The SETI Permanent Study Group is chaired by a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Its membership draws from members of the Basic Sciences section of the Academy, as well as other Sections, but is not restricted solely to Academy members. Prospective members are nominated by the Chair, and confirmed by the Study Group as a whole, to serve a five-year, renewable term. Prospective members are chosen on the basis of their involvement in the SETI discipline, their contributions to SETI science or social science, and their willingness to serve actively as a member of the Study Group.

• Chair: Seth Shostak, USA
• Co-Chairs: H. Paul Shuch, USA; Claudio Maccone, Italy
• Acting Secretary: Kathryn Denning, Canada
• Webmaster: H. Paul Shuch, USA
• Deputy Webmaster: Chris Neller, USA
  • Membership Criteria and Selection Procedures
  • Leadership Criteria and Selection Procedures

2008 Members:

Almar, Ivan	Hungary
Back Impallomeni, Elizabeth	Italy
Carrigan, Richard	United States
Clar, Richard	United States
Cosmovici, Cristiano	Italy
Davies, Paul	United States
Davis, Michael	United States
DeBiase, Robert	United States
Denning, Kathryn	Canada
Dick, Steven	United States
Drake, Frank	United States
Dutil, Yvan	Canada
Elliott, John	England
Fasan, Ernst	Austria
Gallicchio, Jason	United States
Harrison, Albert	United States
Howard, Andrew	United States
Kopal, Vladimir	Czech Republic
Lemarchand, Guillermo	Argentina
Maccone, Claudio	Italy
Malina, Roger	United States
Mead, Curtis	United States
Monari, Jader	Italy
Montebugnoli, Stelio	Italy
Morison, Ian	England
Musso, Paolo	Italy
Norris, Ray	Australia
Oliver, Carol	Australia
Ollongren, Alexander	The Netherlands
Perek, Lubos	Czech Republic
Pierson, Thomas	United States
Ramírez de Arellano y Haro, Rosa	Mexico
Rummel, John	United States
Shostak, Seth	United States
Shuch, Paul	United States
Sterns, Patricia	United States
Stone, Remington	United States
Tarter, Donald	United States
Tarter, Jill	United States
Tennen, Leslie	United States
Tough, Allen	Canada
Vakoch, Douglas	United States
Walton, Lori	Canada