The EISCAT Council
The EISCAT Council is the governing body of EISCAT Scientific Association and has an overall responsibility for the activities of the Association. The Council consists of a Delegation, with a maximum of three persons from each Associate. A Delegation consists of a Delegate and Representatives. The Delegates are the formal members of Council. The Council and the Association is governed by a set of rules included in the EISCAT BlueBook.
Chairperson and deputy for the period 2023-2024: Prof. Gumbel (chair) and tbd (deputy).
Council Members as of June 2024
| P. R. of China | Japan |
Dr. Zonghua Ding [1] and Prof. Jian Wu [2] (Delegate) | Dr. Satonori Nozawa [3] and Prof. Hiroshi Miyaoka [4] (Delegate) |
| Sweden | Finland |
Prof. Jörg Gumbel [5], Dr. Maria Thuveson [6] (Delegate) and Dr. Olle Norberg [7] | Prof. Anita Aikio [8], Dr. Kati Sulonen [9] (Delegate) and Prof. Pekka Verronen [10] |
| Norway | United Kingdom |
Prof. Patrick Espy [11], Prof. Ingrid Mann [12] and Dr. Pål Sørgaard [13] (Delegate) | Prof. Ian W. McCrea [14] and Prof. Mervyn Freeman [15] (Delegate) |
- China Research Institute of Radiowave propagation, Qingdao City, P R of China
- China Research Institute of Radiowave propagation, Beijing, P R of China
- Institute for Space-Earth Environment Research, Nagoya, Japan
- National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Stockholm University, Sweden
- Vetenskapsrådet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
- University of Oulu, Finland
- Research Council of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- UiT the Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Norges forskningsråd, Oslo, Norway
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
The Committees
Two regular Committees are active in the Association, the Administrative and Finance Committee and the Scientific Advisory Committee.
Administrative and Finance Committee
Finland: Ms. Meri Vannas
Japan: Prof. Hiroshi Miyaoka
Norway: Dr. Inger Solheim
Sweden: Dr. Magnus Friberg
United Kingdom: Dr. Ruth Chaplin Chairperson
Scientific Advisory Committee
Peoples Republic of China: Dr. Jun Wu
Finland: Dr. Antti Kero
Japan: Dr. Keisuke Hosokawa
Norway: Prof. Lasse Clausen Chairperson
Sweden: Dr. Stephan Buchert
United Kingdom: Dr. Andrew Kavanagh
Affiliates: Each Affiliate is entitled to be represented by a member in the Committee
External member: Dr. Anja Strømme
Latest updates
June 2024: The 102nd Regular Council meeting was held 4 – 5 June 2024 at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. A summary from the meeting, the Council Short Report, will be published later. The EISCAT Annual Financial Report 2023 was approved by Council at the meeting and has now been published. A follow-on meeting will be held in September and the 103rd regular Council meeting will be held in Sweden.
Council Meetings
Council normally meets twice a year, in spring and autumn. The Council meetings are organised by the Associates in a rotating manner. The rotation follows usually the listing in the Agreement (after the introduction of United Kingdom Research and Innovation, UKRI instead of NERC): P. R. of China – Japan – Norway – Finland – UK – Sweden.
1st 20 Jan 1976 in Kiruna, Sweden
2nd 5 March 1976 in Paris, France
3rd 28-29 April 1976 in Paris, France
4th 2-3 Nov 1976 in Slough, UK
5th 1 feb 1977 in Paris, France
6th 24-25 March 1977 in Tromsø, Norway
7th 12 July 1977 in Hamburg, Germany
8th 22-23 Nov 1977 in Paris, France
9th 24 Feb 1978 in Slough, UK
10th 11-12 May 1978 in Helsinki, Finland
11th 9-10 Nov 1978 in Paris, France
12th 24-25 April 1979 in Oxfordshire, UK
13th 6-7 Nov 1979 in Lindau, Germany
14th 24-25 April 1980 in Paris, France
15th 6-7 November 1980 in Oxfordshire, UK
16th 28-29 April 1981 in Tegernsee, Germany
17th 27 August 1981 in Kiruna, Sweden
18th 5-6 November 1981 in Paris, France
19th 22-23 April 1982 in Tromsø, Norway
20th 4-5 Nov 1982 in Hamburg, Germany
21st 12-13 May 1983 in Sodankylä, Finland
22nd 3-4 Nov 1983 in Leicester, UK
23rd 2-3 May 1984 in Stockholm/Uppsala, Sweden
24th 8-9 Nov 1984 in Paris, France
25th 9-10 May 1985 in Tromsø, Norway
26th 7-8 Nov 1985 in Münich, Germany
27th 21 22 May 1986 in Helsinki, Finland
28th 6-7 Nov 1986 in London, UK
29th 12-13 May 1987 in Oulu, Finland
30th 12-13 Nov 1987 in Paris, France
31st 9-10 May 1988 in Lindau, Germany
32nd 10-11 Nov 1988 in Kiruna, Sweden
33rd 9-10 Nov 1989 in Oxfordshire, UK
34th 9-11 May 1990 in Tromsø/Longyearbyen, Norway
35th 8-9 Nov 1990 in Hamburg, Germany
36th 2-3 May 1991 in Grenoble, France
37th 11-12 November 1991 in Helsinki, Finland
38th 20-21 May 1992 in Copenhagen, Denmark
39th 12-13 Nov 1992 in Uppsala, Sweden
40th 20-21 May 1993 in Oslo, Norway
41st 16-17 Nov 1993 in Hamburg, Germany
42nd 19-20 May 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark
43rd 28-29 Nov 1994 in Windsor, UK
44th 22-23 May 1995 in Hamburg, Germany
45th 28-29 Nov 1995 in Paris, France
46th 20-21 May 1996 in Oslo, Norway
47th 25-26 Nov 1996 in Tromsø, Norway
48th 12-13 May 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark
49th 17-18 Nov 1997 in Kiruna, Sweden
50th 11-12 May 1998 in London, UK
51st 16-17 Nov 1998 in Paris, France
52nd 10-11 May 1999 in Sigtuna, Sweden
53rd 15-16 Nov 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
54th 15-16 May 2000 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
55th 30-31 Oct 2000 in Münich, Germany
56th 15 May 2001 in Helsinki, Finland
57th 8-9 Nov 2001 in Knivsta, Sweden
57th-extra 5 Feb 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark
58th 4-5 June 2002 in Grenoble, France
59th 6-7 Nov 2002 in Abingdon, UK
60th 4-5 June 2003 in Oslo, Norway
61st 11-12 Nov 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark
62nd 3-4 June 2004 in Münich, Germany
63rd 4-5 Nov 2004 in Helsinki, Finland
63rd-extra 1 March 2005 in Oslo, Norway
64th 8-9 June 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden
65th 18-19 Oct 2005 in Qingdao, China
66th 1-2 June 2006 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
67th 14-15 Nov 2006 in Southampton, UK
68th 31 May – 1 June 2007 in Nagoya, Japan
69th 15-16 Nov 2007 in Helsinki,
70th 27-28 May 2008 in Kiruna, Sweden
70th-extra 4-5 Sep 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark
71st 30-31 Oct 2008 in Kunming, China
72nd 3-4 June 2009 in Berlin, Germany
73rd 27-28 Oct 2009 in Lillehammer, Norway
73rd-extra 14 Dec 2009 as Teleconference
74th 3-4 June 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
75th 1-2 Nov 2010 in Cambridge, UK
76th 31 May – 1 June 2011 in Helsinki, Finland
77th 3-4 Nov 2011 in Bonn, Germany
78th 29-30 May 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden
79th 5-6 Feb 2013 in Beijing, China
79th-extra 17 April 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark
80th 27-28 May 2013 in Oslo, Norway
81st 30-31 Oct 2013 in Leeds, UK
82nd 10-11 June 2014 in Nagoya, Japan
83rd 6 – 7 Nov 2014 in Helsinki, Finland
84th 10 – 11 June 2015 in Kiruna, Sweden
85th 3-4 Nov 2015 in Haikou, Hainan Island, China
86th 1-2 June 2016 in Tromsø, Norway
87th 2-3 Nov 2016 in Oxford, UK
87th-extra 14 Dec 2016 as Teleconference
87th-extra2 24 April 2017 as Teleconference
88th 31 May – 1 June 2017, Tokyo, Japan
89th 13 – 14 Nov, 2017, Oulu, Finland
90th 29 – 30 May, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
91st 6 – 7 Nov 2018, Beijing, P. R. of China
92nd 11 – 12 June 2019, Tokyo, Japan
93rd 27 – 28 Nov 2019, Oslo, Norway
94th 30 April and 3 – 4 June 2020, Digital meeting
95th 25 – 26 Nov 2020, Digital meeting
96th 27 April and 27 – 28 May 2021, Digital meeting
97th 23 – 24 Nov 2021, Digital meeting
98th 27 April (digital session) and 1 – 2 June 2022 (hybrid) Helsinki, Finland
98th-extra 15 Sep 2022, hybrid, Stockholm, Sweden
99th 30 Nov – 1 December 2022, hybrid, Cambridge, UK
99th-extra 30 March 2023, Digital meeting
100th 1 – 2 June 2023, hybrid, Skibotn and Tromsø, Norway, 1-2 June 2023
101st 8 – 9 November 2023, hybrid, Qingdao, P. R. of China
102nd 4 – 5 June 2024, in-person, Tokyo, Japan
102nd-extra planned for 10 September 2024, Digital meeting
103rd 28 – 29 November 2024, Stockholm, Sweden. Digital or in-person will be set later