On the occasion of the election of its new board on January 28th, 2021, Dr. Karin Lukas was elected President of the European Committee of Social Rights (CoE-ECSR). A long-time expert at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Lukas has been a member of the Committee since 2010. Most recently, she served as Vice-President of the fifteen-strong body. She will act as President for a two-year period.