LIBER has announced the appointment of Alexander Hasgall as Executive Director, effective March 1, 2026. In this role, Hasgall will coordinate and implement strategic actions, manage the LIBER Office and Foundation, and represent European research library members at the European level.
Hasgall joins LIBER from the Swiss National Science Foundation, where he served as Head of International Funding Policy between 2024 and 2025, developing a global cooperation strategy and managing partnerships with international research funders. Previously, he was Head of the Council for Doctoral Education at the European University Association from 2017 to 2023, leading strategy development and representing the European doctoral education community in international forums.
His earlier work includes coordinating a national consortium of Swiss universities at the University of Geneva focused on reforming research assessment in the social sciences and humanities, resulting in one of the earliest comprehensive frameworks addressing discipline-specific evaluation practices. His professional experience also includes responsibility for research ethics and integrity and authorship of multiple publications on doctoral education and research training.
Hasgall holds a doctorate in Contemporary History from the University of Zurich and studied Philosophy and History at the University of Zurich and the Free University of Berlin. His academic work examined knowledge politics, archives, and institutional memory related to Argentina’s military dictatorship. Earlier roles included service as a human rights observer in Guatemala.
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