Trustees
Board of Trustees
The current EECERA Trustees are:
- President: Christine Pascal, OBE, Centre for Research in Early Childhood, UK
- Vice President: Maelis Karlson Lohmander, Unit for Individual, Culture and Society, Göteborg University, Sweden
- Editor-in-Chief: Tony Bertram, Director, Amber Publications and Training, Centre for Research in Early Childhood, UK
- Júlia Formosinho, University of Minho, Portugal
- Donna Gaywood, University of Gloucester, UK
- Irene Gunning, Ireland
- Gillian Lake, Child Paths Ltd, Ireland
- Jóhanna Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
The formally approved constitution (version 2025) (pdf) governs its operation.
Each Trustee serves for an initial term of 5 years. The President and Vice President are chosen by the Board of Trustees and serve 3 year terms of office.
It should be noted that within the constitution it states that, with regard to the composition of the Board of Trustees:
(i) To ensure the Board reflects its European heritage, all trustees shall be European by birth or located in Europe in their place of work during their period in office.
(ii) Further, to ensure balance in the composition of the Board, there shall be no more than three Trustees working or residing in any one country, at the same time, during their period of service on the Board of Trustees.
A similar rule applies to papers in any one edition of the Journal (no more than three papers from any single country) but it does not apply to the composition of the Editorial Board which is much larger grouping.
Active Emeritus Trustees
In 2025 it was agreed to establish the role of Active Emeritus Trustee for any retiring Trustee (minimum two terms) who may benefit the Board by extending their final term of office (for no more than 3 years) to support the transition of responsibilities to new Board members. On completion of this formal role the Board may convey upon them the honorary title of Emeritus Trustee.
There is currently one Active Emeritus Trustee:
- Jóhanna Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
Emeritus Trustees
In May 2010, the Trustees voted unanimously to create the honorary title of Emeritus Trustee under the following amendment to the Constitution:
‘The Board shall have the power, on a majority vote, to appoint Emeritus Trustees. Emeritus Trustees will be designated only from those former Trustees who are recognised by the Board as having served their trusteeship diligently, responsibly and honourably for a substantial period of not less than 10 years. Emeritus Trustees will be awarded free life membership of the Association.’
Three Emeritus Trustees have been appointed:
- Professor Ferre Laevers, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Professor Sylvie Rayna, France
- Professor Christos Frangos, Greece (Deceased)
Emeritus Trustees may be occasionally consulted or co-opted onto the Board but do not have voting rights.