Former composition of the RCSL Board: see our archive pages
RCSL Governing Bodies 2023
Members in the positions with * can vote.
** Members of the RCSL Executive Committee
President*
• Pierre Guibentif, Portugal/France**
Immediate Past President
• Ulrike Schultz, Germany
Secretary
• Stefanie Lemke, Netherlands / Germany**
Vice-Presidents
• Teresa Piconto-Novales, Spain**
• Dee Smythe, South Africa**
Elected Board Members*
• Pablo Leandro Ciocchini, Argentina
• Julia Dahlvik, Austria
• Stefanie Lemke, Netherlands / Germany
• Laura Noemi Lora, Argentina**
• Teresa Piconto-Novales, Spain
• Katrin Seidel, Germany
• Dee Smythe, South Africa
Coopted Board Members
• Joxerramon Bengoetxea, Spain
• Ole Hammerslev, Sweden
• Susana Santos, Portugal
Current IISL Scientific Director Statutory Observer Board Member
• Sabine Frerichs, Austria
Working Group Chairs*
• Civil Justice and Dispute Resolution
• Hideaki Irie
• Comparative Legal Culture
• Agnieszka Kubal
• Comparative Studies of Legal Professions
• Avrom Sherr
• Gender, Law and Society
• Letizia Mancini and Barbara Giovanna Bello
• Human Rights
• Dani Rudnicki
• Judicialization of Social Problems
• João Velloso
• Law and Development
• Pedro Fortes and David Restrepo-Amariles
• Law and Migration
• Rashmi Jain and Kyriaki Topidi
• Law and Politics
• Angélica Cuellar Vázquez
• Law and Popular Culture
• Stefan Machura
• Legal Pluralism
• Martin Ramstedt
• Social and Legal Systems
• Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen and Luisa Teresa Hedler Ferreira (up to March 2024: Lucas P. Konzen and Germano Schwartz**)
• Sociology of Constitution
• Jiří Přibáň
• Knowledge and Opinion About the Law – Legal Consciousness
• Balázs Fekete
Podgorecki Young Scholar Prize Winner
• Alysia Blackham, Australia (2020-2023)
• Melissa Crouch, Australia (2023-2025)
• Pierre Guibentif, Portugal / France (President)
• Teresa Piconto-Novales (Vice-president)
• Dee Smythe, South Africa (Vice-president)
• Stefanie Lemke, Netherlands / Germany (Secretary)
• Pablo Ciocchini, Argentina/Singapore (Editorial Committee)
• Laura Noemi Lora, Argentina (Elected Member of the Executive Committee)
• Germano Schwartz, Brazil (Elected Member of the Executive Committee)
• Pablo Ciocchini, Argentina/Singapore (Chair)
• Stefan Machura, U.K. (former chair)
• Stefanie Lemke, Netherlands / Germany
• Pedro Fortes, Brazil
• Swethaa Ballakrishnen, USA, India, UE
• Mavis Maclean, U.K.
• Shozo Ota, Japan
RCSL Representatives at the IISL Board
• Pierre Guibentif, Portugal / France (ex officio)
• Ole Hammerslev, Sweden (Elected by the RCSL Board)
• Teresa Piconto-Novales, Spain (Elected by the RCSL Board)
• Shalini Randeria, India / Hungary (Appointed by ISA Presidency)
• Dee Smythe, South Africa (Elected by the RCSL Board)
• Ulrike Schultz, Germany (Elected by the RCSL Board)
Podgòrecki Prize Committees
(Independent of the Governing Bodies)
2024:
• Hilary Sommerlad, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Chair)
• Balázs Fekete, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• Laura N Lora, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Derecho, Argentina
This page last updated 31 May 2024