Governing Board

Elected members, College of Founders

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

Jon Deer - 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.

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

Jennifer Edmond
Professor of Digital Humanities at Trinity College Dublin.
Elected as Board member on November 2021

Murray Pittock
President of the Scottish Art and Humanities Alliance and Pro Vice Principal at the University of Glasgow

Elected as Board member on November 2024

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

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 Advisor

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