The Presidium takes care of the day-to-day management of the EISS and is supported by the EISS Secretariat. The Presidium consists of the president, four vice-presidents and the secretary-general. It is the bureau which defines the competencies of this small executive board.

The presidium is the executive board of the EISS.

Currently, EISS is presided by

• Prof. dr. Danny Pieters, Judge in the Belgian Constitutional Court and Emeritus Professor at KU Leuven.

He is assisted by four vice-presidents:

• Essi Rentola, Director in the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in the Department for Social Security and Social Insurance;
• Prof. dr. Grega Strban of the University of Ljubljana;
• Prof. dr. Maria Mousmouti of the University of London; and
• Prof. dr. Thomas Gächter of the University of Zurich.

The presidium is completed by the secretary-general:

• Prof. dr. Paul Schoukens, professor of (European) social security law of KU Leuven (Belgium).

The Bureau determines the detailed programme of the conferences and oversees publications. It is composed of the representatives of the active national sections and working groups.

• Prof. dr. Elisabeth Brameshuber, President of the Austrian section
• Prof. dr. Stamatia Devetzi and Prof. dr. Hans-Joachim Reinhard, Presidents of the German section
• Prof. dr. Patrina Paparrigopoulou, President of the Greek section
• Prof. dr. Romke van der Veen, President of the Dutch section
• Ms. Kristin Diserud Mildal, President of the Norwegian section
• Prof. dr. José Luis Monereo and Prof. dr. Cristina Sanchez, President/representative of the Spanish section
• Prof. dr. Sara Stendahl and Prof. dr. Thomas Erhag, Presidents of the Swedish section
• Prof. dr. Enzo Weber, Co-President of the Working Group on Atypical Work