!!Legal Basis
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__The Academia Europaea is a not-for-profit organisation operating with two distinct legal entities. The Board of trustees is the same for BOTH entities  (a common Board). This ensures complementarity and maximum coordination.
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From 1st January 2025, the Munich entity will be the  operational entity for all matters relating to the EU and AE members. The London office will provide support services as required.__

!Background

The Academia Europaea was originally created under a 'declaration of trust' and until 2010 was registered as an not-for-profit association under English charity law (with former registration number 1001978).
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In 2010, The Academia Europaea Ltd was registered at Companies House in the UK as a Company Limited by Guarantee (registration number 7028223) and was also registered as a not-for-profit charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registration number 1133902). The registered address is at Room 251, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, Great Britain.
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In 2023, The Academia Europaea e.V. was registered at Amtsgericht München in Germany as “eingetragener Verein” (registration number VR 210134) and was also registered as a not-for-profit charity. The registered address is at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstr. 41, room 336, 80333 München, Germany
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__Documents:__
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*[Charitable registration|Charity_registration_for_the_company.pdf]
*[Link to the Charity Commission website|http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/search-for-a-charity/?txt=Academia+Europaea]
*[Original Deed of Trust|Academia_Europaea_deed_of_trust_1990.pdf]
*[Certificate of Incorporation|Certificate_of_incorporation_of_the_Academia_Europaea__The_Academy_of_Europe__2009.pdf]
*[Articles of Association of The Academia Europaea Ltd|AE_draft_articles_and_memorandum_-_FIN_v3_.pdf]
*[Regulations of the ACADEMIA EUROPAEA|Full Regulations AE co ltd amended 5 November 2019.pdf] (as adopted by the Annual Meeting in November 2019)
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!!The Board of Trustees of the Academia Europaea
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__President__ 
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''[Professor Marja Makarow|User/Makarow_Marja]'' [{Image src='Makarow_Marja_mini.jpg' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Professor of Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Helsinki
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__Vice President (officio)\\Trustee__\\
__Academic Director of the Munich Knowledge Hub__
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''[Professor Donald Dingwell|User/Dingwell_Donald]'' [{Image src='dingwell_donald2_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Director, Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU, Munich
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__Honorary Treasurer__
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''[Professor Stephen Evans|Member/Evans_Stephen]'' [{Image src='Evans_Stephen_finland_mini.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\Director of Research for Industrial Sustainability, University of Cambridge \\ 
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__Trustee__\\
__Vice President (ex officio)__\\
__Class Chair: Class A1 - Humanities and Arts__
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''[Professor Poul Holm|User/Holm_Poul]'' [{Image src='Holm_Poul2015_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin
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__Vice President (ex officio)__\\
__Class Chair: Class A2 - Social and Related Sciences__
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''[Professor Björn Wittrock|Member/Wittrock_Björn]'' [{Image src='Wittrock_Bjoern_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Professor, Uppsala University and Founding Director and Permanent Fellow of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
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__Trustee__\\
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__Class Chair: Class B – Exact Sciences__
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''[Professor Paolo Papale|Member/Papale_Paolo]'' [{Image src='Papale_Paolo_20220304_mini.jpg' caption='' height='130' class='image_right'}]\\
Research Director at INGV
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Vice President (ex officio)\\
Class Chair: Class C - Life Sciences__
__Widening participation, liaison with the Young Academy and the ERC (co-opted member)__\\
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''[Professor Eva Kondorosi|Member/Kondorosi_Éva]''[{Image src='Kondorosi_Eva_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
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__Trustee__\\
__Academic Director of the Bergen Knowledge Hub__
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''[Professor Eystein Jansen|Member/Jansen_Eystein]''[{Image src='jansen_eystein_mini.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Professor of Palaeoclimatology/marine Geology, University of Bergen 
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__Co-opted Trustee__\\
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''[Professor Milena Žic Fuchs|Member/Žic_Fuchs_Milena]'' [{Image src='zic_fuchs_milena_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
Professor of Linguistics, University of Zagreb\\ 
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__The Secretary to the Board__
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''[Dr. David Coates|User/Coates_David]'' [{Image src='David Coates_thumb.jpg' caption='' height='100' class='image_right'}]\\
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