News Archive#

Read the new SAPEA Evidence Review Report presenting the latest scientific evidence on the biodegradability of plastics in the open environment.

Academia Euroapea thanks its members, patrons, institutional sponsors and partners and all visitors of its web site for a fruitful 2021.

Read the latest newsletter by EASAC, the European Academies Science Advisory Council.

Attend the virtual launch of the AE Budapest Knowledge Hub.
9 DECEMBER 2020, 14.00-16.00 (CET)

2020 Harry H. HESS Medal of the American Geophysical Union awarded to Donald B. Dingwell.

Sir John Meurig Thomas, member of the Chemical science section of Academia Europaea passed away 13 November 2020.

SCIENTIFIC GRAND PRIZE 2021 - Call for nominations.
INSTITUT DE FRANCE LEFOULON-DELALANDE FOUNDATION.
Deadline for the reception of the dossiers: January 11, 2021.

Nicole Grobert, member of Chemical sciences section of Academia Europaea, has been elected Chair of the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors.

Due to the ongoing COVID restrictions and postponement of the 2020 Barcelona conference to October 2021, the deadline for the nomination has been extended to 31 October, 2020.

Call for Papers for the JEEM-Edinburgh-Shanghai Climate and Development (Hybrid) Conference: Covid-19 Pandemic and Sustainable Development.
Submission deadline: 10 November 2020.

Academia Europaea would like to inform its members about the publication of the latest COVID-19 Bulletin of the Royal Society of Biology. The bulletin presents
interesting news about the COVID-19 research.
26 October 2020.

Connecting Universities Across Eurasia. A new publication by Marijk van der Wende, member of the Human Mind and its Complexity section, William C. Kirby, Nian Cai Liu and Simon Marginson.
Webinar on the occassion of the book launch. 5 November 2020
2–4 PM (CET).

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.

Members of Academia Europaea are called upon to take part in the presidential elections 2020.
The voting period ends 12 October 2020.

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

Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 awarded with one half to Sir Roger Penrose, member of the Academia Europaea Mathematics section and the other half to Reinhard Genzel, member of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section (jointly with Andrea Ghez).

Prof. Christopher Smith appointed Executive Chair of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Academia Europaea would like to inform its members about the publication of the latest COVID-19 Bulletin of the Royal Society of Biology. The bulletin presents
interesting news about the COVID-19 research.
September 28, 2020.

Beijerinck Prizes for Virology 2021
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) invites researchers and scientific institutions to consider candidates for the M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize. This Prize goes to an internationally recognized virologist from any part of the world with groundbreaking contributions to virology.
Members of Academia Europaea are also eligible to nominate candidates.
Deadline for nominations: 1 November 2020.

Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon awarded the 2020 Balzan Prize for Environmental Challenges: Materials Science for Renewable Energy.

Professor Sir Martin Hairer is the single winner of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.

The President of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize" Alberto Quadrio-Curzio and the Chairman of the Balzan General Prize Committee Luciano Maiani will announce via live streaming the names of the 2020 Balzan Prizewinners.

A review by Luca Steardo Jr, Luca Steardo MAE and Alex Verkhratsky MAE highlighting the importance of appropriate management of psychiatric aspects of COVID-19.

Academia Europaea would like to inform its members about the publication of the latest COVID-19 Bulletin of the Royal Society of Biology. The bulletin presents
interesting news about the COVID-19 research.
August 24, 2020.

Professor Peter Trudgill awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Murcia University.