Representatives of national scientific organizations from all IASC member countries form the IASC Council that meets once a year during the Arctic Science Summit Week.
The Council is the policy and decision-making body for IASC. The members ensure an input of a wide range of scientific and technical knowledge and provide access to a large number of scientists and administrators through their national committees.
IASC Council Members
Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI)
Wolfgang Schöner
Belgium
Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research (BNCAR)
Philippe Huybrechts
Canada
Polar Knowledge Canada
David Hik
China
Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CIAO)
Huigen Yang
Czech Republic
Centre for Polar Ecology
Josef Elster
Denmark
Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
Lise Lotte Sørensen
Finland
Council of Finnish Academies
Paula Kankaanpää
France
National Center for Scientific Research - CNRS
Jérôme Fort
Germany
German Research Foundation
Günther Heinemann
Iceland
RANNÍS, The Icelandic Centre for Research
Egill Þór Níelsson
India
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
Thamban Meloth
Italy
National Resarch Council of Italy
Carlo Barbante
Japan
Science Council of Japan, National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
Hiroyuki Enomoto
Republic of Korea
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Hyoung Chul Shin
The Netherlands
Dutch Research Council
Daan Blok
Norway
Research Council of Norway
Jon L. Fuglestad
Poland
Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Polar Research
Monika Kędra
Portugal
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
João Canario
Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir I Pavlenko
Spain
Spanish Polar Committee
Antonio Quesada
Sweden
Swedish Research Council
Ulf Jonsell
Switzerland
Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub
United Kingdom
Natural Environment Research Council
Henry Burgess
USA
Polar Research Board
Matthew Druckenmiller