Professor Chris Brewin, UCL PALS Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).

Professor Franco Nori, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section, receives the 2024 Charles Hard Townes Medal.

Read an interview with Péter Hegyi, the new Academic Director of the Budapest Knowledge Hub, conducted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Professor Saiful Islam, University of Oxford, receives the Faraday Institution Community Award 2024 for Public Engagement / STEM Outreach.

Call for participation in the TEA-NET (Translational European-Asian Network) initiative aiming to enhance collaboration between European and Asian scientists.
Deadline for online applications: 15th September 2024.

Professor Edith Heard and Professor Ingrid Daubechies are recepients of two of the 2024 Royal Society Awards.

Dirk Göttsche, Robert Weninger, Svend Erik Larsen and the late Patrizia Lombardo received the 2024 Excellence Award for Collaborative Research.

An update by Academia Europaea's Graz Information Centre about the election results of the nomination cycle 2023/24.

Download the new 2024 Directory of Academia Europaea.

A new information leaflet about Academia Europaea is now available.

Sierd Cloetingh, Former President of Academia Europaea and presently Chair of the International Advisory Group of our Academy, has been elected ad Foreign Member of the Academy of Lisbon.

Professor Adrian Bejan, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section since 2013, receives the 2024 ASME Medal.

Marja Makarow, President of Academia Europaea informs about recent developments of one of the most important academy-level activities, science advice to support policy-makers’ decisions.

The Academia Europaea announce the publication of the G-20 Science network communique. The Academia Europaea participated in the Science network (S-20) process that is associated with the G-20, acting at the request of the European Commission.

Read the interview with Professor Jiří Přibáň, newly-elected member of the Law section and recently appointed as Justice at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.

Read an interview with Kjersti Fløttum where she examines the impact of narrative structures on climate change awareness and the need for motivating climate communication.

Call for nominations for the fifth edition of the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize.
Deadline: September 10th, 2024.

Read an interview with Kai Simons, member of the Cell and Developmental Biology section since 1989, where he reflects on life as a scientist and entrepreneur, as described in his autobiography ‘The Magic of the Collective’.

Noga Alon, Adi Shamir, Botond Roska and Martin Rees are among the Wolf Prize Laureates 2024.

Katalin Kariko receives the prestigious Libri Literary Prize for her brilliant memoirs “Breaking Through: My life in Science”.

Outstanding Hungarian award to Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz.

Following the latest nomination cycle, our Graz Information Centre shares insights into Academia Europaea's nomination statistics.

Members of the Life Sciences class are invitated to collaborate on developing a Guideline for Effective Policy Impact.
Deadline: 27 June 2024.

The European Group on Ethics has published its latest Statement, in response to a request by EC Vice-President Dubravka Šuica. The Statement has been informed by a literature review conducted by the Cardiff AE Hub and Library Services.

Read an interview with Prof. Péter Hegyi, the new Academic Director of the Budapest Knowledge Hub.

A new publication edited by Prof. Rosi Braidotti, member of the Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies section of Academia Europaea (together with Hiltraud Casper-Hehne, Marjan Ivković and Daan F. Oostveen).

15 Members of Academia Europaea elected to the Royal Society.
17th May 2024

The SAPEA Consortium has published a new Strategic Development Plan which was overseen by Academia Europaea.

Prof. Donald B. Dingwell, Director of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the LMU and current Vice-President of the Academia Europaea receives an honorary degree from Beihang University, China.

Read about the launch of the latest evidence review and policy recommendations on ‘Successful and timely uptake of AI in science in the EU’ by the European Scientific Advice Mechanism.

Prof. Donald Bruce Dingwell, Vice-President of the Academia Europaea, has been elected as a corresponding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Bridging science and policy in Europe - read an interview with Pearl Dykstra, member of the Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space section.

‘Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society’ publishes its first 2024 volume containing the latest collection of extended obituaries of recently deceased Fellows, seven of whom were also Members of Academia Europaea.

Professor David Lordkipanidze steps into the role previously held by Professor David Prangishvili, who served as Tbilisi’s inaugural Director since the Hub’s official opening on 24th April 2019.

Election and registration of new members elected in 2024.

Erol Gelenbe awarded The Cross of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Professor Erol Gelenbe and Professor Ataç İmamoğlu are listed among the 25 Most Influential Scientists and Technologists in the Muslim World.

Read an interview with Professor Samuel Lieu, member of the History and Archaeology section of Academia Europaea.

Submit nominations for the André Mischke YAE Prize for Science and Policy awarded by the Young Academy of Europe.
Deadline: 29 February 2024.

Prof. Achim Müller, member of the Chemical sciences section of Academia Europaea since 1998, passed away on February 28, 2024, 86 years old.
Read the obitury by Michel Verdaguer, Pierre Gouzerh and Anna Proust.

Professor Risto Näätänen, member of the Human Mind and its Complexity, passed away, at the age of 84 years.
Read the obituary by Kimmo Alho, Teija Kujala and Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen.

Read the interview with the 2024 winner of the Hypatia European Science Prize, Professor Nuria Oliver where she shares her reaction to receiving the award and discusses the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Erol Gelenbe receives the Honour of Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.

Prof. Donald Bruce Dingwell, Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Munich Knowledge Hub, has been elected as Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Academia Europaea mourns the tragic loss of Professor Lenka Hlávková who was among the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles Univesity in Prague on December 21, 2023.

Academia Europaea signs memorandum of understanding to establish the Translational European-Asian Network TEA-NET initiative.

SAPEA call for nominations of experts: Cross-sectoral evidence-based governance for One Health in the EU.
Deadline: 22nd January 2024.

The nomination cycle 2023/2024 has opened. The nominators are asked to pay attention to the new Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).

Season's greetings to all members and visitors of the Academy website.
Read the messages from the Hub Directors highlighting the activities of this year.

Read the end-of-year message from the president of Academia Europaea, Professor Marja Makarow.

Nominations for the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize is open.
Deadline for nominations: 23rd November 2023.

Prof. Andrzej J. Buras, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section of Academia Europaea was awarded the 2024 J. J. Sakurai Prize for his research on Theoretical Particle Physics.

ALLEA’s 2023 Madame de Staël Prize was awarded to Professor Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General and member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section.

Prof. Marja Makarow, President of Academia Europaea received an honorary doctorate from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

Prof. Miguel A.F. Sanjuán, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section of Academia Europaea, has been appointed as a Full Academician of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences.

Call for nomination of experts to take part in a new SAPEA evidence review on ‘Solar Radiation Modification’.
The deadline for nominations is 20th October 2023.

Marja Makarow, president of Academia Europaea informs about the establishment of a legal entitity in Munich, Germany.

The 2023 Balzan Prize awarded to David Damrosch and Heino Falcke.

Ferenc Krausz, member of the Physics and engineering sciences section of Academia Europaea since 2012, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023.

Katarin Karikó, member of the Biochemistry & molecular biology section of Academia Europaea since 2020, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023.

The Trustees are honoured to announce that the distinguished Neuroscientists Jean-Pierre Changeux has been awarded an Erasmus medal of this academy. This will be presented at the annual conference of the Academia Europaea in Munich, October 9-11, 2023.

Professor Michael Udvardi will be awarded Adam Kondorosi Academia Europaea Award for Advanced Research 2023 at the Academia Europaea annual conference in Munich on 10th October 2023.

Eugene W. Yeo, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), has been selected as the first (inaugural) recipient of the Academia Europaea Sydney Brenner Medal.

Read about the recent workshop by Academia Europaea’s Task Force for Environment, Sustainability, and Climate (TFESC) identifying transformative actions and best practices to promote sustainable agriculture and healthy food systems in Europe.

Dr. Pierre-Mark Delaux receives the 2023 Adam Kondorosi Academia Europaea Early-Career Investigator Award in recognition of exceptional contributions to the evolution of root nodule symbiosis and the elucidation of the common symbiosis signalling pathway.

Watch the highlights from the celebratory event of the European Review's 30th anniversary in Cambridge in July 2023.

Read the anniversary collection of articles to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Academia Europaea’s journal, European Review.

Professor Michela Massimi, member of the Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies section of Academia Europaea receives the 2023 Lakotos Award.

Professor Björn Wittrock, Class Chair the Social and Related Sciences Class of Academia Europaea was awarded the Leibniz Medal 2023.

Dame Frances Kirwan, member of the Mathematics section of Academia Europaea is awarded the 2023 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award.

Content alert: Do not miss out on reading the articles in the latest issue of the European Review, the journal of Academia Europaea.

Read the interview with Dame Athene Donald talks about her recently published book which examines the modern way of working in scientific research and how gender bias operates within it.

Prof. Sierd Cloetingh and Prof. Eva Kondorosi receive the Dimitrie Cantemir Medal, the most prestigious award of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

Professor Junguo Liu, Foreign Member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of Academia Europaea, has been elected as a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (SATW).

Prof. Harald zur Hausen, member of the Cell and Developmental Biology section of Academia Europaea since 1990 and Nobel Prize Laureate 2008 passed away on 28th May, 87 years old.
Read the obituary by Professor Crisanto Gutiérrez, the Chair of the Cell and Developmental Biology section.

Read the new publication by Prof. Axel Körner, member of the History and Archaeology and Musicology and Art History sections. The book of essays discusses the European and global expansion of Italian opera and the significance of this process for debates on opera at home in Italy.

Academia Europaea announces the prestigious award of the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2023 to Professor Patrick Cramer, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section.

Read the new publication by Prof. Isaac Kalimi where he demostrates why the book of Esther became one of the central books of Judaism and one of the most neglected books in Christianity.

Academia Europaea Wrocław Knowledge Hub celebrates the anniversary of its presence in Poland.
View the recording of the event.

Representatives from the seven Academia Europaea Knowledge Hubs and the Graz Information Centre met in Wrocław, Poland.

Read the interview with Professor Istvan Hargittai where he discusses his motivation for writing his latest book ‘Brilliance in Exile,’ which explores the lives of Hungarian émigré scientists who have made significant contributions to science after leaving their country of birth.

Professor Dingwell receives an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University.

Magdolna Hargittai discusses her latest book which focuses on the achievements of female scientists and the importance of role models in promoting and supportint more women in STEM.

Prof. Donald B. Dingwell is awarded the Gustav Steinmann Medal of the DGGV, the German national Geology Society.

Throughout history, women have overcome tremendous odds to make lasting contributions to science. In Meeting the Challenge, Magdolna Hargittai, member of the Chemical Sciences section, shares their stories.

Call for nominations for the 2023 ERASMUS MEDAL in a field of Class A1 (Humanities).
Closing date for the nomination is 31st of May 2023 (midnight GMT).

On 25 April 2023, Marja Makarow, President of Academia Europaea and Jaume Bertranpetit, Director of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub, hosted an event on at the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona to present the hub’s new institutional framework and programming.

Nominations for the new Academia Europaea Sydney Brenner Medal.
The closing date of the nomination period is the 31st of May 2023 (midnight GMT).

Open call for proposals for new initiatives for 2022/2023 (Academia Europeae and Young Academy of Europe members only).

Brilliance in Exile: The Diaspora of Hungarian Scientists from John von Neumann to Katalin Karikó.
Read the new publication by Professor István Hargittai, member of the Chemical Sciences section of Academia Europaea, and Balazs Hargittai.

Professor Claude Lorius, climatologist and member of Academia Europaea since 1989, passed away on Tuesday March 21, 2023.
Read the obituary by Prof. Mike Burton, the Chair of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section.

Read the interview with Professor Jaume Bertranpetit, the new Academic Director of the Barcelona Knowledge.

Read an interview with Prof. Susan Wray, member of the Physiology and Neuroscience section, to mark the International Women’s Day 2023. Prof. Wray shares her passion for physiology, and the people who have had the greatest impact on her work and career.

Academia Europaea congratulates its Vice-President and Director of the AE Cardiff Knowledge Hub, Professor Ole Petersen, to his 80th birthday.

The UK government has appointed Professor Angela McLean, member of the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology section of Academia Europaea since 2018 as its chief scientific adviser. She will become the UK’s first female chief scientific adviser.

Watch the video of the recording of the side event co-organized by Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø February 3rd, 20223, titled “The Future of Arctic Science and Science Diplomacy”.

Newsletter from the President of Academia Europaea, Professor Marja Makarow.
Febrary 2023.

The Poetics and Ethics of (Un-) Grievability in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction.
Read the new publication by Professor Susana Onega and Professor Jean-Michel Ganteau, members of the Literary and Theatrical Studies section of Academia Europaea.

Global Consequences of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: The Economics and Politics of the Second Cold War.
Read the new publication by Professor Grzegorz W. Kołodko, member of the Economics, Business and Management Sciences section of Academia Europaea.

The nomination period 2022/2023 opened on 1 October 2022 and will close on 31 January, 2023.
Academia Europaea encourages all its members to nominate scientists and scholars of international distinction.

Professor Erol Gelenbe awarded the Honour of Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.

Professor Barry Potter elected to Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society.

Call for participation in the newly established Academia Europaea Translational Medicine (AETM) Working Group.
Deadline: 23 December 2022.

Content alert: Do not miss out on reading the articles in the latest issue of the European Review, the journal of Academia Europaea.

Content alert: Have a look at the special issue of the European Review presenting articles from the ICONOCLASM symposium in Wroclaw organized by the History and Archaeology section of Academia Europaea and sponsored by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

Professor Jacques Drèze, member of the Economics, Business & Management Sciences section of Academia Europaea since 1989, passed away September 25, 2022.

Professor Philippe ASCHER, member of the Physiology and Neuroscience section of Academia Europaea since 1989, passed away October 4, 2022.

Academia Europaea Task Force on Environment, Climate and Sustainability presents her work during the Building Bridges 2022 Annual Conference.

Content alert: Do not miss out on reading the articles in the latest issue of the European Review, the journal of Academia Europaea. Among others, the issue contains three lectures from the 20201 Academia Europaea annual conference.

Professor Helmut Moritz, member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section since
1992, passed away October 21st, 2022.
Read the obituary by Prof. Hans Sünkel, former Rector of the Graz University of Technology.

The Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub and member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section, Prof. Eystein Jansen, is elected Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC).

34th Annual Business meeting of member of the Academia Europaea in Barcelona on 27th October, 2022, 09:00am (Spanish time) – 11:0am.
AGM will also be available virtually.
The AGM is open to all members of the Academia Europaea.

Prof. Donald Dingwell, the Academic Director of the Munich Knowledge Hub is elected as the Vice President of Academia Europaea.

Newsletter from the President of Academia Europaea, Professor Marja Makarow.
October 2022.

Professor Sierd Cloetingh to be awarded Academia Europaea’s Gold Award.

The Board of the Academia Europaea are pleased to announce that the renowned economist Philippe Aghion will be presented with an Erasmus Medal, on 27th October, 2022, at at the annual conference of the Academia Europaea in Barcelona.

Philosopher Nancy Cartwright wins the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize for her outstanding contributions to philosophical research.
The ceremony is scheduled to be held at the end of October 2022.

The Young Academy awards the 2022 Mischke Prize to Gergely Toldi. The award will be presented at the joint annual Academia Europaea/Young Academy of Europe meeting in Barcelona in October 2022.

Tullio Pozzan, member of the Physiology and Neuroscience section since 1998, passed away October 15, 2022.

Professor Luc Steels, member of the Informatics section of Academia Europaea, is awarded the EURAI Distinguished Service Award 2022.

Professor Peter Hänggi, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section of Academia Europaea since 2007, was awarded the Am. Phys. Soc. (APS) Lars Onsager Prize 2023.

Prof. Alain Aspect, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section and Prof. Anton Zeilinger, member of the Informatics section of the Academy were awarded the The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Prof. Svante Pääbo, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the Academy since 1989 is awarded the The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

AE-Bergen Hub will contribute to administrative tasks of YAE.

Prof. Lorente, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section has been appointed to the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council.

Academia Europaea issues a statement in support of Prof. Celâl Şengör from the Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ).

Prof. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Prof. Johannes Oerlemans from the Earth and Cosmic Science section of Academia Europaea were awarded the 2022 Balzan Prize.

Professor Donald Bruce Dingwell, Trustee and Academic Director of the Munich Knowledge Hub, receives the 2022 Willet Miller Medal of the Royal Society of Canada.

The Cardiff Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea marks the passing of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Invitation to participate in a questionnaire about images of Bob Dylan by Professor Anne-Marie Mai, member of the Literary and Theatrical Studies section.

Read an article on the war in Ukraine written by Professor Peter Nijkamp from the Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands, and a member of the Economic, Business and Management Sciences section of Academia Europaea published together with Karima Kourtit from the Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands, and Gabriela Pascariu Alexandru from the Ioan Cuza University, Romania.

University of Bath awards the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, to Prof. Barry Potter, member of the Chemical Sciences section.

Call for the nomination of experts to take part in a new SAPEA Working Group on ‘Sustainable Food Consumption’.
The deadline for nominations is 2 September 2022.

Andrzej Grzybowski, member of the Clinical and veterinary section of Academia Europaea, has edited a new book, "Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology".

Professor Carolyn Gianturco, a distinguished member of the Musicology and Art History section of Academia Europaea, passed away April 29, 2022.

Ulrich Teichler, member of the Governance, Institutions and Policies: Education, Health and Welfare section of Academia Europaea since 1992, who turned 80 this July, looks back on more than five decades of higher education research.

Prof. Katalin Karikó, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the Academy is awarded the 2022 Tang Prize.

Prof. Ole Petersen, Director of the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub, has received the Palade Prize 2022 for his work on the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis.

The 2022 Fukuoka Prize awarded to Prof. Timon Screech, member of the Classical Studies & Oriental Studies section of Academia Europaea. The prize honors the outstanding work of individuals, groups and organizations in the field of research and arts and culture.
Award ceremony: 27 September 2022.

Three members of Academia Europaea and members of the Mathematics section, Prof. Hugo Duminil-Copin, Prof. James Maynard and Prof. Maryna Viazovska were awarded the 2022 Fields medal.

Meet a new journal, the European Review of Books.

ELECTION NOTICE: CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA.
Academia Europaea members ONLY.
Closing date: 31 August 2022.

Read the editorial in the journal FUNCTION where Ole Petersen and Alexei Verkhratsky applaud the actions of scientists who oppose the Russian war against Ukraine.

ELECTION NOTICE: CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE TREASURER OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA.
Academia Europaea members ONLY.
Closing date: 31 August 2022.

Professor John H. Coates, a distinguished mathematician and a member of the Mathematics section of Academia Europaea since 2015 passed away on 9 May 2022 at the age of 77.

Miguel A.F. Sanjuán, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section receives the 2022 "James Yorke Award".

Academia Europaea sadly announces the passing of our founding President Professor Sir Arnold Burgen.

Peter Trudgill, member of the Linguistic studies section awarded Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad de Murcia.

The 2022 Shaw Prize awarded to three members of Academia Europaea: Noga Alon and Ehud Hrushovski, members of the Mathematics section and Michael Perryman, member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section.

Professor Nina Dethloff appointed Vice-Chair of the German Science and Humanities Council.

Professor Katalin Kariko awarded the 2022 NOVO NORDISK Prize for the development of the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

Members of Academia Europaea are invited to nominate candidates for membership in the Scientific Council of the ERC.

Professor Alexander Vovin, a prominent member of the Classic and oriental studies section, passed away. Read the obituary by section chair, Prof. Gerd Haverling and the members of the section committee.

Two members of Academia Europaea, Prof. Katalin Kariko and Prof. Ángela Nieto, were awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award in recognition of the excellence of their research in the fields of life sciences.

Professor Olav Eldholm, Professor Emeritus from the University of Bergen and a distinguished member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section passed away on March 18, 80 years old.
Read the obituary by Prof. Eystein Jansen, the Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub.

Professor Arnold Burgen, the founder and first President of Academia Europaea celebrates his 100th birthday on 20 March, 2022.

Academia Europaea members are invited to submit nominations for membership.
The nomination cycle 2021/2022 has been extended till 31 March 2022.

Deadline for the nomination: 31st March 2022 (midnight GMT).

Sir John Elliott, distinguished member of the History and Archaeology section passed away March 10, 2022. Read the memorial words by Prof. Manuel Lucena Giraldo and Prof. Nikita Harwich.

Read about scientific collaboration with Ukrainian scholars.

The President of Academia Europaea, Professor Sierd Cloetingh and the Mayor of Wrocław, Rafał Dutkiewicz signed the official Framework Agreement for Continuation of Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub in Wrocław.

Professor Frenc Krausz, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences secton is awarded the 2022 Wolf Prize in Physics.

Academia Europaea is saddened to announce the death of the 2008 Nobel Prize recipient and member of the Cell and Development Biology section of the Academy since 1988, Professor Luc Montagnier.

Professors Barbara Prainsack MAE and Nils-Eric Sahlin MAE are reappointed as members of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE).

2021 Descartes-Huygens Prize to Prof. Charles-Édouard Levillain, professor of modern British history at the research laboratory on anglophone cultures of the University of Paris-CNRS and a member of the History & Archaeology Section of Academia Europaea.

Read about the Climate Change related activities at the Academy of Athens.

Professor Thibault Damour, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section, is awarded the 2021 Balzan Prize.

Kin, People or Nation? On European Political Identities.
A new publication by Victor Neumann, member of the History and Archaeology section.
The book shows how the variety of connotations associated with the ideas of 'nation' and 'people' have been circumscribed in south-eastern Europe.

Farewell message from the outgoing President of the Academia Europaea, Professor Sierd Cloetingh.

Valedictory presidential lecture by Professor Sierd Cloetingh, President of Academia Europaea from 2014 till 2020.

The outstanding Latin scholar, Professor Harm Pinkster, a former Council member of Academia Europaea and a member of the section for Classical and Oriental studies since 1989 and its former chair, passed away on December 14th 2021 after a short period of illness.

Prof. Siegfried Selberherr, member of the Informatics section of Academia Europaea was elected Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association.

Humboldt Research Award to Dr. Ravikumar Majeti, member of the Clinical & Veterinary Science section of Academia Europaea.

The agreement on the transfer of the Wrocław Hub to the Wrocław University of Science and Technology was signed by Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs, Prof. Sierd Cloetingh, Prof. Marja Makarow, and Jacek Sutryk, Mayor of Wrocław.

Jacques Tits, Professor Emeritus from the Collège de France in Paris and a distinguished member of the Mathematics section of Academia Europaea since 1988 passed away December 5, 2021. Prof. Tits was a founding member of Academia Europaea.

Professor Katalin Kariko, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular biology section of Academia Europaea, receives the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Professor Marja Makarow appointed to the Board of the new European Innovation Council.

A publication by Isaac Kalimi, member of the Philosophy, theology and religious studies section.
The book explores the conflicts between mainstream Jews and their internal and external opponents, especially between particular Jewish groups such as Pharisees, Sadducees, Qumranites, Samaritans, Rabbanites and Karaites, as well as with Christians and Muslims regarding their interpretations of Jewish Scripture.

Professor Susana Onega, Professor Emeritus from the University of Zaranoza and a member of the Literary and Theatrical Section of Academia Europaea granted the Miguel Servet Award for Research Excellence.

Professor Ole Petersen has received the Gold Medal for his contribution to the development of European science at Academia Europaea’s Annual Conference.

Professor Maria Paradiso appointed in the Governing Board of the International
Science Council.

The Gold Award of Academia Europaea will be awarded to Professor Ole Petersen MAE FRS for his contribution to the development of European Science.

The Academia Europaea are pleased to award an Erasmus Medal to Professor Roger Penrose, internationally renowned Mathematician and Physicist and Professor (emeritus) of Mathematics, Oxford University.
The event will take place on Wednesday 20 October, 2021.

Professor Nikolaos Stampolidis elected as the first Director-General of the Acropolis Museum.

As a compliment to the award of the 2020 Erasmus medal of the Academia Europaea, Professor Roger Penrose will also receive a unique GÖMBÖC piece.

Breaking news: Prof. Syukuro Manabe and Prof. Klaus Hasselmann, members of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section and Prof. Giorgio Parisi, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Prof. Katalin Karikó of Pensylvania University and a member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the Academy is among the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) 2022 class of Inductees for her invention of Modified mRNA Technology Used in COVID-19 Vaccines.

Stig Strömholm, the third President of Academia Europaea celebrates his 90th birthday.

Professor Benno Werlen has launched an international initiative to highlight the significance of attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before the 2030 target date.

Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel, member of the Physics and Engineering Science section of the Academy, was awarded the prestigious William Prager Medal.

We are pleased to report that professor Don Dingwell, Chair of Class B (exact and Natural Sciences), Academic Director of the AE Knowledge Hub - Munich, has received the highest honour from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Read the newsletter from the President of Academia Europaea, Professor Sierd Cloetingh.
August 2021.

Professor Shalini Randeria, member of the Governance, Institutions and Policies: Education, Health and Welfare section of Academia Europaea, has been elected the 6th Rector and President of Central European University (CEU).

Professor Maria Leptin, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of Academia Europaea, appointed as the incoming President of the European Research Council.

Professor Dr. Karl Fuchs, distinguished member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section, passed away on 22 March 2021 after a remarkable scientific career.
Read the obituary by Hans Thybo, MAE and Sierd Cloetingh, president of Academia Europaea.

Prof. Donald B. Dingwell, Academia Europaea Vice-President and a member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of Academia Europaea elected as Fellow of the Royal Society.

Professor Christian Dustmann, member of the Economics, business and management sciences section of Academia Europaea has been awarded the Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize 2020.

Professor Pieter Muysken, member of the Linguistics section of Academia Europaea passed away 6 April 2021.

AAG Gold Medal awarded to Prof. Qiuming Cheng, a member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of the Academy.

Academia Europaea are proud to announce the award of the 2021 Abel Prize to the distinguished member Professor László Lovász MAE, the Academic Director of the AE Budapest Knowledge Hub and a member of the Mathematics section of Academia Europaea.

2021 Wolf Prize awarded to two members of Academia Europaea, Professor Joan Steitz and Professor Giorgio Parisi.

Professor Paul J. Crutzen, Nobel Prize Laureate for Chemistry 1995, Erasmus Medal winner 1997 and member of the Earth and Cosmic Science section of Academia Europaea passed away 28 January 2021.
Read the commemorative words by Professor Sierd Cloetingh, the President of Academia Europaea.

A new edition of the book by Prof. Victor Neumann, member of the History and archaeology section of the Academy.

Professor Assar Lindbeck, member of the Economics, Business & Management section of Academia Europaea passed away 28 August 2020.
Read the commemorative words by Prof. Zimmermann, the Chair of the Economics, Business Management section.

Prof. Jerzy Langer elected to President of the Warsaw Scientific Society.

The Copley Medal 2020 is awarded to Sir Alan Fersht MAE.

Professor Richard Catlow, of Cardiff University and University College London and member of the Chemical sciences section has been awarded the prize for his contribution to physical chemistry.

Professor Arkadiusz Wójs, Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Wroclaw Knowledge Hub and member of the Physics and engineering sciences section, was elected Rector of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

Leon O. Chua receives the 2020 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics.

Professor Martin McKee talks about Public Health, his role at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and his latest research on the adverse effects of movement restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Dieter Grimm, a member of the Law section of Academia Europaea, elected Fellow of the British Academy.

Ineke Sluiter awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol.

Order of Canada awarded to Professor Donald B. Dingwell

Chevalier in the Order of Academic Palms awarded to Adrian Bejan, a member of the Physics and Engineering Science section of Academia Europaea.

Professor Amélia Polonia, a distinguished member of the History & Archaeology Section Committee, awarded a ''Honoris Causa'' Doctorate.

Sir Michael Berridge, member of the Biochemistry and molecular biology section and one of the early members of Academia Europaea, passed away on 13 February 2020.

Prof. Herber Gleiter, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section, elected Researcher of the Year 2020 by the Advanced Materials Letters.

Barbara Wright, former Chair of the Literary and Theatrical section and a member of the Council of Academia Europaea died 14 December 2019.

Gerald Haug elected President of the the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Michel Che, former Section Chair of the Chemical Sciences section and a member of the Council and the Board of Academia Europaea died 7 August 2019 at the age of 77.

Professor Alan Dixon to be awarded the second Adam Kondorosi – AE Advanced Award for Research in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the field of Plant-Microbe symbioses. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday 24 October 2019, at the Academia Europaea annual conference in Barcelona.

Read the interview with Professor Peter Hegyi, Director of the Centre of Transnational Medicine, the University of Pécs.

Prof. Bejan receives an award for his pioneering contributions to modern thermodynamics and "Constructal Law".

Read the interview with Professor Rosalind L Smyth, Director and Professor of Child Health UCL Great Ormond St Institute of Child Health

VIP Career Achievement Award to Donald B. Dingwell, the Vice-President of Academia Europaea, by the Geological Association of Canada (CAC).

Academia Europaea and the Young Academy of Europe formally launch a new Regional Knowledge Hub in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia) on 24 April 2019.

Ewald R. Weibel (1929 – 2019)

Interview with Astronomer Royal Professor Martin Rees on occassion of the publication of his latest book On the Future: Prospects for Humanity.

Jean Bourgain, a member of the Mathematics section of Academia Europaea and a recipient of the Fields Medal, died December 22 at the age of 64.

Newsletter from the new Honorary Treasurer Veljko Milutinovic concerning present and future strategic plans.

The Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize awarded to Dr. László Lovász, AE member and current President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Award of the Chevalier dans l’ordre de la Légion d’honneur to Professor Marja Makarow.

Professor Sierd Cloetingh made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

André Mischke (1972-2018)

BREXIT, NATIONALITY AND UNION CITIZENSHIP: BOTTOM UP
An article by Prof. Hans Ulrich Jessurun d’Oliveira.
Presented at the History & Archaeology Section first bi-annual workshop
in the Wrocław Knowledge Hub, 3-4 September 2018.

Gold Medal awarded to Robert-Jan Smits MAE (h.c).
Monday 24th September 2018, at the Royal Society, London.

Interview with Professor John Tucker MAE, Professor of Computer Science, Swansea University

The Board of trustees and Council are pleased to announce that the 2018 Erasmus Medal will be presented to Hans Clevers at the 30th annual meeting of the Academia, Barcelona – 29th November, 2018.
Professor Clevers will deliver the 2018 Erasmus - Heinz-Nixdorf Lecture entitled “Stem cell based organoids as avatars in human disease”.

Sir Roger Elliott, former Treasurer of Academia Europaea, passed away on April 16, 2018.

Nicole Grobert, Professor of Nanomaterials at the Department of Materials in the University of Oxford, and former Young Academy of Europea (YAE) Chair joins Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to EC Commissioner Moedas.

Judith Lockett, the Executive Officer of the Cardiff Knowledge Hub, has retired.

Ole H. Petersen, Vice President of Academia Europaea, is awarded the Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award Lectureship.

The Brain Prize for 2018 is awarded to Bart De Strooper and Christian Haass.

Deadline for the nomination: September 30, 2018.

2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences awarded to Prof. Kim Nasmyth, member of the Cell and Developmental Biology section

The Mustafa Prize 2017 awarded to Prof. Erol Gelenbe, member of the Informatics section

Adrian Bejan named 2018 Franklin Institute Award Laureate.

Fotis Kafatos, founding President of the European Research Council (ERC) and a distinguished member of the Cell and Developmental Biology Section of Academia Europaea passed away 18 November 2017.

2017 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture awarded to Prof. Onora Sylvia O’Neill

Prof. Maurice Nivat, distinguised member of the Informatics section of Academia Europaea, passed away 21 September 2017.

Professor Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) Unit of the European Commission and Professor at IST, University of Lisbon, has been elected Honorary member of Academia Europaea.

The re-election of Professor Sierd Cloetingh (University of Utrecht) to the Presidency for a second term confirmed by the membership of the Academia Europaea at their Annual Business Meeting on 4 September 2017 in Budapest.
Read the President's election statement.

2017 Erasmus Medal for individual scholarship and career-long achievement to Professor Andreu Mas-Colell.

The first AE-Adam Kondorosi prize awarded to Professor Allan Downie

Gold Medal of the Academia Europaea to Professor Helga Nowotny MAE

Anne Buttimer, Vice President of the Academia Europaea, passed away on July 15, 2017

Krijn de Jong, Professor at Utrecht University has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Francois Gault Lectureship.

The Holberg Prize 2017 awarded to British scholar and Philosophy Professor Onora O'Neill.

The 2016 AE Russia Prizes awards ceremony.

Call for presentations on behalf of the History and Archaelogy section at the Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 in Budapest
Provisional programme now available

The complete catalogue raisonné of the Sonata a tre edited by Ludwig Finscher, Laurenz Lütteken and Inga Mai Groote

Signatures on a petition in support of Professor Thybo MAE

Interview with Professor Ole Petersen, Vice-President Academia Europaea and
Cardiff Hub Academic Director

Paul Hagenmuller, member of the Chemical Sciences section, passed away on January 7, 2017

Award of the "Medal of Friendship-Order of Merit" and election to the rank of Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to Prof. Herbert Gleiter.

Balzan Prize 2016 awarded to Piero Boitani, Federico Capasso and Reinhard Jahn.

2016 Annual Balzan Lecture held by Pascale Cossart at EPFL in Lausanne, December 14, 2016.

Emil Wiechert medal to AE President Sierd Cloetingh

Alex Verkhratsky named Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen

Sir Ralph Kohn, an Honorary Member of Academia Europaea, died November 11, 2016.

Prof. Carlo Doglioni nominated President of the INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 awarded to Ben Feringa (jointly with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart).

Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University Ioan Cuza of Iasi for Antoine Bailly

Zoltán Ésik died May 25, 2016.

EPS Emily Noether Distinction for Women in Physics awarded to Prof. Sybille Günter

Elected as an independent member of Council

The Academia Europaea have awarded the 2016 Erasmus Medal to Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees FRS MAE at their annual meeting and conference in Cardiff.

2016 Davida Teller Award to Janette Atkinson

Sir Partha S. Dasgupta awarded the 2016 John and Alice Tyler Prize of the University of Southern California

The 2016 Nemmers Prize in Economics awarded to Sir Richard Blundell

Abel Prize 2016 to Sir Andrew J. Wiles.

2016 Eraldo Antonini Award to Maurizio Brunori

New article in The National Geographic about the final phase of construction of The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Lisa Jardine died October 25, 2015.

Evguenii Burov died October 9, 2015

Tomas Lindahl awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

Elected to Royal Society of London

Professor Dame Edith HALL, the acclaimed International Classicist, to receive the 2015 Erasmus Medal on September 7th, at the 27th Annual conference to be held in Darmstadt

Appointed Chairperson of the Board of Technology Academy Finland

José Mariano Gago died April 17, 2015.

Sierd Cloetingh appointed new Vice President of the European Research Council

Carl Djerassi died January 30, 2015.

80th anniversary

Awarded to Anne Buttimer

Wilfried Brauer, a member of the Informatics Section, died February 2014.

AAG Lifetime Achievement Honors for Anne Buttimer

2013 Erasmus Medal Awarded to the international historian, Professor Norman Davies.

Irish poet Seamus Heaney died August 30, 2013.

Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2010 to Robert G. Edwards

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012