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Nominations and Elections Committee

The committee is responsible for advising on and directing Governing Board nomination, election and appointment processes. It comprises 11 members elected by the General Assembly.

The role of the Nominations and Elections Committee is central to ensuring quality and diversity in the composition of the Governing Board, honouring principles of multi-disciplinary representation, as well as regional and gender diversity. With regard to disciplinary representation, the committee will need to pay particular attention to ensuring there is broad representation of different fields of science on the Governing Board.

The responsibilities of the Nominations and Elections Committee include:

  • Organizing the nomination and sifting process so as to produce a limited shortlist of candidates for all positions (except for the President) in the ISC Governing Board, to be elected at the next ordinary ISC General Assembly
  • Ensuring that the membership of the Governing Board reflects the range of disciplinary domains in the ISC’s membership base; the membership of the Governing Board should also reflect regional and gender diversity
  • Ensuring that the Governing Board members are individuals of the highest calibre who have made widely recognized contributions to the scientific endeavour

The members of the ISC Nominations and Elections Committee 2024–2028 are:

Chair: Irina Bokova
ISC Patron and co-chair of the Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability, International Science Council; former Director-General of UNESCO

Mei-Hung Chiu
Emeritus Professor at the Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University; Ordinary Governing Board member, International Science Council

Areas of expertise: Science education

Maria J. Esteban
Emerita senior researcher at CNRS, University of Paris-Dauphine

Areas of expertise: Applied mathematics

Salim Abdool Karim
Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA);
Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement, International Science Council

Areas of expertise: Biomedical sciences, epidemiology, virology

Nathalie Lemarchand
Professor/First Vice-President, University of Paris VIII/International Geographical Union

Areas of expertise: Human geography, globalization of retailing, consumption, scientific production

Narinder Mehra
Vice President (international affairs), Indian National Science Academy

Areas of expertise: Biomedical sciences, transplant immunology, autoimmune diseases, science policy

Elina Moustaira
Professor of Comparative Law, School of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Areas of expertise: Comparative law, art law, insolvency law

Cheryl Praeger
Emeritus Professor, Centre for the Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation, University of Western Australia

Areas of expertise: Mathematics and data analysis, mentoring, women in STEM, international linkages

Anderson Ho Cheung SHUM
Professor, Department of Mechanichal Engineering, University of Hong Kong

Areas of expertise: Chemical engineering, biomedical, innovation and entrepreneurship, networking of young scientists

Vaughan Turekian
Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs Division, US National Academies

Areas of expertise: Science policy, science diplomacy, governance, cooperation

Albert van Jaarsveld
ISC Fellow; former Director General and CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Areas of expertise: Biodiversity, sustainability, science policy

2021 ISC Elections Committee

Alice Abreu

Alice Abreu

Professor Emerita

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Alice Abreu
Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck

Professor of molecular astrophysics

Leiden University

Ewine van Dishoeck
Yuko Harayama

Yuko Harayama

Former Executive Director

RIKEN

Yuko Harayama
Rémi Quirion

Rémi Quirion

Inaugural Chief Scientist of Quebec

Rémi Quirion
Daya Reddy

Daya Reddy

Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics

University of Cape Town

Daya Reddy
Cheryl de la Rey

Cheryl de la Rey

Vice-Chancellor

University of Canterbury

Cheryl de la Rey
Flavia Schlegel

Flavia Schlegel

Assistant Director-General

Natural Sciences at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Flavia Schlegel
Vaughan Turekian

Vaughan Turekian

Executive Director

National Academies’ Policy and Global Affairs Division

Vaughan Turekian
Hebe Vessuri

Hebe Vessuri

Collaborating researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA)-UNAM and a visiting lecturer in Argentine universities

Hebe Vessuri