Ivars Ījabs

Ivars Ijabs
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Member of the European Parliament and 2nd Vice-Chair of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA)

Ivars  Ījabs is a Member of the European Parliament and 2nd Vice-Chair of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA). He is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), and the Delegation for relations with the United States, and a substitute member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. From 2014 to 2019 Ivars Ijabs was Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for an Open Society DOTS. From 2009 to 2013 he was Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Association of Political Scientists. Since 2018 he is a Corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of Science.