On 27 October 2022, Professors Eystein Jansen and Jesper Svejstrup were elected Vice Presidents of the European Research Council (ERC). They will take up duties on 1 January 2023.
Prof. Jansen will be responsible for the ERC activities in the Physical Sciences and Engineering domain and will replace Prof. Andrzej Jajszczyk. Prof. Svejstrup will oversee the Life Sciences domain and will replace Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis.
Eystein Jansen has been a member of the ERC Scientific Council since 2019 and is a Professor of palaeoclimatology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Jesper Svejstrup has been a member of the ERC Scientific Council since 2019. He is Professor and Deputy Chairman at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.