Founding
The idea of an European Federation of EPR groups (EFEPR) was first put forward
during a joint conference organized by the British, the oldest ESR group in Europe,
and the then more newly formed Italian ESR group.
The meeting was held during August 1991 in the historic town of Padua.
A steering committee chaired by Klaus Moebius, Free University of Berlin, was
set up and this gave rise in the following year to the European federation.
Professor Klaus Moebius was elected as its first president and was succeeded by
Professor Marina Brustolon (Padua) who was elected during the second triennial
conference held in Paris 1994, and confirmed to the post at the 3rd meeting held
in August 1997 in Leipzig.
Over the years
Daniella Goldfarb from the Weizmann Institute in Israel was elected as the
third president in the 4th meeting held in Norwich (September 2000),
and passed office at the 5th meeting held in Lisbon(September 2003)
to Etienne Goovaerts from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, who accepted
to take up a second term at 6th meeting held in Madrid (September 2006).
At the 7th EFPR meeting in Antwerp (September 2009), the general
assembly appointed Graham Smith from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
to be the president of EFEPR in the following years.
Today
At the 10th EFEPR conference in Turin, the structure of the EFEPR
was changed. The organization is now led by one president and two vice-presidents
from different countries in Europe. As president, Sabine Van Doorslaer
(University of Antwerp, Belgium) was chosen. The two vice presidents are
Carole Duboc (University Grenoble Alpes, France) and Donatella Carbonera
(University of Padova, Italy).
In November 2022, the general assembly (held via Zoom) has appointed Gunnar
Jeschke (ETH Zürich) as president ad interim.
