A popularization project of 3D animation movie about the place of humanity in the universe and the environment.

Academia Europaea is pleased to report the award of the 2018 Balzan Prize to Professor Eva Kondorosi (member of the AE Board), Professor Juergen Osterhammel and Professor Marilyn Strathern.

Half-year report available now.

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

Deadline to receive nominations is 1 October.

Academia Europaea invites its members to sign the petition.

Academia Europaea issues an OPEN LETTER to Mr Michel Barnier and Mr David Davis

Academia Europaea has expressed strong support for the recent letter signed by 153 Directors of the Max Planck Society Institutes.

On 12 April, an afternoon informal tea-party in the presence of Professor Arnold Burgen, the founding President of the Academy, was hosted at the Darwin College Cambridge in recognition of the establishment of Academia Europaea in 1988.

Letter by Sierd Cloetingh to Minister László Palkovics regarding the proposed amendment of the Law on the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Law on the 2019 State Budget of Hungary.

June 2018. With news about the 2018 nomination cycle, the award of the Gold Medal of the Academy and the Erasmus Medal, the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Members, Wroclaw Hub activities, among others.

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

The Academia Europaea strongly supports the recent views expressed by the Wellcome Trust in its report "Building a Strong Future for European Science: Brexit and Beyond"

Spring 2018

Job advertisement: Head of Communications in SAPEA
Starting date: As soon as possible, ideally 1 July 2018
End date: 31 October 2020 (provisional termination of SAPEA grant)
Location: Brussels, Belgium

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.

URGENT SAPEA call for experts.
Call for nominations for: an international Working Group, one Working Group Vice-Chair, independent reviewers, position of scientific writer, and a published report.
Deadline for response: 10 May 2018.

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.

BarceloNews - Newsletter of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub
No. 1/2018, March 2018

Nominations are now being accepted for the second KNAW Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award. The deadline for nominations is 1 May 2018.

Physiology and Pathophysiology 2018. Symposium to mark the 75th birthday of Professor Ole Petersen, Vice President of Academia Europaea

Deadline for the nomination: September 30, 2018.

The 2016 Hannover symposium volume on ‘University Governance and Creativity’ was now published in the European Review. All articles are open access.

World Scientific Publishing
Free access for Academia Europaea until 31 March 2018

The Sjöberg Prize 2018, is awarded to cancer researchers Zhu Chen, MAE, Anne Dejean, MAE and Hugues de Thé.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Single Molecule Transistors and Nanodevices Department of Materials, University of Oxford
Closing Date: 18 January 2018

Lund University celebrates its 350th anniversary with an extensive programme of events and activities.

Academia Euroapea thanks its members, patrons, institutional sponsors and partners and all visitors of its web site for a fruitful 2017.