International Association for Urban Climate

We are calling for nominations for two new members of the Board of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) for the term 2023 – 2026. This is to replace Matthias Demuzere (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) and Helen Ward (University of Innsbruck, Austria) whose terms on the Board expire in 2022. We thank Matthias and Helen for their commitment and contributions to IAUC while serving on the Board.

The Board is seeking new members eager to play an active role in the development of the Association and who reflect the diversity of our membership. The deadline for nominations is 15. November 2022, 23:59 (UTC).

The IAUC is committed to and promotes inclusive and equitable participation of a diverse community in its membership. Based on our diversity statement, we strongly encourage nominations of candidates who diversify the board in terms of fields of study, geographical location, gender, career stages etc. We thus particularly encourage nominations of young scholars, including graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

The nomination process will be conducted as described below.

(1) If you are nominating another person, proceed as follows:

1. Email the IAUC Secretary [iauc-secretary[at]rub[dot]de] with the subject “IAUC board nomination NAME” indicating the name and affiliation of your nominee.
2. Put two other persons in cc who support the nomination. They must confirm their support of the nominee within the nomination period by replying to the E-mail.
3. The nominee should also email the Secretary [same address and subject] indicating their willingness to stand. The nominee should also provide their affiliation, country and supply a short statement containing a reference to their link to IAUC and urban climate which will be shared with the membership at the election (if there is one). That statement must not exceed 250 words, a limit that will be rigorously applied (longer statements will be truncated).

(2) If you are nominating yourself, proceed as follows:

1. Email the IAUC Secretary at [iauc-secretary[at]rub[dot]de] with the subject “IAUC board nomination NAME” indicating that you are nominating yourself.
2. Put name three other persons in cc who support your nomination. They must confirm their support for your nomination within the nomination period by reply to the same E-mail.
3. You should also provide your affiliation and country. Please also supply a short statement that will be shared with the membership at the election. That statement must not exceed 250 words, a limit that will be rigorously applied (longer statements will be truncated).

Also please note the following:

• All nominees, nominators and persons supporting a nomination must be members of the IAUC as of this moment (21. October 2022, 15:00 UTC). New members will not be eligible to vote or be nominated in this round of elections.
• All required information, as outlined in (1) or (2) above, must be received by the Secretary by 15. November 2022, 23:59 (UTC).
• E-mails should be sent to the Secretary at email address [iauc-secretary[at]rub[dot]de].
• Receipt of nomination e-mails will be confirmed. E-mails to other addresses may not be considered, no other method of communication will be accepted.
• It is the responsibility of the nominator and/or nominee to ensure that all necessary e-mails are sent to the Secretary within the nomination period. No reminders will be sent in the case of incomplete nominations.
• If more than two nominations are received, an election will be conducted via email and the web, with the two candidates receiving the highest vote counts being deemed to have been elected. If an election is necessary, the exact procedure will be described in an email to the current membership.