The different existing national and multinational associations have always informally talked and collaborated by a variety of means.

The International Council of RSE Associations (the Council) provides a formal open forum for established national and multinational RSE associations to talk and coordinate about RSE-related issues regularly, and thus sustain international collaboration around research software engineering/engineers.

The Council consists of delegates from the established RSE associations, who meet regularly to coordinate, discuss and collaborate around research software engineering/engineers. It is governed by a charter. Further national or multinational RSE associations can join the Council once they pass a threshold for establishment that is defined in the charter.

To maintain openness towards the community and facilitate further knowledge exchange and support, representatives of nascent communities can join Council meetings as observing participants, ask questions and discuss issues at the end of meetings.

To get in touch with the Council, write an email to
📧 [email protected].

For more information, also read this blog post from the 2nd International RSE Leaders Workshop 2020.

Read the Charter of the International Council of RSE Associations or download it as a PDF file.

The Council has a Code of Conduct, and you are expected to honour it in any participation in or interaction with the Council.

Current member associations and representatives

Association	Name	Email
Soc RSE	David Beavan	[email protected]
Soc RSE	Evelina Gabasova	[email protected]
de-RSE	Anna-Lena Lamprecht	[email protected]
de-RSE	Frank Löffler	[email protected]
BE-RSE	Alexander Botzki	[email protected]
BE-RSE	Johan Philips	[email protected]
NL-RSE	Thomas Pronk	[email protected]
NL-RSE	Yan Grange	[email protected]
RSE-AUNZ	Rowland Mosbergen	[email protected]
Nordic-RSE	Anne Claire Fouilloux	[email protected]
Nordic-RSE	Radovan Bast	[email protected]
US-RSE	Keith Beattie	[email protected]
US-RSE	Rinku Gupta	[email protected]

Observer associations

Association	Name	Email
RSE Asia	Saranjeet Kaur and Jyoti Bhogal	[email protected], [email protected]
RSSE Africa	Anelda van der Walt	[email protected]
Swiss RSE Community	Uwe Schmitt	[email protected]
Research Software Canada (rscan)	Ockmer Oosthuizen and Fares Dhane	[email protected], [email protected]