President and Executive board
The executive board is responsible for the formal representation of ECSA and its business conduct. It is elected at each ECSA General Assembly for a period of three years and instructs the ECSA headquarters. The current executive board was elected at the ECSA General Assembly in April 2024.
President: Prof. Dr. Johannes Vogel
Director general of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Chair: Dr. Susanne Hecker
Head of Society and Nature programme, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Vice Chair: Prof. Muki Haklay
Professor of Geographical Information Science at UCL
Board of directors
ECSA’s board of directors advises the executive board and sets the scientific guidelines for ECSA’s work. Each ECSA General Assembly appoints up to seven ECSA members to the board of directors for a period of three years. The board of directors meets at least once a year and makes decisions by a simple majority. The current board of directors was elected at the ECSA General Assembly in April 2024.
Treasurer: Dr. Susanne Tönsmann
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Science for Change
Kaunas University of Technology
Zentrum für Soziale Innovation
Nordic Foundation for Development & Ecology (NORDECO) / Aarhus University
Stichting Mijn Data Onze Gezondheid
Advisory board
The advisory board guides ECSA on strategic and policy matters, and reviews annual reports and ECSA accounts. The members meet regularly and report to the general assembly. The advisory board consists of up to 12 people, who are not ECSA members. Advisory board members are elected for three years at ECSA general assemblies, and any ECSA member can nominate someone. Advisory board members can be academics, political actors or people interested in citizen science. Our current advisory board members represent research councils, regulatory organisations and government agencies, as well as members of the public.
- Dan Stanton, Arizona State University
- Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University / SciStarter / Science Cheerleaders / ECAST
- Henrietta L. Moore, Institute for Global Prosperity / UCL
- José Miguel Rubio Iglesias, European Environment Agency
- Julie Dirwimmer, Quebec Office of the Chief Scientist
- Renee Sieber, McGill University
- Sven Schade, Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Former board members: Aletta Bonn, Andrea Sforzi, Enrico Balli, Jaume Piera, Katrin Vohland, Lucy Robinson, Luigi Ceccaroni, Margaret Gold, Martin Brocklehurst, Soledad Luna, Svetlana Klessova, Uta Wehn, Zen Makuch
Become
a board member
ECSA members can nominate themselves for our executive board or advisory board, they can also nominate other ECSA members for these positions. These positions are voted for at ECSA general assemblies.
If you would like to be considered for either of these boards, please contact us and we can provide you with more information.
