The Scientific Council of the Institute is its expert body.
The Statute of the Agricultural Institute Osijek (2023) and the Statute on Amendments to the Statute of the Agricultural Institute Osijek (2025) define the powers of the Scientific Council, including the number and composition of its members; the procedure for electing employee representatives in scientific and associate positions; the duration of members’ mandates; the election, eligibility criteria, and term of the President of the Scientific Council; the convening of sessions and decision-making processes; and the election of members of the Scientific Board.
The Scientific Council also adopts its Rules of Procedure, which govern its working methods and decision-making processes, define the rights and responsibilities of its members, establish procedures for the dismissal of members, and regulate other matters essential to the functioning of the Council.
The Scientific Council consists of 27 members, as follows:
President of the Scientific Council
- sc. Sonja Grljušić
Director
- dr. sc. Zvonimir Zdunić, EMBA
Heads of Organizational Units
- sc. Luka Andrić
- sc. Krešimir Dvojković
- sc. Daniela Horvat
- sc. Antun Jambrović
- sc. Marko Josipović
- sc. Aleksandra Sudarić
- sc. Vesna Tomaš
- sc. Marijana Tucak
Representatives of Employees in Scientific Positions
- sc. Maja Mazur
- sc. Ines Mihaljević
- sc. Vlatko Galić
- sc. Maja Matoša Kočar
- sc. Domagoj Šimić
- sc. Gordana Šimić
- sc. Valentina Španić
- sc. Tomislav Duvnjak
- sc. Marija Viljevac Vuletić
- sc. Antonela Markulj Kulundžić
- sc. Tihomir Čupić
- sc. Andrija Brkić
- sc. Tatjana Ledenčan
- sc. Dario Novoselović
- sc. Ivan Abičić
- sc. Goran Krizmanić
Representative of Employees in Associate Positions
- Katarina Šunić Budimir, mag. biol.