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Governing Board

The ISC Governing Board is mandated by the General Assembly (GA) to implement the decisions of the GA, with the help of the ISC Secretariat.

The Governing Board is one of the key decision-making bodies of the International Science Council providing scientific and strategic leadership to oversee achievement of the Council’s vision, mission, principles and values, and to secure the financial and management robustness of the Council.

The Governing Board consists of 16 members: the President, the President-elect (who will assume the Presidency in October 2026) and four Vice-Presidents (collectively constituting the Executive Committee); and ten ordinary members.

Officers (Executive Committee)

Sir Peter Gluckman

ISC President, Distinguished Professor Emeritus ONZ KNZM FRSNZ FRS

Sir Peter Gluckman

Robbert Dijkgraaf

ISC President-elect, physicist and former Minister of Education, Culture and Science of Netherlands

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Marcia Barbosa

ISC Vice-President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science, Professor at UFRGS

Marcia Barbosa

Motoko Kotani

ISC Vice-President for Science and Society, Executive VP at Tohoku University

Motoko Kotani

Sawako Shirahase

ISC Vice-President for Finance, Professor at University of Tokyo

International Science Council

Sawako Shirahase

Yongguan Zhu

ISC Vice-President for Membership, DG of the Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences at CAS

Yongguan Zhu

Ordinary Members

Karina Batthyány

ISC Governing Board Member, CLACSO Executive Secretary

Karina Batthyány

Françoise Baylis

ISC Governing Board Member, Distinguished Research Professor at Dalhousie University

Françoise Baylis

Geoffrey Boulton

ISC Governing Board Member, Regius Professor Emeritus at University of Edinburgh

Geoffrey Boulton

Frances Colón

ISC Governing Board Member, Senior Director and Team Leader at International Climate Policy

American Progress

Frances Colón

Catherine Jami

ISC Governing Board Member, Director of Research at CNRS

Catherine Jami

María Estelí Jarquín

ISC Governing Board Member, International Relations Coordinator at UKCEH

María Estelí Jarquín

Nalini Joshi

ISC Governing Board Member, Payne-Scott Professor at University of Sydney

Nalini Joshi

Mobolaji Oladoyin Odubanjo

ISC Governing Board Member, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Academy of Science

Mobolaji Oladoyin Odubanjo

Walter O. Oyawa

ISC Governing Board Member, Director General of NACOSTI

Walter O. Oyawa

Maria Paradiso

ISC Governing Board Member, Professor at University of Naples Federico II

Maria Paradiso

Governing Board 2021 – 2025

President: Peter Gluckman

Vice-President for Science and Society: Motoko Kotani

Vice-President for Membership: Salim Abdool Karim

Vice-President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science: Anne Husebekk

Vice-President for Finance: Sawako Shirahase

Ordinary Members:

Two Vice-Presidents and five ordinary members of the Governing Board finished their terms in January 2025, at the conclusion of Third ISC General Assembly.

Governing Board 2018 – 2021

The inaugural 2018 – 2021 Governing Board of the International Science Council was elected at the 1st General Assembly in Paris on 4 July 2018 for a designated period of three years. The 2018 – 2021 Governing Board consisted of 16 members, including the President, the President-elect, who assumed the Presidency at the 2nd General Assembly in 2021, as well as four further officers and ten additional ordinary members.

President: Daya Reddy

Vice-President: Jinghai Li

Vice-President: Elisa Reis

Secretary: Alik Ismail-Zadeh

Treasurer: Renée van Kessel

Ordinary Members:

Ex officio: Heide Hackmann