Governing Board

Elected members, College of Founders

Silvana Colella - President
President of European Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centers (ECHIC)
and professor at the University of Macerata
Elected as board member in September 2018.

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

Rita Monticelli
Professor in the dept of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bologna.
Elected as Board member on November 2021

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 - dormant
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.

Alberto Anfossi
Secretary General of Compagnia San Paolo
Elected member of the Board in November 2021

Special Advisor

Angela Schindler-Daniels

Head of the Brussels Liaison Office DLR Project Management Agency at DLR Projektträger

Director

Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo, Ph.D, expert in both higher education and global research policy.