The Verein für Socialpolitik has currently one honorary member. Natural persons can become honorary members if they have made a special contribution towards the association´s purpose.

As Chair of the Verein für Socialpolitik in 2015/2016, Monika Schnitzer made a decisive contribution to the modernisation of the association with the move of the office from Frankfurt to Berlin and the associated reorganisation. She has also anchored the topic of evidence-based economic policy in the German academic landscape.