The European Commission has appointed a new member of the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council. A new ERC Vice President for Social Science has also been elected.
Torsten Persson, a Distinguished Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, has been appointed as Scientific Council member for an initial period of four years.
Current member Professor Gerd Gigerenzer has been elected as new ERC Vice President for Social Science and Humanities. Both will take up their new roles on 1 January 2024.
Further information is available on the ERC website.