Council
The Council is responsible for the scientific program of EAPS and administers the affairs of the association. The Council consists of five elected members, including the President, the Vice-President and the Secretary-General/Treasurer. The President, Vice-President and Secretary-General/Treasurer are the officers of EAPS and constitute its bureau which represents the association.
A new Council was elected by electronic ballot in May 2024.
Current Council (2026-2028)
Anna Matysiak
President, Poland
Sergi Vidal
Vice-President, Spain
Trude Lappegård
Secretary-General and Treasurer, Norway
Eva Beaujouan
Council Member, Austria
Alice Goisis
Council Member, UK
Nico van Nimwegen
Executive Director, The Netherlands
Anushiya Vanajan
Executive Secretary, The Netherlands
Honorary Presidents
To honor their significant contributions to the European Association for Population Studies, the members of EAPS elected the following Honorary Presidents (year of election in brackets):
- Emilio Zagheni, Germany (2026)
- Hill Kulu, United Kingdom (2024)
- Helga de Valk, The Netherlands (2022)
- Jane Falkingham, United Kingdom (2020)
- Zsolt Spéder, Hungary (2018)
- Francesco Billari, Italy (2016)
- Francois Héran, France (2012)
- Janina Józwiak †, Poland (2008)
- Guillaume Wunsch, Belgium (2003)
- Graziella Caselli, Italy (1999)
- Charlotte Höhn, Germany (1995)
- Gérard Calot †, France (1991)
- Dirk J. van de Kaa, The Netherlands (1987)