ICASE - International Council of Associations for Science Education

ICASE membership spans the world led by a Management Committee (President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer) responsible for the day-to-day administration and operation of the Council, working closely with Management Committee Appointments, Regional Representatives, and Chairs of Standing Committees. Presidential terms are noted below.
	President (2023-2026) Dr. Declan Kennedy Senior Lecturer in Science Education Department of Education, University College Cork, Ireland E-mail: d.kennedy@ucc.ie (Member Organisation – Irish Science Teachers Association - ISTA) * Also Chair of World Headquarters Coordinator

	Past President (2023-2026) Dr. ZHANG BaoHui Qujiang Scholar Professor, Shaanxi Normal University Xian, China E-mail: icase2017bhzhang@163.com (Member Organization - National Association for Science Education, The Chinese Society of Education, CNASE) * Also Chair of Research and Publication Committee
	President-Elect Dr. Cesar Mora, Profesor Titular Posgrado de Física Educativa, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada Tecnología Avanzada Unidad Legaria del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CICATA-IPN) Del, Miguel Hidalgo, CP, México D.F. E-mail: ceml36@gmail.com (Member Organization: Latin American Science Education Research Association - LASERA)

	Secretary Dr. Sarfraz Aslam Associate Professor Faculty of Education & Humanities UNITAR International University, Malaysia E-mail: miansarfraz@hotmail.com (Member Organization - National Association for Science Education, The Chinese Society of Education, CNASE)

	Treasurer Ms. Mary Mullaghy Eureka Secondary School, Kells, Co Meath Dublin, Ireland E-mail: mmullaghy@gmail.com (Member Organisation – Irish Science Teachers Association - ISTA)

Appointments Co-opted to Management Committee
	Editor, Science Education International The Official Journal of ICASE Dr. Steven Sexton Senior Lecturer, Science Education, College of Education, University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand E-mail: steven.sexton@otago.ac.nz (Member Organization: New Zealand Association of Science Educators - NZASE) *Also Chair of Pre-secondary & Informal Science Education Committee

	Representative to UNESCO Dr. Teresa Kennedy Professor, Bilingual STEM Education University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, Texas USA E-mail: tkennedy@uttyler.edu (Member Organization: National Science Teachers Association of the U.S. - NSTA) *Also Past President and North America Representative (Presidential Term: 2014-2017)

Regional Representatives
	Africa Regional Representative Mr. David Itamah Director of Education, Chair of the STAN Board of Trustees; Chair of the Board of Directors of The STAN Place Ltd, the official publishers of STAN books Abuja, Nigeria E-mail: daitamah@yahoo.com (Member Organization: Science Teachers Association of Nigeria - STAN)

	Asia Regional Representative Dr. Manabu Sumida Professor, Faculty of Education, Ehime University Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama City, Japan E-mail: sumida.manabu.mm@ehime-u.ac.jp (Member Organisation – Japan Society for Science Education - JSSE)

	Australia/Pacific Regional Representative Dr. Carol Aldous Senior lecturer: Science & Mathematics Education College of Education, Psychology and Social Work Flinders University, Australia E-mail: carol.aldous@flinders.edu.au (Member Organization: Australian Science Education Research Association - ASERA)

	Europe Regional Representative Dr. Manuel Filipe Pereira Cunha Martins Costa Professor, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar Braga, Portugal Email: mfcosta@fisica.uminho.pt (Member Organization: Hands-on Science Network – HSCI)

	Latin America Regional Representative Dr. Cesar Mora, Profesor Titular Posgrado de Física Educativa, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada Tecnología Avanzada Unidad Legaria del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CICATA-IPN) Del, Miguel Hidalgo, CP, México D.F. E-mail: ceml36@gmail.com (Member Organization: Latin American Science Education Research Association - LASERA)

	North America Regional Representative Dr. Teresa Kennedy Professor, Bilingual STEM Education University of Texas at Tyler, USA E-mail: tkennedy@uttyler.edu (Member Organisation – National Science Teachers Association of the U.S.-NSTA) *Also Past President and Representative to UNESCO (Presidential Term: 2014-2017)

Chairs of Standing Committees
	Early Years STEM Education Dr. Sue Dale Tunnicliffe Senior Academic, UCL Institute of Education Leadership, Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators - CASTME, United Kingdom E-mail: lady.tunnicliffe@mac.com (Member Organizations: Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators - CASTME and the Association for Science Education of the UK – ASE)

	International Projects Dr. Jack Holbrook Visiting Professor, Center of Science Education, University of Tartu Past President and Newsletter Editor Tartu, Estonia E-mail: jack@ut.ee (Member Organisation: Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (HKASME)

	Membership Dr. Ryan Gallagher Department of Education, University College Cork Ireland Email: ryan.gallagher@ucc.ie (Member Organisation – Irish Science Teachers Association - ISTA)

	Pre-secondary & Informal Science Education Dr. Steven Sexton Senior Lecturer, Science Education, College of Education University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand E-mail: steven.sexton@otago.ac.nz (Member Organisation – New Zealand Association of Science Educators - NZASE) *Also Editor, Science Education International The Official Journal of ICASE
	Research and Publication Dr. ZHANG BaoHui Shaanxi Normal University Xian, China E-mail: icase2017bhzhang@163.com (Member Organization: National Association for Science Education, The Chinese Society of Education - CNASE) *Also President (Presidential Term: 2020-2023)

	Safety in Science Education Dr. Bob Worley Chemistry Advisor, CLEAPSS Science United Kingdom E-mail: bob.worley@cleapss.org.uk (Member Organization: CLEAPSS Science and the Association for Science Education of the UK – ASE)

	Science and Technology Education Centres Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon Deputy Director, International College, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand janchai@loxinfo.co.th (Member Organisation –Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University) *Also Past President (Presidential Term: 2004-2007)

	Sustainability and Environmental Education Dr. Yasemin Ozdem Yılmaz Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Mugla, Turkey E-mail: yaseminozdem@mu.edu.tr (Member Organization: Science Teacher’s Association of Turkey – FENÖDER)

	University Liaison Dr. Miia Rannikmae Professor, Center of Science Education University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia E-mail: miia@ut.ee (Member Organisations – Centre for Science Education, University of Tartu)

	World Conferences Dr. Ben Akpan Executive Director of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) Abuja, Nigeria E-mail: ben.b.akpan@gmail.com (Member Organization: Science Teachers Association of Nigeria - STAN) *Also Past President (Presidential Term: 2011-2014)

	World Headquarters Coordinator Dr. Declan Kennedy Senior Lecturer in Science Education Department of Education, University College Cork, Ireland E-mail: d.kennedy@ucc.ie (Member Organisation – Irish Science Teachers Association - ISTA) *Also President Elect (Presidential Term: 2023-2026)

	Web Communications Dr. Bulent Cavas Professor, Department of Science Education Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey E-mail: bulentcavas@gmail.com *Also Past President (Presidential Term: 2017-2020)