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Other Committees

•Fundraising Committee
•2009 World Social Science Report (WSSR) Editorial Board
•Committee on Developing and Transition Economies (CoDATE)
•Stein Rokkan Prize 2008 - 2009 Jury
•The ISSC Nominating Committee

Fundraising Committee (FRC)

The FRC was established in 2007 to formulate and oversee new fundraising strategies for the Council and, in accordance with a decision of the 2006 General Assembly, to review its membership fees structure.

Chair	Luk van Langenhove, ISSC Vice-President Finance
Members	Gudmund Hernes, ISSC President Atilio Boron, ISSC Executive Committee Member Glyn Davies, ISSC Executive Committee Member
Ex Officio	Heide Hackmann, ISSC Secretary-General
Contact	Marietta Geronimo (mg.isscunesco.org)

The WSSR Editorial Board

The WSSR Editorial Board will advise on the design and production of the 2009 World Social Science Report.

Chair	Gudmund Hernes, ISSC President
Managing Editor	Francoise Caillods
Members	•Craig Calhoun, President Social Science Research Council, USA •Christopher Colclough, Director Center for Commonwealth Education, University of Cambridge, UK •Adam Habib, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Advancement, University of Johannesburg, South Africa •Laura Hernandez-Guzman, National University of Mexico, Mexico •Huang Ping, Director General Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China •Soheila Shahshahani, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran •Hebe Vessuri, Director Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venzolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela •Peter Weingart, Director Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT), University of Bielefeld, Germany •Polymnia Zagefka, Institute of Higher Studies on Latin America, France •John Crowley, UNESCO, (Observer)
Ex Officio	Heide Hackmann, ISSC Secretary-General
Contact	Mike Murphy (mm.isscunesco.org); Lucy Gathier (gathierissc@unesco.org)

CoDATE

Assisting the positive and rigorous development of the social sciences in developing and transition economies is a key priority for the ISSC. CoDATE was set up to advise the Council on the detailed design and implementation of actions intended to deliver this objective in the next four years.

Chair	Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Members	•Atilio Boron, Director of PLED, Latin American Program of Distance Education in the Social Sciences, Argentina •Renee van Kessel-Hagesteijn, Director Social Sciences and Director WOTRO Science for Global Development, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Netherlands •Khotso Mokhele, Vice-President for Scientific Planning and Review, International Council for Science •Seteney Shami, Programme Director Eurasia; Middle East and North Africa; International Collaboration, Social Science Research Council, USA •David Thorns, University of Canterbury, New Zealand •Wanda Ward, Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Natural Science Foundation, USA •Yang Yang, Director General,International Cooperation Bureau, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China
Ex Officio	Heide Hackmann, ISSC Secretary-General
Contact	Heide Hackmann (isscunesco.org)

Stein Rokkan Prize 2008 - 2009

The 2008 and 2009 prize jury comprises:

Chair	•Klaus Armingeon, Universität Bern, Germany
Members	•Maurizio Ferrera, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy •Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen/ Hertie School of Governance, Germany •Manfred Schmidt, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Contact

Clare Dekker (dekker

essex.ac.uk)

The ISSC Nominating Committee

Chair	•Renee van Kessel-Hagesteijn, Director Social Sciences and Director WOTRO Science for Global Development, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Netherlands
Members	•Dr. Akim J. Mturi, Deputy Executive Director, the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) •Prof. Woo-ik Yu, Secretary-General and Treasurer, the International Geographical Union (IGU) •Prof. Thomas Volgy, Executive Director, the International Studies Association (ISA)

Contact

Maria Pilar Magannon (issc

unesco.org)

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