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 November 2021 – is composed of the following members:
President | |
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President: Air Commodore (retd.) John Thomas (UK) 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: Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Elßner (GER) |
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Vice-President: Prof. Dr. David Whetham (UK) |
Executive Directors | |
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Dr. Ted van Baarda (NL) 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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LtCol (Res.) Dr. Daniel Beaudoin (ISR) Daniel Beaudoin is a professor at Tel Aviv University, where he teaches on humanitarian diplomacy, the politics of aid, and human rights. He delivers workshops on humanitarian crisis management and has significant experience in facilitating humanitarian operations in complex emergencies. |
Treasurer | |
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Dr. Magdalena Revue (FR)
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Board Members (in alphabetical order) | |
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Prof. Dr. Jovan Babić (SER) |
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Dr. Andrea Ellner (GER) Dr Ellner is a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College of London who holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations of the Free University of Berlin, and an MA History and German Literature, University, of Munich. 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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Col (ret.) Prof. Dr. Boris Kashnikov (RU) Boris Kashnikov is a professor at National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow. His main research interest is in political and moral philosophy of war and peace. In 1993-1994, he served in the Former Yugoslavia in international protection forces. |
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Dr. Daniel Messelken (CH) Daniel Messelken is a researcher at the Center for Ethics at the University of Zurich and leader of the Zurich Center for Military Medical Ethics. He is also Head Ethics Teacher of the ICMM's Center of Reference for Education on IHL and Ethics. |
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Dr. Patrick Mileham (UK) |
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Dr Marina Miron (ESP) Marina Miron is a research fellow in the Defence Studies Department’s Centre for Military Ethics at King’s College London (KCME). Her current role is to deliver military ethics education to the Colombian Armed Forces. Her research interests include military ethical and military medical ethical issues as well as military strategy and disruptive military technology. |
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Dr. Lonneke Peperkamp (NL) Lonneke Peperkamp is professor of Military Ethics and Leadership at the Netherlands Defence Academy. She is also affiliated with iHub at Radboud University Nijmegen and the Centre for Military Ethics at King’s College London. Her research interests are: just war theory, peace building, global justice, human rights, and space security. |
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Colonel (ret.) Manfred Rosenberger (GER) |
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Dr. Dragan Stanar (SER) 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. |
Secretary | |
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Ivana Gosic (SER) Ivana Gosic is Euro ISME’s secretary since 2016 and at the same time engaged as a component manager on the project related to support to strategic management and EU integration capacity development of the Serbian Ministry of the Interior in Belgrade. |