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STEERING COMMITTEE
 
The DiPVaC international steering committee manages the affairs of the DiPVaC research network between biennial general meetings, usually held during the biennial DiPVaC conference. The committee currently consists of seven members, including the chair.

Marisa Brook, University of Toronto, Canada (2021-)
Chloé Diskin-Holdaway, The University of Melbourne, Australia (chair, 2018-)
Mirjam Eiswirth, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany (2021-)
Péter Furkó, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (2018-)
Joseph Kern, University of Virginia's College at Wise, USA (2018-)
Yael Maschler, University of Haifa, Israel (2018-)
Ilana Mushin, The University of Queensland, Australia (2021-)

Past members
Gisle Andersen, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway (2012-2016)
Federica Barbieri, Swansea University, UK (2012-2014)
Kate Beeching, University of West of England, UK (2012-2016  
Alexandra D’Arcy, University of Victoria, Canada (2012-2016)
Liesbeth Degand, University of Louvain, Belgium (2014-2018)
Derek Denis, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada (2016-2021)
Suzanne Evans Wagner, Michigan State University, USA (2016-2018)
Stephen Levey, University of Ottawa, Canada (2014-2018)
Kazuko Matsumoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2016-2021) 
Elizabeth Peterson, University of Helsinki, Finland (2016-2021)
Heike Pichler, Newcastle University, UK (founding chair, 2012-2018)
Vera Regan, University College Dublin, Ireland (2012-2014)
Cathleen Waters, University of Leicester, UK (2012-2016)

The roles & responsibilities of the steering committee are described here.

The minutes from open business meetings at the following DiPVaC conferences are available below:
DiPVaC2 (Newcastle)
DiPVaC3 (Ottawa)
DiPVaC4 (Helsinki)
DiPVaC5 (Melbourne)
Launched & designed by Heike Pichler (Newcastle University, UK)
Maintained by Chloé Diskin-Holdaway (The University of Melbourne, Australia) 
Contact: dipvac.network@gmail.com 
​Last updated: 9 January 2023