Board Elections and AGM 2025

Voting officially closed on Friday 14 November at 12:00 CET.

Attend the General Assembly on 19 November

Join our General Assembly on Wednesday 19 November at 14:00 CET online via Zoom.

The final agenda for the AGM will be communicated on Monday 17 November, but will include:

– The results of the Board Elections

– A financial and activity update

– A thanks to our outgoing Board members

– The opportunity for you to have your say or give a proposal ‘from the floor’

Register to receive the meeting link

Dear members of the IHSA,

Following the conference in Istanbul and Bergen we will also organize an online General Assembly (GA) to which you will be all invited. Voting for board members will be held from 27 October until 14 November. The result will be announced at the GA on 19 November. Please note that these are voluntary and unpaid positions.

We are looking for a diverse board of 10 people, and we currently have 4 vacancies on the board. Diversity pertains to gender and background as well as professional profile. We are an association bringing together scholars, applied researchers and reflexive practitioners, and hence we hope to see this reflected in the future board. Board members must have an affiliation with IHSA (for example having participated in the conferences) and a background in working in the Humanitarian field. Once elected, each board member serves a 4 year term.

What is expected from board members?

Attend 4 to 8 online meetings of 1.5 hours a year
Provide insights, wisdom and judgement
Help develop ideas for the vision and the strategic plan
Determine policy and strategy
Monitor performance
Manage governance process
Support the promotion of the activities of the association
Ensure integrity of the general workings of the association by acting as out internal control system
Active contribution to the development of IHSA as a professional studies association
Representing the association at international fora to increase the visibility and uptake of IHSA or promote membership of the association
Give approval and feedback on the Annual Report and the Financial Plan
Be involved in the development of the conference themes

Board members have the following opportunities:

Possibility to be a panel abstract reviewer at the biennial conference
The option to run for positions as, treasurer and vice-president of the association
Possibilities to start a working group or a committee on a specific topic
Organize activities, such as webinars, on behalf of the IHSA

Please note that Board membership is a voluntary position, without renumeration

Members remaining on the board

New board members will be joining the following members of the current board as they have not completed their 4 year term:

Antonio De Lauri (IHSA President), Andrew Cunningham, Rodrigo Mena, Carla Vitantonio, Palash Kamruzzaman, Juan Ricardo Aparicio

Applications are closed

Voting for board members will be held from 27 October until 14 November. The result will be announced at the GA on 19 November. Voting will be conducted via the IHSA website, with members able to cast one vote per open Board seat. The announcement will be made at the online IHSA AGM which will take place on Wednesday 19 November 2025. Online meeting details and times will come soon.

IHSA strongly encourages a diversity of representation on its Board in terms of age, background, geographical location, and academic/practitioner role.