General Assembly
EuroScience currently represents over 2 600 members from 40 European countries.
The General Assembly is the sovereign body of the association: it consists of all members with the right to vote. It approves the association’s accounts and sets strategic guidelines for the two following years. Honorary members serve in an advisory capacity.
The last General Assembly took place at ESOF2020 in Trieste, Italy.
The next General Assembly will be held during ESOF2022 in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Governing Board
The Governing Board supervises the association and has extended administrative authority and decision making powers. Every EuroScience member has the possibility to become a candidate for the Board election on the condition that he/she meets the following requirements:
- Be an eligible EuroScience member
- Member fees have been paid
- Provide a Curriculum Vitae (2 pages max.)
- Demonstrate commitment, time availability and vision on European science in a motivation letter (1 page max.)
The Executive Committee of the Governing Board comprises the President, the 2 Vice-Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer.
Governing Board Members
Below you will find the current Governing Board Members. The former ones are listed on this page.
Prof. Michael Matlosz
President
Professor of chemical engineering, University of Lorraine
Chemical Engineering – France
Matthias Girod
Secretary General
Chemistry – France
Dr. Stephane Berghmans
Director for Research & Innovation at European University Association
Biomedical Sciences – Belgium
Dr. Brian Cahill
Responsible for the Researcher Mental Health COST Action at Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
Engineering, Life Sciences, Innovation – United Kingdom
Prof. Anne Cambon-Thomsen
CNRS emeritus research director, Inserm & Univ Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, former ESOF 2018 champion
Biomedicine, immunogenetics, public health, research ethics – France
Prof. Gail Cardew
Vice -President
Director of Science and Education at The Royal Institution, United Kingdom
General Science and Communication – United Kingdom
Dr. Teresa Fernandez Zafra
Product Manager at Gradientech AB
Biomedical Sciences, Science Communication – Sweden
Dr. Christine Heller del Riego
Director of Science Stories
Science Communication – Denmark
Prof. Lorna Hughes
Vice – President
Professor in Digital Humanities University of Glasgow
Digital Humanities, Digital Cultural Heritage – United Kingdom
Prof. emeritus Svend Erik Larsen
Yangtze River Professor at Sichuan University
Comparative Literature – Aarhus University
Language and communication, Art, Culture and Media – Denmark
Prof. Marja Makarow
Director at Biocenter Finland
Life Science – Finland
Dr. Camilla Modéer
Senior Advisor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Science in Society & Chemical Engineering – Sweden
Prof. Carl Johan Sundberg
Treasurer
Professor at Karolinska Institutet
Human Physiology, Medicine, Bioentrepreneurship – Sweden
