Governing Board

Elected members, College of Founders

Joe O'Hara - EASSH President
President of World European Education Research and professor at the Dublin City University
Elected as board member in September 2024 & as president in December 2024

Jon Deer - EASSH Treasurer
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in UK and Director of Research at City University London
Elected as board member in July 2019

Ilse Derluyn
Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Gent University
Elected as board member in November 2021

Jennifer Edmond
Professor of Digital Humanities at Trinity College Dublin
Elected as board member in November 2021

Margareth Hagen
Rector of the University of Bergen
Elected as board member in July 2019

Murray Pittock
President of the Scottish Art and Humanities Alliance and Pro Vice Principal at the University of Glasgow
Elected as board member in November 2024

Co-opted members selected by the Governing Board

Milena Zic-Fuchs
Member of the ERC Scientific council and of Academia Europaea, professor at the University of Zagreb
Elected as Board member in November 2019

Jean Pierre Bourguignon 
Honorary Professeur at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES), and Former President of ERC
Elected as Board member in November 2019 but suspended membership until December 2021

Maddalena Rusconi
Senior Manager of the Fund raising office at Compagnia San Paolo
Elected member of the Board in November 2024

Special Advisers

Nikos Kastrinos
Independent expert on Science and Technology, Policy Analysis and Strategy, Foresight and Futures Studies 

Angela Schindler-Daniels
Head of the Brussels Liaison Office DLR Project Management Agency at DLR Projektträger

Director

Gabi Lombardo