Who We Are
General Council & Board
Aurora has a General Council which consists of the rectors/presidents of the Aurora universities – or their formal representatives and two members of the Aurora Student Council. The General Council meets twice a year.

Veronika Sexl

Barbara Albert

Matteo Lorito

Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé

Wilbert van der Meer

Karen Brown

Mathilde Chaumont
Student at Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne
In addition to the General Council, Aurora has a board of four rectors/presidents and the president of the Aurora Student Council who are charged with the management of the association. As of May 2025, the board composition is:

Michael Kohajda
Rector of Palacký University Olomouc

Josep Pallarès Marzal
Rector of Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Margrethe Jonkman
President of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Jón Atli Benediktsson
Rector and President of the University of Iceland
Vice-rectors of Research

Gregor Halff

Karen Shire

Carole Hénique

Morten Irgens

Urbano Lorenzo Seva

Lorenzo Marrucci

Gregor Weihs

Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir
Vice-rectors of Education

Jacqueline van Muijlwijk-Koezen

Karen Shire

Francesco Palumbo

Arnaud Thauvron

Steinunn Gestsdóttir

Wilbert van der Meer

Montserrat Pinent Armengol

Janette Walde
Aurora Institutional Coordinators
Each Aurora university has an institutional coordinator who monitors the Aurora activities in their own institution as well as in the network. Below you will find an overview of the institutional coordinators per university.









Aurora Central Office
Aurora is supported by a small central office consisting of eight team members:





Aurora Student Council
Aurora Student Council (ASC) consists of two elected student representatives from each university, who collectively decide on student priorities within Aurora. The council is led by the elected president and vice-president.

Mathilde Chaumont




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Alexandra Mihaela Valsan





Michaela Lukačínová

