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 General Assembly elects the 16 members of the Governing Board.
The last General Assembly took place at ESOF 2016 in Manchester. The next General Assembly will be held during ESOF 2018 in Toulouse.
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
Vice President Global Academic & Research Relations EU at Elsevier
Biomedical Sciences – Belgium
Dr. Brian Cahill
Research Programme Manager at the University of Edinburgh
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
Application Specialist at Gradientech AB
Biomedical Sciences, Science Communication – Sweden
Dr. Christine Heller del Riego
Managing Director at WAIART
Electric Engineering, Science & Art, 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
ESOF supervisory committee members
Gail Cardew
Chair of the ESOF supervisory committee
Director of Science and Education at The Royal Institution, United Kingdom
Lauritz Holm-Nielsen
Director, Sino Danish College, China
Former EuroScience President
Carl Johan Sundberg
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Alexander Gerber
Professor for Science Communication Rhine Waal University,
German Research Centre for Science & Innovation Communication, Germany
Jean-Pierre Alix
Former Adviser at CNRS Science Policy, France
Carlos Härtel
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, GE Power AG (Germany)
Former CTO & Chief Innovation Officer, GE Europe
Pavel Exner
President European Mathematical Society
Scientific Director at Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics in Prague, Czech Republic
Rolf Tarrach
President
European University Association, Belgium
Dame Anne Glover
Vice-Principal External Affairs & and Dean for Europe at University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Former Chief Science Adviser to the president of the European Commission
Ingrid Wünning Tschol
Senior Vice-President for Health and Science
Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation, Germany
EuroScience Objectives
- To be the representative body of the wider EuroScience organisation in the region or country where the Local Section is set up.
- To provide opportunities and activities for all individuals interested in science and directly engage them by initiating vital scientific discussions of common interest and promoting the aims of EuroScience.
- To raise awareness of research and science related issues where the Local Section is set up, for ex: helping to improve scientific education.
- To directly support EuroScience’s activities through fundraising.
- To work with and support EuroScience to achieve the organisation’s mission, goals and projects.
How to join EuroScience
If you would like to join a EuroScience local section, please contact them directly, using the directory.
How to create a Local Section
Download the Local Sections’ Start-up Kit and learn more about it!
Directory
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Contact: Mag. Simone Seyringer
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Contact: Nazim Nasrullayev
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Contact: Vladimir Kozhukharov
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Contact: Igor M. Umansky
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Edinburgh
Contact: Angela Marley
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Estonia
Contact: Peeter Normak
+372 640 94 23EuroScience: Georgia
Contact: Prof. G. Chakhunashvili
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Grenoble
Contact: Michel Belakhovsky
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Ile-de-France
Contact: Georges Waysand
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Ireland
Contact: Vincent Mc Carthy
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Leman
Contact: Didier Raboud
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Moldova
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+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Romania
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+40 722 377 119EuroScience: Russia
Contact: Nelly Didenko
+33 3 88 24 11 50EuroScience: Serbia
Contact: Stevan Jokic
+381 11 455 041EuroScience: Ukraine
Contact: leg Yadlovskiy
+33 3 88 24 11 50Workgroups
Objectives
Workgroups are very important for EuroScience, as they bring members together to contribute to ongoing projects on issues of interest, thus helping the association achieve its objectives.
How to join
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How to create
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