Organisation & Contacts

To improve decision-making effectiveness within the ESPAD group, the ESPAD Assembly in Pisa in 2017 approved a revision of the ESPAD constitution, identifying the EUDA as a strategic partner. Under the rules defined therein, ESPAD coordination is jointly ensured by the ESPAD coordination group and an EUDA representative. The ESPAD coordinator became an elected position, with the first elections held in 2016. In 2021, the second election added the roles of project manager and communication manager to the elected coordination group.

The ESPAD coordination work is supported by the Steering Committee, also elected, responsible for appointing principal investigators (PIs) in each country and proposing study modifications. The principal researcher in each participating country is designated as ‘principal investigator’ (PI) or ‘ESPAD associate researcher,’ responsible for securing national funding and participating autonomously in ESPAD and assemblies. Data collected within ESPAD is autonomously owned by each country, specifically the hosting institution of the PI.

ESPAD Coordination
Sabrina Molinaro (CNR), Elisa Benedetti (CNR), Sonia Cerrai (CNR) and João Matias (EUDA)

Steering Committee
Sharon Arpa, Pavla Chomynová, Ola Ekholm, Biljana Kilibarda, Julian Strizek and ESPAD Coordination

Principal researchers by country
A full list of principal researchers by country may be found on the page Principal researchers by country.

More information
For more information or specific questions, contact ESPAD at: ESPAD[AT]ifc.cnr.it *
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