Governance

ESS is organised as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC, under the European Commission's ERIC legal framework.

European Spallation Source ERIC Council

European Spallation Source ERIC is governed by the European Spallation Source ERIC Council, which is bound by the Statutes ratified by the ERIC Member Countries. Information on an ERIC can be found on the EC’s website. Detailed documentation on the ERIC legal framework can be found here.

The constituting European Spallation Source ERIC Council Meeting was held on 2 & 3 July 2015, where the leadership was appointed, the Council Rules of Procedure were adopted, and the Terms of Reference for all advisory committees were adopted by the Council. The EC's establishment of ESS as an ERIC occurred on 31 August 2015, and the transition of ESS from a Swedish limited partnership to an ERIC was completed as of 1 October 2015.

Appointed Leadership

The Director General of European Spallation Source ERIC is Helmut Schober. The Chair of the European Spallation Source ERIC Council is Dr. Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph of Germany, and the Vice-Chair is Kurt Clausen of Denmark.

Council Meetings: Chair's Summary

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Committees

The committees established by the ERIC Council, including the Administrative and Finance Committee (AFC), In-Kind Review Committee (IKRC), Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), serve as advisors to the ERIC Council.

Delegates to the ESS Council

The ESS ERIC Council is composed of up to two delegates from each Member State, as well as a Chair and Vice-Chair appointed by the Council.

  • Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph (Chair)
    German Federal Ministry of Education & Research (ret.)
    Germany
  • Kurt Clausen (Vice-Chair)
    Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
    Denmark
  • Ondřej Svoboda
    Director, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences - CAS
    Czech Republic
  • Marek Vyšinka
    Head of Unit for Research Infrastructures, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
    Czech Republic
  • Bo Smith
    Danish Ministry of Higher Education & Research
    Denmark
  • Jane Hvolbæk Nielsen
    Technical University of Denmark - DTU
    Denmark
  • Toivo Räim
    Ministry of Education & Research
    Estonia
  • Priit Tamm
    Estonian Research Council
    Estonia
  • Sylvain Ravy
    French National Centre for Scientific Research - CNRS
    France
  • Marie-Hélène Mathon
    French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission - CEA
    France

  • Ralph Dieter
    Federal Ministry of Education & Research
    Germany
  • Martin Müller
    Helmholtzzentrum Geesthacht
    Germany
  • Ákos Horvath
    Centre for Energy Research
    Hungary
  • Balázs Kápli
    National Research, Development and Innovation Office
    Hungary




 

  • Aldo Covello
    Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research
    Italy
  • Pierluigi Campana
    National Institute of Nuclear Physics - INFN
    Italy
  • Odd Ivar Eriksen
    Research Council of Norway
    Norway
  • Marek Jezabek
    Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ-PAN)
    Poland
  • Mateusz Gaczyński
    Ministry of Science & Higher Education
    Poland
  • Inmaculada Figueroa
    Ministry of Science and Innovation 
    Spain
  • Adolfo Morais
    Basque Ministry of Universities & Research
    Spain
  • David Edvardsson
    Ministry of Education & Research
    Sweden
  • Lars Börjesson
    Chalmers University
    Sweden
  • Xavier Reymond
    State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation - SERI
    Switzerland
  • Christian Rüegg
    Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
    Switzerland
  • Shabana Haque
    Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
    United Kingdom
  • Mark Thomson
    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
    United Kingdom