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Executive Committee

President

Andy Sumner
Professor of International Development,
Department of International Development at
King’s College London

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Deputy President

Maggi Leung 
Professor of International Development Studies
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam

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Country Representatives

Austria

Petra Dannecker
Professor of Development Sociology,
Department for Development Studies, University of Vienna

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Belgium

Vincent Legrand 
Professor
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Centre d’Études du Développement (DVLP)

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Croatia

Jakša Puljiz (co-opted)
Director 
Institute for Development and International Relations

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Czech Republic

Zdeněk Opršal
Associate Professor,
Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Palacký University Olomouc

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Denmark

Adam Moe Fejerskov 
Senior Researcher,
DIIS - Danish Institute for International Studies 

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Finland

Eija Ranta
University Lecturer of Global Development Studies,
University of Helsinki

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France

Hugo Pilkington
Professor,
University Paris 8, Department of Geography

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Germany

Stefan Klingebiel
Head of Department, Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
German Institute of Development and Sustainability IDOS

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Hungary

Magdolna Sass 
Director
CERS Institute of World Economics

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Ireland

Susan Murphy
Associate Professor in Development Practice, Geography 
Trinity College Dublin

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Italy

Paola Minoia
Associate Professor
Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin

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Malta

Andreas Kotelis
Senior Lecturer
Institute for European Studies, University of Malta
 
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Netherlands

Femke van Noorloos
Associate Professor
Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University

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Norway

Jennifer Joy West
Head of Department/Associate Professor
International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)

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Poland

Marcin Grabowski (co-opted)
Director
Centre for International Studies and Development, Jagiellonian University of Krakow 

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Portugal

Eduardo Sarmento
President
Centre for African and Development Studies - CEsA

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Romania

Stefan Cibian
Executive Director
Făgăraș Research Institute & the Center on Global Affairs and Postdevelopment
 
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Slovenia

Jana Arbeiter 
Assistant Professor
Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lujbljana

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Spain

David Castells Quintana
Associate professor
University of Barcelona

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Switzerland

Alessandro Monsutti 
Professor
Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
 
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United Kingdom

Laura Camfield
Head
Department for International Development, King's College, London

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