Full members:
Members should fulfill the following requirements. They should be
- well-known in development research;
- active at a high level with at least three publications in the last 5 years in high-quality specialized or general journals or in books with reputable publishers;
- committed to capacity-building: willingness to review proposals, participate in summer schools, PhD workshops etc.;
- based in Europe (or, in exceptional cases, based elsewhere but of European nationality).
Nomination:
Anyone can suggest names to the Executive Committee, but a nomination should
be explicitly supported by 3 members. If someone wants to nominate X as a
candidate for full EUDN membership then he or she must pass X's CV
around. At the time of the vote, the CV of X and the identity of people who
support X will matter. The Executive Committee submits the names of all candidates
to the membership, indicating whether they satisfy the criteria and in what
way a proposed candidate would strengthen EUDN, given the expertise
represented in the EUDN. If one of the above criteria is not satisfied,
and the Executive Committee thinks there is case for making an exception then
they should argue the case clearly why they think an exception should be made.
Election:
Current EUDN members vote (yes/no) based on this restricted list. Candidates are ranked in the order of the number of yes-votes received. To be elected, a candidate must obtain at least 25% of the expressed votes. To be valid, at least 50% of the members must participates in the voting. When a person has obtained more votes as affiliate than as full member, that person is considered eligible for the affiliate status, yet the votes in both categories are aggregated to reach a decision.
The newly elected members are appointed for five years. Afterwards, membership
will be renewed if the criteria (except the one on expertise) are still satisfied.
This will be judged by the Executive Committee.
Associate members
Associate members are young researchers who
- do not yet satisfy the first two criteria of full members but are expected to do so;
- satisfy the other criteria ;
- have Ph.D. completed ;
- have at least one good journal article published or accepted.
Associate members are appointed for four years. If the first two criteria become satisfied by then, they automatically become full members. This will be judged by the Executive Committee, and voting will not be needed.
Unlike full members, associate members do not have the right to vote in the EUDN assembly
