We are very pleased to announce that Dr Ilpo Laitinen [1], City of Helsinki, Professor Balázs Németh [2], University of Pecs and Professor Roberta Piazza [3], University of Catania, have been appointed as Associate Directors of PASCAL. They will respectively have responsibility for developing the work of PASCAL in the Nordic countries, Eastern and Central Europe, and in Southern Europe.
They will be seeking to extend the reach of PASCAL in these areas, to generate new projects and funding, and the active involvement of new cities, regions and universities as well as individuals in the work of the observatory. They will work in a team with the Director of PASCAL for Europe, Professor Michael Osborne and Deputy Director for Europe, Dr Lesley Doyle, based at the University of Glasgow. We will them all every success in their new roles.