EASA's online votes

This page serves to record the membership ballots held outside of the AGMs, using an online vote.

November 2024: Motion concerning collaborations with Israeli academic institutions

The motion can be seen in this newsletter article. 1455 members voted in an online poll (44.5% turnout), with 1137 (78%) voting in favour, 253 (17%) voting against, and 65 (4.5%) abstaining.

This means that:

• EASA will not collaborate with Israeli academic institutions until Israel complies with International Law and International Humanitarian Law and ends the occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• the EASA Executive Committee will work in consultation with the Working Group on Human Rights and Academic Freedom to give effect to the spirit and intent of this motion, in a manner consistent with EASA’s bylaws as well as the relevant national laws of its members.
• EASA encourages EASA members not to enter into institutional arrangements, e.g. through common research projects and grants, with Israeli academic institutions.

April 2024: Motion to create a Working Group on Human Rights and Academic Freedom

The motion can be seen in this newsletter article. 761 members voted in an online poll (37% turnout), with 708 (93%) voting in favour, 29 (3.8%) voting against, and 24 (3.1%) abstaining.

October 2018: Motion on Israeli academic institutions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

EASA members voted in an online poll in overwhelming numbers to express their solidarity with colleagues in occupied Palestinian territories: In support: 830; Not in support: 21; Abstentions: 37. This vote followed the motion tabled at the Stockholm AGM concerning Israeli academic institutions situated in occupied Palestinian territories. The motion called for EASA to express its own opposition to the establishment of academic institutions exclusively serving Israeli citizens, situated within occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and to to pledge its own non-cooperation with these institutions; and to express its solidarity with Palestinian academics and students suffering the brunt of these discriminatory policies as well as with the Israeli colleagues of the Israeli Sociological Association and Israeli Anthropological association who oppose the same policies. View the motion.
After the AGM the EASA President received a letter from the Israeli Anthropological Association thanking us for our support and explaining in detail the situation in the Occupied Territories: the letter from the President, Nir Avieli can be seen here.

October 2015: Ballot On The Objects Of The Association

Members were asked to decide on three changes to the membership categories, voting and application process:
(a) doing away with the distinction between the categories of Ordinary Member and Associate Member;
(b) extending voting rights to Student Members;
(c) doing away with the requirement that an application for membership be supported by a current member of the association, or ‘sponsor’.
Ballots cast: 202 from a constituency: 1007; so a turnout of 20%, with 177 votes in favour and 25 votes against.

The turnout was comparable to the last few online elections/ballots. The changes have now been put into effect, making the application procedure clearer and more streamlined. The Executive hopes this will make life easier for those joining next year as a consequence of involvement in EASA2016.