EAA election 2026

Please vote before Friday 28 August 12:00 (noon) EEST using the link, username and password sent to each current Member by email. In case you have not received the email, please contact [email protected].

The chart shows the current composition of the EAA Executive Board and Nomination Committee – positions vacant for the election in 2026 are highlighted in bold italics and include

  • Incoming President
  • Secretary
  • two full term Ordinary Executive Board Member positions
  • two Ordinary Executive Board Member positions to complete the original term of office of resigned Executive Board Members
  • one full term Nomination Committee Member position
  • one Nomination Committee Early Career Member position to complete the original term of office of a resigned Nomination Committee Member

Please read the Nomination Committee report for further details of the nomination and election process.


CURRENT COMPOSITION 		      
                        
 EAA Executive Board                                                    
 President  Eszter Bánffy
 2020-2027
  
 Secretary  Sally Foster     
 2020-2026  
 Treasurer  Niamh McCullagh 2025-2028       
 Board Member (Vice-President)
  Peter Tóth
 2025-2028
  
 Board Member  Fedir Androshchuk 2022-2028  
 Board Member  Sofia Fonseca
 2026-2027
  
 Board Member  Bisserka Gaydarska           
 2023-2026  
 Board Member  Vibeke Vandrup Martens 2026-2027  
 Board Member  Maria Taloni
 2020-2026  
       
 EAA Nomination Committee      
       
 Committee Member  Peter Biehl       
 2025-2029  
 Committee Member  Matija Črešnar
 2022-2026
  
 Committee Member (Early Career) 
  
 2026-2028
  
 Committee Member  Katharina Rebay-Salisbury                    2023-2027
 

Voting is separate for each position. Therefore, please vote for one candidate for each position. You can abstain from voting for either position by simply selecting the option "I wish to abstain."

The names of the candidates are ordered alphabetically within each position. Clicking on the candidate's name will display the candidate's profile and election statement (please note multiple tabs).  

The EAA does not provide its mailing list to members, candidates, or external parties for election-related communication. However, members and candidates are free to communicate with other members within the framework of the EAA’s principles of academic freedom and its Code of Conduct and Practice (https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/EAA/About/Codes.aspx).

POSITION CANDIDATES
Incoming President Arkadiusz Marciniak
  Alessandro Vanzetti
Secretary Bisserka Gaydarska

Sophie Hüglin
Ordinary Executive Board member 1                            Evelyne Godfrey
  Uroš Matić
  Grzegorz Osipowicz
  Ioan Marian Tiplic
 Ordinary Executive Board member 2 Carlo Citter
  Christian Horn
  Kai Salas Rossenbach
  Jadranka Verdonkschot
 Ordinary Executive Board member 3 Vibeke Vandrup Martens
 Ordinary Executive Board member 4 Karina Grömer
 Nomination Committee member Nathan Schlanger
  Christina Toreld
 Nomination Committee member (early career) Vladimir Mihajlović
  Kristina Penezić
Please note that after you cast your vote, you can no longer change your decision.

The election will close on Friday 28 August 2026 at 12:00 noon EEST; no votes can be submitted after this deadline.

The results of the election will be announced at the EAA Annual Membership Business Meeting on Friday 28 August 2026, released shortly thereafter in the Members’ section of the EAA web, and published in the autumn issue of The European Archaeologist (TEA).