ELA Board

The Board  is responsible for approving and for controlling the Association’s policy and work programme. Members of the board are:

• Piet Akkermans† (Rector of the College of Europe)
• Jan De Groof - President (Belgium - College of Europe, Chargé de Mission to UNESCO for the Right to Education)
• Antonio Barbas Homem (Portugal - University of Lisbon)
• Walter Berka (Austria - Universität Salzburg)
• Germain Dondelinger (Luxemburg - Ministère de la Culture de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche)
• Antonio Embid Irujo (Spain - Universidad de Zaragoza)
• Theodore Fortsakis (Greece - University of Athens)
• Hans Peter Füssel (Germany – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
• Charles Glenn (USA - Boston University)
• Dympna Glendenning (Ireland)
• Stig Klingstedt (Norway)
• Gracienne Lauwers (Belgium – University of Antwerp)
• André Legrand (France - University Paris X-Nanterre)
• Paul Meredith (United Kingdom - University of Southampton)
• Frank Nordberg (Sweden - National Agency for Higher Education)
• Ben Vermeulen (Netherlands – Free University Amsterdam)
• Paul Zoontjens (Netherlands - Tilburg University)

• The Managing Director (Dr. Gracienne Lauwers) is responsible for the strategic development of the Association’s policy and work programme.
• The technical assistant to the managing director edites, designes, and produces the Association’s newsletter, publications, and promotional materials.
• The secretariat provides administrative support for the implementation of the Association’s policy and work programme. It also provides assistance to fellows.
• The librarian (Mr. Stefan Van Lier) is responsible for the Association’s specialised library.
• The managing editor of the International Journal for Education Law and Policy, manages the Journal’s blind review process and edits all accepted articles to meet the Journal’s editorial standards.
• Research teams are responsible for the implementation of a specific action of the Association’s work programme. The coordinator of a research team also directs the Association’s dissemination and publicity efforts and manages its media relations efforts on that topic.