Call for Experts

The Environmental Steering Panel provides independent and leading edge scientific assessment.

The Academy’s nominee would be expected to:

• Attend each meeting of the Steering Panel
• Update the Academy with a formal report after each meeting of the Steering Panel
• Suggest potential projects or reports on environmental issues of concern
• Provide comments on draft EASAC publications pertaining to the Environment
• Brief Irish stakeholders regarding EASAC’s reports, publications and other relevant outputs
• Be available to the media as the ‘Royal Irish Academy’s nominee to the EASAC Environmental Steering Panel.
• Support in the drafting of Academy Press Releases
• Evaluate potential Academy nominees to EASAC
• Contribute to the Academy’s ‘International Delegates Report’.
• Liaise with the Academy’s National Committees where appropriate.

If you are interested in becoming the Academy’s nominee, please email the Head of Policy and International Relations, John Maguire at j.maguire@ria.ie by 28 October attaching a short supporting statement outlining your suitability as a candidate. All nominations will be reviewed by a panel chaired by the Academy’s Policy and International Relations Secretary, Professor Peter McHugh.