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.