education Elisabeth Meixner, BEd (Board of Education of Styria)
• Head of Department Mag.^a Barbara Pitner, Province of Styria, Department 11, Social Affairs, Labour and Integration
• Komm.-Rat Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schnider (Chairman of the Quality Assurance Council for Pedagogical Education)
• Katharina Steiner, BA MA (member of the advisory board of Selbstbestimmt Leben Steiermark)
• HR Mag. Erich Svecnik (Head of Evaluation and Accompanying Research IQS)
• Ursula Vennemann (President of the association Lebenshilfe Graz und Umgebung - Voitsberg)
• Dr. Josef Zollneritsch (Head of the Department of School Psychology & School Medical Service of the Board of Education of Styria)

• Mel Ainscow CBE, Emeritus Professor of Education at University of Manchester; Professor of Education at University of Glasgow; Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology; long-standing advisor to UNESCO on issues of inclusion.
• HSPR Mag. Dr. Petra Hecht, University College of Teacher Education Vorarlberg, research focus on professionalization in teacher training, learning development and subject didactics, inclusive education.

• Prof. Dr. Annedore Prengel, educational scientist with a research focus on inclusion, retired professor at the University of Potsdam and senior professor at Goethe University/Frankfurt am Main.