Professor Fausto Colombo, member of the Film, Media and Visual Studies Section since 2016, and member of its Section Committee between 2017 and 2023 passed away January 14, 2025.
Read the obituary by Prof. Göran Bolin and Prof. Kirsten Drotner, Past chairs of the Film, Media and Visual Studies section.

Read an interview with Professor Rosi Braidotti, member of the Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies section where she reflects on her contributions to feminist philosophy, the evolution of the Humanities, and the importance of embracing intergenerational justice.

Read an interview with Professor Saiful Islam, member of the Chemical Sciences Section since 2021, where he shares his journey in advancing sustainable energy research, championing science communication through engaging talks and record-breaking public experiments.

Read about important changes addressed by the Academia Europaea Board meeting on 25th November 2024.

Academia Europaea members are invited to submit nominations for membership.
The nomination cycle 2024/2025 closed on 31 January 2025.

Season's greetings to all members and visitors of the Academy website.
Read the messages from the outgoing President, Marja Makarow and the Hub Directors highlighting the activities of this year.

Group of Chief Scientific Advisors and the European Group on Ethics have published a new Evidence Review Report and literature reviews, with AE as lead academy and coordinated by AE Cardiff.

Read the end-of-year message from the president of Academia Europaea, Professor Marja Makarow.

Professor Donald Dingwell elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

Read the interview with Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson where she discusses her new publication highlighting real-world examples of how arts and humanities research impacts public policy.

Time: 26th November 2024 at 16:00 – 18:00 CET.
Venue: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.

The renowned scientific journal Nature Medicine has published a new article by Péter Hegyi and András Varró on the challenges of the education of the next generation of scientists and doctors.

Read an interview with Professor Kate Tchanturia, member of the Physiology and Neurescience section, where she describes her career at the intersection of research and clinical practice in autism and eating disorders.

Professor Chris Brewin, UCL PALS Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).

Demis Hassabis, member of the Informatics section of Academia Europaea since 2023, is one of the three Laureates of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024.

Professor Franco Nori, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section, receives the 2024 Charles Hard Townes Medal.

Read an interview with Péter Hegyi, the new Academic Director of the Budapest Knowledge Hub, conducted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Professor Saiful Islam, University of Oxford, receives the Faraday Institution Community Award 2024 for Public Engagement / STEM Outreach.

Call for participation in the TEA-NET (Translational European-Asian Network) initiative aiming to enhance collaboration between European and Asian scientists.
Deadline for online applications: 15th September 2024.

Professor Edith Heard and Professor Ingrid Daubechies are recepients of two of the 2024 Royal Society Awards.

Dirk Göttsche, Robert Weninger, Svend Erik Larsen and the late Patrizia Lombardo received the 2024 Excellence Award for Collaborative Research.

An update by Academia Europaea's Graz Information Centre about the election results of the nomination cycle 2023/24.

Download the new 2024 Directory of Academia Europaea.

A new information leaflet about Academia Europaea is now available.

Sierd Cloetingh, Former President of Academia Europaea and presently Chair of the International Advisory Group of our Academy, has been elected ad Foreign Member of the Academy of Lisbon.

Professor Adrian Bejan, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section since 2013, receives the 2024 ASME Medal.

Marja Makarow, President of Academia Europaea informs about recent developments of one of the most important academy-level activities, science advice to support policy-makers’ decisions.

The Academia Europaea announce the publication of the G-20 Science network communique. The Academia Europaea participated in the Science network (S-20) process that is associated with the G-20, acting at the request of the European Commission.

Read the interview with Professor Jiří Přibáň, newly-elected member of the Law section and recently appointed as Justice at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.

Read an interview with Kjersti Fløttum where she examines the impact of narrative structures on climate change awareness and the need for motivating climate communication.