IASA Executive Board for 2026-2029 - election announcement

Dear IASA colleagues,

As you know, 2026 is an election year for the IASA Executive Board. As stated in the IASA constitution: “The Executive Board shall be elected by the members of the Association. Any member in good standing shall be eligible to stand for election.” - See more at: http://www.iasa-web.org/iasa-constitution#part3-Exec

As required by the constitution, a nominating committee was appointed and a call for nominees was undertaken. The nomination process is now complete, and the committee is pleased to announce the results.

The following are the candidates for the IASA Executive Board for 2023-2026 (nominations for each office are in alphabetical order):

For President (1 position): Ketevan Davitashvili, Gisa Jahnichen, Judith Opoku-Boateng

For Vice-Presidents (3 positions): Audra Adomenas, Dan Hockstein, Susan Kibaara, Kjetil Landrog, Ling Jiasui, Cadu Marconi, Andrew Martin, Mengchun Tsai

For Secretary General (acclaimed): Pedro Felix

For Editor (acclaimed): Marija Dumnić Vilotijević 

For Web Manager (acclaimed): Bright Joshua 

For Treasurer (acclaimed): Nadia Lai 

Current IASA President, Patrick Midtyling, becomes Past President.

Biographies and personal vision statements for each of the candidates can be found here (click to view).

Voting for the roles will be held by electronic ballot. Please take some time to review the candidates; members in good standing will receive a secure electronic ballot hosted by Helios Voting. All eligible individual and institutional members whose email addresses are up-to-date on the members e-list will receive a message from the Helios Voting Administrator that includes: brief instructions, a link to the online ballot, your voter ID, and your voter password.

If you believe you are a member in good standing and do not receive the invitation message from Helios Voting Administrator by 20 June, 2026, please contact Aaron Bittel (abitell@wesleyan.edu(link sends e-mail)). Voting is very simple and will only take you a few minutes.

The voting period will close on 19 September, 2026.

Thanks to all the candidates for agreeing to support IASA by running for the Executive Board.

Best wishes,

Your IASA 2026-2029 Nominating Committee
Aaron Bittel (chair)
Ilse Asmann (member)
Elisabeth Steinhaeuser (member)