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"Beyond
Lisbon" - the 2010 annual conference of the Academy.

Statutory
Annual Business Meeting of Members

AIECS:
Informatics-Earth Sciences Interaction and dialogue workshop

European
Review - Did you Know?

"Basic
Ideas in Science": workshop number 4 - "Natural Law"

Nominations
of Candidates for Membership

'Call
For Posters' - Leuven 2010

Erasmus
Medallist for 2010

Protecting
the future of Scholarship capacity in Europe - the
Orchideenfächer"!

Quality
Assurance of Academic Information Sources - a new AE project?

2009
AE Russia Prizes - 2009 results

The
WorldWide Web 2.0 - Impact on Higher Education

Major
Report on Health Inequalities - Prof. Michael Marmot, UK

In
other news

NEWS OF MEMBERS

Professor Barry Potter (University of Bath-
Medicinal Chemistry).
Was recently awarded a share of
the 2009 Royal Society of Chemistry "Malcolm Campbell memorial
prize" and medal and won the 2009 GlaxoSmithKline International
Achievement award for his work in drug discovery. (contact him) personal
webpage

Magdolna Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai
(both AE members)- Budapest University of Technology and
Economics announce  recent books:
"Visual Symmetry" (World Scientific,
2009) see this
page  and  "Symmetry
through the Eyes of a Chemist", 3rd Edition (Springer, 2009)
click
here

From member Wolf
Berger  a new book:
W.H. Berger, 2009. Ocean -- Reflections on a Century of
Exploration. University of California Press, Berkeley,
California, U.S.A., 519pp.
Includes bibliographical references
and index ISBN 978-0-520-24778-9. 15 chapters, two of them
co-authored with E.N. Shor (historian of geology and
paleontology).

Prof. Franceso Fedi - (new Honorary
member) is the current President of COST (International Cooperation
in Science and Technology) - a major European research networking
organisation. See his profile
here. The COST organisation provides opportunities for
individual researchers to join major research networks - see their
website here . The AE Executuve Secretary is also involved in
COST, as as former UK Senior official and COST Vice president and
now the UK member of the Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Domain
Committee (and past chair of that comittee).

Organise a 'National' meeting of AE
members

Our
members from Belgium; Ireland and The Netherlands recently organised
very enjoyable meetings of  our "in Country" based members of
the Academia.  The Ireland members had a lunch; the Belgian and
Dutch members each had a late afternoon speaker, informal
discussion over a tea/drinks reception.  Why not
organise a national meeting? It is an ideal way to meet your fellow
members from different disciplines in a "familiar" setting.
Small grants are availabel to help set
these up : Contact the Executive
Secretary, if you want to organise a get together.

European Academies Science Advisory
Council

Academia
Europaea representative on the EASAC Council is Prof Brian Heap. Any
proposals for possible AE lead study topics, or other questions
about EASAC, please email
him here

Latest
Study reports and calls for experts can be found on the EASAC
website here

NON AE contacts and
announcements

Publication from the Council of Europe:
"Balancing act : twenty-one strategic dilemmas in cultural policy".
by François Matarasso and Charles Landry. For any further
information about this book,  please contact the Cultural
Policies Research and Development Unit Cultural Policy and Action
Division Council of Europe F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex E-mail :
[email-masked] Tel. : +33 (0)3 88 41 36 48 Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41
37

"Nano" the new online magazine of
'Small Science'! click
here

From
Campbridge University Press: new
Journal -"Itinerario: Journal on the History of European Expansion
and Global Interaction" - view
here

International Union of Geological
Societies (IUGS) has a new
website...  see also the 34TH 2012
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS (IGC) IN AUSTRALIA?

From the Royal Society Science Policy
Unit: Report - "New frontiers in science diplomacy" click
here

The Trans-European Research and Education
Networking Association (TERENA)  New task forces and
events - click
here

European University Association  (EUA):
see the
latetst events

International Conference on Environmental
Pollution and Clean Bio/PhytoRemediation (EPCR 2010) will
take place next 16-19 June 2010 in Pisa, Italy. website
here

International Conference "History of Science
in Practice", organized by the Programme of History,
Philosophy and Didactics of Science and Technology (National
Hellenic Research Foundation and University of Athens) and the
Hellenic Society of History, Philosophy and Didactics of Sciences.
The Conference will be held in Athens, Greece from 6th to 9th May
2010  website
here

In Memoriam

A
full list of those deceased members notified since publication of
the TREE issue 24 in 2009, will be published in the annual report
and on the website

We
have recently been notified of the deaths of the following
members:

Professor
Jerzy Haber, Institute of Catalysis & Surface Chemistry, Cracow
(former long-time chair of the Chemistry Section)
May 1930 –
January 2010

Professor
Torvard Laurent, Uppsala
December 1930 – November 2009

Professor
Amir Pnueli, Courant Inst. of Mathematical Sciences, New
York
April 1941 – November 2009

Professor
Jean-Pierre Vernant, Collège de France, Paris
January 1914 –
January 1 2010

We
have also been notified of the recent death of the first
Executive Secretary of the Academia Euroapea - Dr Craig Sinclair

A THANK YOU and A Request FOR
ACTION

I
would like to thank Paul De
Meester  and Székely György who
have kindly offered to start to provide news material for publcation
in future E-zines. I would welcome other such correspondents -
either by field, or on a national basis. All
contributions are welcome .  Please let me have your
newsworthy articles, publications and research announcements (major
grants, significant awards prizes etc)  and any significant
links by email.

Hermann Maurer (Chair of
Informatics) would also like to receive personal
profiles of members and your homepage URL for publication on
the new AE "Communications" webportal that he is developing for
the Academia.   Email him with your
information. See what
he wants here

thanks,
ExecSec

Section news

For
all Sections  the contacts page is here:
Each Section has its own home page on the main AE website. Some
Sections have their own seperate linked webpages.

See
the latest Physics and Engineering
Section news here

Latest
INFORMATICS Section news here

The
following new Sections are now up and running. The Section chairs
will welcome input from members.

Economics,
Business Studies and Managament Sciences (Chair Peter
Nijkamp, Amsterdam)

Law
(Chair Joseph Straus, Munich)

Social
Sciences (Chair Anne Buttimer,
Dublin)

Svend Erik Larsen (Aarhus,
DK) ) has taken over as chair of the Literary
and Theatrical Studies Section

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - ERASMUS MEDAL
2011

Prof
Cinzia Ferrini (AE Board member - Philosophy, Trieste) is
coordinating a search group to identify suitable candidates as
possible winners of the 2011 Erasmus Medal of the Academia. The
Medal will be presented at the Annual conference in Paris.  A
final decision will be made by the Council in September 2010. The closing date for receipt of nominations
is the END OF JUNE, 2010 . This year the candidates will be from the
discplines of the broad Humanities community

The
criteria and nominations form
can be found via this
link.  Alternatively, you can email a nomination directly
to Prof.
Ferrini.

Any
nomination must be supported with a short ,  but
comprehensive case for the award (a CV on its own is NOT
acceptable): this must contain  clear evidence of the
candidate's sustained, international scholarship achievements and
recognition, a URL link to a home page or  biography is helpful
support material, as is a key publications list. The Erasmus Medal
winner also gives the Erasmus Lecture at the opening event of the
annual conference. All candidates should therefore have a strong
reputation as an attractive speaker to mixed audiences.

Candidates
are not limited to existing members of the Academia Europaea.
Candidates do not have to be from the country hosting the annual
conference, In cases where the nomination is not already an AE
member, then the candidate will be expected to fulfil all of the criteria
for election to membership, which automatically comes with the
award.  A preference is for European based
nominations

The
2011  "Erasmus Medal will be awarded to a scholar from the
broader Humanities.    The search group that draws up
a short-list of nominations, is made up of the Chairs
of the Humanities section committees.

Photos from Naples 2009

Browse the images taken at the 2009 annual
conference in Naples.... click
here

Future Dialogue project Videos, view now-
feedback from members needed

The video interviews with some of the
Founding members of the Academia Europaea are now available to
view: click
here. Anne Buttimer who is coordinating the project on Future
Dialogue, would very much welcome feedback from members on some of
the issues raised by our founding fathers. In particular, she would
welcome structured commentary on how to develop the Academia
Europaea into the future.  Email
her

Regulations and other governance
information

You
can register on our website to get access to the member only
page: There you will find minutes of past management meetings;
key documents and the full A-Z member lists: You can also amend your
personal data directly in the database.  The current
regulations can be  downloaded from this webpage....

RESCHER PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT

In
acknowledgment of substantial gifting to the University, and in
recognition of his extensive contributions to philosophy and his
longstanding service to the institution, the University of
Pittsburgh has established the Nicholas
Rescher Prize for contributions to systematic philosophy.

The
prize, which will be awarded biennually beginning in the autumn of
2010, will consist in the bestowal of a gold medal and the award of
$25,000.

Dr.
Rescher joined the University’s faculty in 1961 and is Distinguished
University Professor of Philosophy.  He is also a member of the
Academia Europaea

Contact
him here......

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"Beyond
Lisbon" - the 2010 annual conference of the Academy.

From
9 - 11 September,  the 22nd
annual conference will take place at the University of Leuven in
Belgium. This will be an opportunity to engage with senior European
Research Policy makers from the European Commission; European
Research organisations and with fellow members. We will debate the
relevance and development of a European Research identity and policy
adn here about developments in European Science across a range of
fields.  Theo D'Haen and the local team, have put together
a very challenging programme. Please
do register and come to meet your colleagues.

This
year, there will be an opportunity for members to publicise their
own research achievements via a POSTER display and take advantage of
a  free 'Science Cafe' for
those 'working' discussions and 'need to escape' moments. See the
CALL FOR POSTERS later in the
this newsletter - Why not submit a poster proposal NOW?... Why not
also consider submitting a paper for a special Leuven issue of the European
Review? see the article below....

The full programme, How to register, Hotel
and travel information can be found on the AE
website......click
here
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Statutory Annual Business Meeting of
Members

Notice
is given that the annual general meeting of members of the Academy
will take place at Leuven, on 9 September, 2010.

This
year the AGM takes on a particular significance, with the
ending of the founding legal status and activation of the new
incorporated legal status and governance (from 1st April, 2010)
changes that members approved at the 2009 AGM:  Main items of
business will include:

Adoption of the closing annual report and accounts of the
trustees of the Academia Euroapea trust

Adoption of the report of the "interim" Board; and elections
to  the Board of the "new" Academia Europaea

Reports from the President; from the chair of the Nominations
Committee and from Sections;

Adoption of terms of reference of the Council and
elections to the Council

Approval of the Auditors for 2010/11

Approval of the annual member subscription fee for 2011

Consider any proposals for changes to the regulations

The
President and Directors will be present to answer any questions and
to outline their future plans.

All
members will receive a specific E-zine mailing on the subject of the
AGM and the elections  in April
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AIECS: Informatics-Earth Sciences
Interaction and dialogue workshop

30 -31st August , will see the first
Interaction-dialogue workshop between two Sections. The event will
stimulate practical links between the Informatics and Earth Sciences
community. This is the brainchild of Hermann Maurer and Don Dingwell respective Section
chairs. The programme is set to provide ample opportunity to
identify where disciplines can link to mutual benefit. Full
information on the programme, arrangements and social
dimension can be found via this
link...

The
CALL FOR PAPERS is still open,
until the end of April 2010...more...
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European Review - Did you Know?

That
all AE members have a
subscription to the full online version of the journal, in addition
to the printed copy. To access this and get the additional benefits
that online access brings follow
these instructions....   Why not have a look now....click
here...

Did
you know that  more of the articles are now FREE or OPEN
access? Sign up to get an email publication alert from CUP and get
early access to the next issue.

Did
you know that organisations can arrange to advertise in the journal
and ANY member can submit an article or be a guest editor for a
topic for a future Focus or thematic issue?

We
need to grow the circulation, so please make sure that your
University/Department or institution take the journal either
seperately or as part of a consortium arrangement with Cambridge
University Press - DO NOT donate
your personal copy to your library. This breaks our contract with
the publisher.

There
are a (costly) number of our members who probably are not receiving
the Review,  because we do not have up-to-date contact
information. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A
COPY in the past year, or if you have moved or retired, then
please either register
on our website so you can amend your contact details yourself,
or, send an email with your  preferred postal contact details
to Betty
Lim. We will shortly be taking steps to cancel a number of
"redundant" subscriptions.

CALL FOR
FEEDBACK:
As part of the future development for the Journal and other
publications activities, we need YOUR views. How should we
develop the 'European Review' as a title (or collection of
titles) into the future? Do you have suggestions for alternative
titles, types of publication and publications methods (including
alternative publishers, type of journal, frequency etc)?.
Please send me your thoughts and
suggestions  ....click here.....

CALL FOR PAPERS: Linked to the annual conference: we would
like to be able to publish an ONLINE  collection of critical
reviews and articles that address aspects of European Research
policy and provide critical analyses of key areas of European
Science. Theo
D' Haen would welcome offers of papers and manuscripts. see
instructions to authors.....
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"Basic Ideas in Science": workshop number
4 - "Natural Law"

Call for Programme organisers, speakers and
offered papers:

Juergen
Mittelstrass, would like to invite any members with an interest
in the above topic to contact him. A workshop will be organised for
either  late 2010 or early 2011. Likely venue is Venice.
To see the earlier workshops in the series follow these links: Complexity
; Symmetry
and Causality (will be published in April).

The
series is sponsored by the Klaus Tschira Foundation,
Heidelberg.
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Nominations of Candidates for
Membership

The
Board are particularly keen to see nominations in underrepresented
fields, for example: Statistics, Nanosciences and technologies, all
fields of Engineering and many areas in applied sciences, such as
the broad Agriculture and Forestry fields and some areas of clincial
and veterinary/animal sciences. Members can nominate candidates in
any discipline and are not restricted to one Section.  All
instructions, including for the President's List, can be foundhere.......

The
Nominations sub committee will consider candidate lists from
the Sections and any names put forward for the President's list, at
a meeting on 7-8 September in Leuven.

Did you know that this year and
for the first time, each Section will be allocated a budget
based on the subscription income from the Section membership. This
budget is available for use to support activities of the
Sections.
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'Call For Posters' - Leuven 2010

Leuven 2010:

Call for Member's posters: Any member
who would like to display a poster (size A0) is invited to submit a
proposal.

Each
Section will be limited to three posters. Posters can be either a
general description of the specific research interests of the
individual member, or of the member's research group. Or, the poster
can highlight any significant research findings. I hope to be able
to provide an  template for helping to prepare the posters (by
March). But any format will be welcomed.

Other examples of the type of poster commonly
seen, can be
found here:

IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A POSTER PROPOSAL, PLEASE
SEND ME AN EMAIL THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.
YOUR NAME AND INSTITUTION

2.
Your AE Section

3.
Provisional title of the poster

NOTE:
Poster proposals received will be forwarded to the relevant Section
Chair. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE POSTERS SUBMITTED
TO A SECTION, THE SECTION COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH TO
ACCEPT. The remainder will be kept on a waiting list in case some
Sections do not submit posters.

Closing date for receipt of proposals is 31st
March. Applicants will be notified by the end of
April.

A
pdf or image file of the poster must be submitted to the AE office
by the end of August (for publication on the website).
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Erasmus Medallist for 2010

The
2010 medal will be awarded to Prof.
Jean M. J. Fréchet (Chemistry)  at the Leuven annual
conference in September.

You
can access his homepage
here  and view other information
here....
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Protecting the future of Scholarship
capacity in Europe - the Orchideenfächer"!

There
is a furore about a decision of King's College, London,
to abolish the only remaining UK chair of Paelography. See the
BBC news item here

This
is not the first such decision of its type and is not a UK only
phenomenon. It is also not a uniquely Humanities situation.

AE ACTION: The Board have agreed that
this trend raises a generic issue: how to protect and nurture a
European capacity for the "Orchideenfächer"  - that is
those 'small' and highly specialised fields that represent a
keystone of long- term scholarship capability, but which may not be
"economically" attractive as subject areas for University
administrations!  A gradual drip, drip erosion on
a national basis , of the capacity to train and support
cadre of future scholars and custodians fo these esential
knowledge skills, will present a major crisis at the European
cultural level. So, the AE will now establish an expert group to
analyse the current situation across Europe and to produce a
'memorandum' that can  be presented to European and
National authorities and that describes possible options for
"preserving the future" in these fields.

A scoping document for the study is in
preparation and will be published on the AE website. A call for
evidence will then be launched and after the analysis,  a wider
policy workshop will be organised to debate the findings and
possible options. All members will be notified via an E-Zine
announcment in the next few weeks.
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Quality Assurance of Academic Information
Sources - a new AE project?

Laszlo Csernai (Chair of Physics and
Engineering) would be interested to get feedback and offers of
collaboration to develop an new AE initiative/prioposal in this
field. He writes:

"Some initial observations are: "AE
Role in Qualifying Reliable Academic Information (AE
Informatics Program). The internet is becoming a dominant source of
information and academic information, e.g. for students of all
levels, etc. Numerous sources are not fully reliable, and frequently
not well balanced or one-sided.  The lack of peer review makes these
information sources unreliable . A guide or recommendation
with a brief evaluation of the sites would be very useful. - At the
same time it would make the AE known. "Recommended / Approved
sources of academic information." AE Sections for general sources
(in English)  AE National Contact points for Language/Culture
specific sources: (see also the Maurer
and Coates essay in this newsletter)

For
a start:  Each section can select a number of reliable
recommended (free) sites. Later on: Additional free sites can be
approved by AE for in kind compensation
e.g. link to AE and
addtional sources there . Additional non-free sites can be
approved by AE for compensation. Fields can be classified by
classifying all academic activities, our sections should cover all
fields of knowledge and academia.  A good guidance can be given
by comparing the Dewey decimal library   classification
and our section structure."

IF ANYONE WANTS TO FOLLOW THIS
UP:  Please contact Laszlo byemail

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2009 AE
Russia Prizes - 2009 results

The
Russia Prizes have been around since 1992

Prof.
dr Vladimir Skulachev (Biochemistry) and our other Russia club
members have made this a significant annual
event. The prizes are made to a number of leading young/early
stage researchers (under 33 years of age). The awards cover all the
Sections of the Academia Europaea. There is a cash prize, a medal
and a citation.

Prof. Skulachev writes: " 21 laureates
have received diplomas, medals and money ($ 1,000 each) at the
celebration ceremony on 21 December, 2009. The ceremony took place
in Fundamental Library of the Intellectual Center of Moscow State
University...read more...

You can
see the Laureates list, images and the full report from the 2009
competition here.

The
Academia Europaea is grateful to the sponsors of the prizes: MAIK - NAUK Interperiodica and the
Rosbusinessbank
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The
WorldWide Web 2.0 - Impact on Higher Education

The
development of www 2.0 will have a significant impact on the
learning culture of our University communities. In this essay,
Hermann Maurer explores some of the issues.

Download
the essay

Your feedback and comments are welcomed
- contact Hermann Maurer and set up a new blog forum on the
issue.............  mail
him here
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Major Report on Health Inequalities -
Prof. Michael Marmot, UK

AE
member and former Vice President  - Michael Marmot has been featured on
BBC news radio today (Thursday 11 February): He has been
leading a  major UK investigation into the causes and possible
solutions to  key Health Inequalities that affect the
population of England. The report can be accessed from...his
research group webpages...

See
and listen to the BBC podcast of the interview with Michael
Marmot here
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