Academia Europaea
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Academia Europæa is a European non-governmental scientific academy founded in 1988. Its members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. It publishes European Review through Cambridge Journals.
(UK) then organised a meeting in London in June 1986 of Arnold Burgen
(UK), Hubert Curien
(F), Umberto Columbo (ITA), David Magnusson (S), Eugen Seibold (Germany) and Ruud van Lieshout (NL) – who agreed to the need for a European Academy.
The Academia Europæa was founded, as the European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters, at a meeting held in Cambridge in September 1988, under the first President, Arnold Burgen. The French Minister of Science, Hubert Curien, who later became the second President of the Academia, gave the inaugural address. The first Plenary Meeting was held in London in June 1989, by which time there were 627 members.
The Academy has over 2000 members, including over 40 Nobel Laureates, from 35 European countries and 8 non-European countries. The membership includes leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.
History
The concept of a 'European Academy of Sciences' was raised at a meeting in Paris of the European Ministers of Science in 1985. The Royal SocietyRoyal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
(UK) then organised a meeting in London in June 1986 of Arnold Burgen
Arnold Burgen
Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge 1982-89 , Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa....
(UK), Hubert Curien
Hubert Curien
Hubert Curien was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN , the first chairman of the European Space Agency , and second President of the Academia Europæa and a President of Fondation de France.-Biography:Born in Cornimont, Vosges in Lorraine,...
(F), Umberto Columbo (ITA), David Magnusson (S), Eugen Seibold (Germany) and Ruud van Lieshout (NL) – who agreed to the need for a European Academy.
The Academia Europæa was founded, as the European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters, at a meeting held in Cambridge in September 1988, under the first President, Arnold Burgen. The French Minister of Science, Hubert Curien, who later became the second President of the Academia, gave the inaugural address. The first Plenary Meeting was held in London in June 1989, by which time there were 627 members.
Membership
Membership is by invitation only, following a peer review selection process.The Academy has over 2000 members, including over 40 Nobel Laureates, from 35 European countries and 8 non-European countries. The membership includes leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.
See also
- European Council of Applied Sciences and EngineeringEuropean Council of Applied Sciences and EngineeringThe European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering is a European non-profit organization, which groups 19-20 European national academies of Engineering, Applied Sciences and Technology...
- European Research AreaEuropean Research AreaThe European Research Area is a system of scientific research programmes integrating the scientific resources of the European Union . Since its inception in 2000, the structure has been concentrated on multi-national co-operation in the fields of medical, environmental, industrial and...
(ERA) - European Research CouncilEuropean Research CouncilThe European Research Council is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the European Union . It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme ....
- European Research Advisory BoardEuropean Research Advisory BoardEURAB was the European Research Advisory Board from 2001 to 2007. Its successor - since 2008 - is the European Research Area Board .It is a high-level, independent, advisory committee created by the European Commission to provide advice on the design and implementation of EU research policy. EURAB...