ACADEMIA EUROPAEA - The Academy of Europe

Our Governance

Under the terms of the deed of trust and our standing regulations, operational affairs are delegated from the Trustees to a Board and a Council.

At the time of writing (January 2010), members of the Board of Management of the Academia Europaea Trust were: President - Professor Lars Walloe [Oslo, Norway]; Vice-President: Professor Sierd Cloetingh [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]; and Professor Roger Elliott [as Hon. Treasurer, Oxford, UK], Professor Ole Petersen (Cardiff, UK) and Professor Theo D'Haen (Leuven, Belgium).

The membership of the AE, at their AGM in Naples (in September 2009) approved an expanded "interim" Board. This "interim" Board anticipates a change in the legal status and governance of the Academia Europaea, that will take effect from April 1st 2010. The "interim" Board will at that date, assume full legal responsibility subject to confirmation by the members at an AGM that has been scheduled for September the 9th, 2010.

 

Additional members of the "interim" Board include; Professors Peter Emmer (History, Leiden), Michel Ché (Chemistry, Paris), Cinzia Ferrini (Philosophy, Trieste) and Jerzy Langer (Physics, Warsaw).

Council members for 2009/10 are:

The President (as chair) and the Board of Management, plus 

Chairs of Academic Sections (see current list), and

(up to) five independent members;

  • Prof. Susan Bassnet (Warwick,UK) - Literature, retires 2010
  • Prof. Cinzia Ferrini (Trieste, Italy) - History of philosophy, retires 2010
  • Prof. Jozef Gruska (Brno, Czech Republic) - Informatics, retires 2010
  • Prof. Margit Sutrop (Tartu, Estonia) - Philosophy, retires 2010

There are curently no Co-opted members

 

Nominations committee and Elections process.

The Trustees, Board and Council are supported by a Secretariat based in London:


President's Page: See the speech given at the ISE meeting in Barcelona May/June 2010 - The European Research Council – the key to consolidating European science CLICK here   and a piece on excellence given at Wroclaw in Poland.

 

PRESS RELEASES

September 1 2010: Announcing Award of the 2010 ERASMUS MEDAL TO M.J. FRECHET (Chemistry)....more here...

September 1 2010: Announcing the list of 2010 BURGEN SCHOLARSHIPS awarded to early stage researchers based in Belgium... more here....

MAY 2010 - Board publish a commentary on the European Commission 2020 Strategy..... MORE HERE....

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Latest information about the European Research Council.. see

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SCIENCE ADVICE AND EVIDENCE BASED POLICY MAKING

The European Academies Science Advisory Council [EASAC] - 'Science into Policy' - statements and topics - for more click here...

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  • Annual report and accounts for 2008-2009  pdf
  • Draft Annual report and accounts for 2009-2010   ; financial summary (graphical)

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Journal PUBLICATIONS

  • European Review Volume 18 issue 1 (2010) published online link
  • European Review Volume 18 issue 2 published contents   online link
  • European Review Supplement 18(S1). 2010. "Diversification of Higher Education and the Academic Profession".  Papers from the Hercules symposium, Turin, Italy 2009 Supported by the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. Edited by Alessandro Cavalli (Pavia) and Ulrich Teichler (Kassel). pdf of contents . online link  OPEN ACCESS

Other European Review Supplements:

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Information for members  click here  The new 2010 directory is available log in to the secure members page to download the full A-Z, or request a pdf copy by email from Betty Lim at the office (include your membership number in the request please).

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PROJECT INFORMATION

"Founding Visions" and "Invitation to Dialogue" project - see all the the  video interviews - CLICK HERE FOR more...

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SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS

MEMBERS of the Academia Europaea - Your 2010 subscriptions payments are now due. Eligible members received a letter in May 2010 asking for payment. You can pay using our secure online payment system - follow this link

 

NON- MEMBERS: If you would like to support the activity of the Academy, why not make a donation?  CLICK the 'DONATION' box at the bottom of this page

 

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