Being the general directing body of the association, the Board sets the main direction for the activities of the association and gives guidance to its daily management.
The current Board of Directors (BoD) – as elected in May 2024 – is composed of the following members:
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President Air Commodore (retd.) John Thomas served for over 30 years in the UK Royal Air Force, specialising in international relations at the political/military level. His main military ethics interests are the impact of good leadership on ethical behaviour and ethical decision making at the strategic level. |
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Vice-President MMag Stefan Gugerel is a Roman Catholic military chaplain and a lecturer in military ethics at the Austrian Non-Commissioned Officers Academy and the Theresian Military Academy. One of his specialities is the application of military ethical analysis to popular cultural phenomena. Neutrality and international institutions as facilitators of mutual understanding are a second pillar of his work. |
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Dr. Andrea Ellner is a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College of London who holds a PhD in Political Science and IR of the Free University of Berlin. Her work focuses on gender and security, including the integration of women in armed forces, as well as civil-military relations and ethics with a particular interest in moral injury. |
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Dr. Ted van Baarda is a member of the Founding Board of EuroISME. Before being appointed Executive Director in 2015, he taught military ethics at the Netherlands Defence College, and he was a guest lecturer at the Rwanda Military Academy. |
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Dr. Magdalena Revue, PhD in Contemporary History, taught German history, language and civilization for 17 years at the training academy for officers of the French army in Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan. She is a researcher at the Saint-Cyr Research Centre (CREC) in military history and ethics. |
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Dr. Florian Demont-Biaggi is a lecturer and researcher at Switzerland’s Military Academy at ETH Zurich. His main topics are leadership ethics, military ethics and war ethics. |
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Major Hans Lemain MSc is an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Military Ethics at the Faculty of Military Sciences, Netherlands Defence Academy. His academic focus includes leadership development and ethical decision-making in military contexts, preparing future military leaders to handle the complexities of modern defense operations. |
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Dr. Dragan Stanar is an associate professor of Ethics at the Faculty of International Politics and Security in Belgrade and Professor of Military Ethics at the Military Academy in Belgrade. Editor-in-chief of the online Ethics of Peace and War collection. SAF officer in reserve. |
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Prof. Dr. David Whetham is Professor of Ethics at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College/UK Defence Academy where he coordinates the military ethics component of courses for about two thousand British and international officers a year. |
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