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. 

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 2022 the board composition is:

Martin Procházka

Aurora President and chair of the Aurora Board

Rector of Palacký University Olomouc

Jón Atli Benediktsson

Aurora Board member

Rector and President of the University of Iceland

Margrethe Jonkman

Aurora Board member

President of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Josep Pallarès Marzal

Aurora Board member

Rector of Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Mathilde Chaumont

Aurora Student Council President and Board member

Student at Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne

Veronika Sexl

Aurora Board member

Rector of Universität Innsbruck

Barbara Albert

Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen

Matteo Lorito

Rector of the University Federico II of Naples

Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé

President of Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne

Martin Jes Iversen

Vice Dean International Education of Copenhagen Business School

Aurora Coordinators

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. 

Esmee Paques

VU Amsterdam

e.m.paques(at)vu.nl

Fanney Karlsdóttir

University of Iceland

aurora(at)hi.is

Thomas Baumgartner

University of Innsbruck

thomas.baumgartner(at)uibk.ac.at

Alessandro Arienzo

University of Naples Federico II

alessandro.arienzo(at)unina.it

Petra Günther

University of Duisburg-Essen

petra.guenther(at)uni-due.de

Joan Miquel Canals

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

jmcanals(at)urv.cat

Selma Porobic

Palacky University Olomouc

selma.porobic(at)upol.cz

Anne-Karen Hüske

Copenhagen Business School

ahu.msc(at)cbs.dk

Martin Schwell

Université Paris Est-Creteil

martin.schwell(at)u-pec.fr

Aurora Central Office

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

Ramon Puras

Secretary-General

r.a.puras(at)vu.nl

Sabine Sainte-Rose

Programme Director

s.allain-sainterose(at)vu.nl

Maria José Montaña Correa

Project Manager for Education

m.j.montanacorrea(at)vu.nl

Pim de Boer

EU Liaison – Policy Advisor

w.i.de.boer(at)vu.nl

Anna Klas

Communications Officer

a.r.c.klas(at)vu.nl

Chiara Cardigliano

Administrative Officer

c.cardigliano(at)vu.nl

Aurora Student Council

Aurora Student Council 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

Aurora Student Council President – Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne

mathilde.chaumont@etu.u-pec.fr

Sören Daehn

Aurora Student Council Vice-President – Copenhagen Business School

soda.msc(at)cbs.dk

Paula Mora

Aurora Student Council Communications Officer – Universtat Rovira i Virgili

paula.morar(at)estudiants.urv.cat

Andréa Gaucher

Aurora Student Council Secretary – Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne

auroraupec(at)gmail.com

Sophia Neßler

ASC member University of Innsbruck

sophia.nessler(at)oeh.cc

Hannah Gratl

ASC member – Universität Innsbruck

Vorsitz2-oeh(at)uibk.ac.at

Sören Daehn

ASC member- Copenhagen Business School

soda.msc(at)cbs.dk

David Ellebye

ASC member – Copenhagen Business School

david.ellebye(at)cbsstudents.dk

Lena Greguric-Aßbeck

ASC member – University of Duisburg Essen

hopo(at)asta-due.org

Berat Arifi

ASC member – University of Duisburg Essen

hopo(at)asta-due.de

Alisa Draken

ASC member – University of Duisburg Essen

hopo(at)asta-due.org

Sigríður Helga Kárdal Ásgeirsdóttir

ASC member – University of Iceland

sho16(at)hi.is

Andréa Gaucher

ASC member – Université Parist-Est Créteil

auroraupec(at)gmail.com

Mathilde Chaumont

ASC member – Université Parist-Est Créteil

mathilde.chaumont(at)etu.u-pec.fr

Sofia Rabbanizadah

ASC member – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

usr.sofia.rabbanizadah(at)vu.nl

Suvarn Nagan

ASC member – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

usr.suvarn.nagan(at)vu.nl

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