The Supervisory Board consists of seven members (between brackets the member organisation group that they represent):

• Pieter Hooimeijer (Deans of Social Sciences, DSW)
• Carlo Schuengel (Deans of Social Sciences, DSW)
• Henk van der Kolk (Deans of Social Sciences, DSW)
• Arthur van Soest (Deans of Economics and Business Administration; DEB)
• Astrid Boeijen (Statistics Netherlands)
• Sander Steijn (public research institutes)
• Peter van der Laan (KNAW/NWO institutes)

The Supervisory Board was elected in the beginning of 2019. The Supervisory Board is ODISSEI’s highest governance body, meets at least once a year and decides on the annual plan and budget. It is supported by the ODISSEI secretariat at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The Supervisory Board appoints the Management Board (MB).