At the end of each stage of the project, the results are subject to peer review by an academic steering committee and are published as a subject file. The steering committee for the ‘The "Franco-German duo" and Europe as seen in cartoons (1945–2013)' subject file is composed of the following experts:

• Dr Ursula E. Koch, Emeritus Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Walther Fekl, Lecturer and Researcher (retired) at European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
• Jean-Claude Gardes, Professor at the University of Western Brittany