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.

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.

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.

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.