ERC President & Scientific Council

The Scientific Council establishes the work programme for the implementation of the ERC activities.
 

Composition
 

The Scientific Council is composed of eminent scientists and scholars. The members are appointed by the European Commission, on the recommendations of an independent Identification Committee.

The Chair of the Scientific Council  is the President of the ERC and the formal representative of the ERC, including its Scientific Council, to the European Commission and other bodies.

The President also chairs the ERC Board and Scientific Council meetings and prepares the agenda.

The President is assisted by three Vice-Presidents who are equally the Vice-Chairs of the Scientific Council. They represent the three ERC domains.

Maria Leptin took office as the President of the ERC from 1 November 2021.

The ERC Vice-Presidents are: Eveline Crone (Social Sciences and Humanities), Eystein Jansen (Physical sciences and Engineering) and Jesper Svejstrup (Life Sciences).

The term of office of the members of the Scientific Council is limited to four years, renewable once.


Members
 


ERC President
 		   Vice-President
Maria Leptin   Eveline Crone
Maria Leptin   Eveline Crone
     


Vice-President

   Vice-President
Eystein Jansen   Jesper Svejstrup
Eystein Jansen   Jesper Svejstrup
     
     
Almouzni   Bulkely
Geneviève Almouzni   Harriet Bulkeley
Ben Feringa   Mercedes García-Arenal
Ben L. Feringa   Mercedes García-Arenal
     
Gerd Gigerenzer   Tom Henzinger
Gerd Gigerenzer   Tom Henzinger
     
Hojgaard   Dirk Inzé
Liselotte Højgaard   Dirk Inzé
Sylvie Lorente   Chryssa Kouveliotou
Sylvie Lorente   Chryssa Kouveliotou
     
O'Neill   Lovasz

Luke O'Neill

   László Lovász
     
Valkarova   Ottersten

Alice Valkárová

   Björn Ottersten
     
Nicola Spaldin   Milena
Nicola Spaldin   Milena Žic Fuchs
     

 

Appointment of members
 

ERC Scientific Council members are appointed by the European Commission on the basis of a search process carried out by an independent Identification Committee.

The mandate of this independent Committee is twofold.
Firstly, it identifies new members for the staged renewal of the Scientific Council membership.
Secondly, it maintains a pool of candidates for future replacements of Scientific Council members.

The legal provisions for the identification of the Scientific Council members are set out here.

The Identification Committee consists of highly respected personalities in European research:

  • Carl-Henrik Heldin (chair) - Uppsala University, Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation, Sweden
  • Kirsten Gram-Hansen - Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Michal Karonski - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Carlos Martinez Alonso - Spanish National Research Council
  • Mira Mezeni - Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany/Albania
  • Heleen Murre-Van den berg – Radboud University, the Netherlands

(Previous announcement on search for candidates for membership.)

 

Former Presidents and Secretaries General
 

  • Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon - ERC President ad interim (27 July 2020 - 31 August 2021)
  • Prof. Mauro Ferrari - ERC President (1 January 2020 - 7 April 2020)  
  • Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon - ERC President (January 2014 - December 2019) 
  • Prof. Helga Nowotny - ERC President (March 2010 - December 2013) and ERC Vice-President (2007 - 2010)
  • Prof. Fotis Kafatos † - Founding ERC President (February 2007 - February 2010), First Chair of ERC Scientific Council (from 2006)
  • Prof. Donald Dingwell - ERC Secretary General (September 2010 - December 2013)
  • Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell - ERC Secretary General (July 2009 - August 2010)
  • Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker - Founding ERC Secretary General (January 2007 - June 2009)


Former members
 

See here

 

 

 

Meetings

Check the Document library for minutes and agenda's of previous ERC Scientific Council meetings

 

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