The Academic Council is the platform for academic discussions on international tax law. It fosters scholarly debate on international tax law topics through the following activities:

• Visiting Research Scholar Program:
  Academics are given the opportunity to undertake substantial research at IBFD's premises and contribute to and stimulate academic discussions within IBFD.
• Research Student Meeting:
  The Academic Council organizes an annual meeting of students involved in tax research at the doctoral level. There the students discuss their research with colleagues and experts in their own field
• Doctoral Series:
  IBFD Doctoral Series contains those dissertations that make a substantial contribution to the international academic debate.

Furthermore, IBFD works closely together with many respectable universities around the world and our research staff provides them with visiting lecturers on a regular basis.

Members of the Academic Council

• Joanna Wheeler, Chair (IBFD, Senior Visiting Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London);
• Prof. Hugh Ault (Boston College School of Law);
• Prof. Huub Bierlaagh (IBFD and Sorbonne University, Paris);
• Prof. Kees van Raad (University of Leiden);
• Prof. María Teresa Soler Roch (University of Alicante);
• Prof. Wim Wijnen (IBFD and LUISS University, Rome)