Carsten Wilke, CRS Director since 2025, Professor at the CEU Department of Historical Studies.
István Perczel, CRS Director 2023-2025, Professor at the CEU Department of Medieval Studies.
Jean-Louis Fabiani, CRS Director 2020-2023, Professor at the CEU Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology (Professor Emeritus from 2023).
Carsten Wilke, CRS Director 2016-2020, Professor at the CEU Departments of History and Medieval Studies.
Aziz Al-Azmeh, CRS Director 2013-2016, Professor at the CEU Department of Medieval Studies (Professor Emeritus from 2021).
Matthias Riedl, CRS Director 2011-2013, Associate Professor at the CEU Department of History.
Nadia Al-Bagdadi, RSP Director 2005-2011, Professor at the CEU Department of History.