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Learn more about the ESELS Board and the academic backgrounds of the ESELS Board Members.
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President
Prof. Urška Šadl
European University Institute – Florence, ItalyI work in the field of European Union law and institutions, especially the internal market, free movement of persons and European citizenship.
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Future President
Prof. Tilmann Altwicker
University of Zurich – SwitzerlandI hold the Chair of Legal Data Science and Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich as Associate Professor, and also head the Center for Legal Data Science.
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Past President
Prof. Catrien Bijleveld
NSCR/ VU University – The NetherlandsI am more than honoured having served as President of ESELS in the past year.
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Board member
Prof. Pieter Desmet
Erasmus University Rotterdam – The NetherlandsI am professor of Quantitative Empirical Legal Studies at the Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Board member
Rita Gsenger
Weizenbaum Institut – BerlinAssociate Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute and PhD Candidate of Communication Science at Freie Universität Berlin
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Newsletter Editor
Kyra Wigard
KU Leuven – BelgiumI am a PhD researcher at the Leuven Centre for Public Law. As ESELS Newsletter Editor my tasks are to put together and send out our bi-yearly newsletter.
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Erik Wesselius
As Executive Secretary I am concerned with the Society’s daily affairs. Based in the Netherlands (VU University Amsterdam), the Secretariat is involved in the organization of the Society’s activities, finances, registration of memberships, updating of the website and communications. The Secretariat can be reached via contact@esels.eu.