Nominations and Elections Committee
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
