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Academia Europaea Directory 2015The Academy of Europe

Contents

Section A

President’s Introduction .....................................................2

History and Mission .............................................................3

Structure and Contacts ......................................................4

Gold Medal .............................................................................8

Burgen Scholars ....................................................................8

Honorary Membership .......................................................8

Russian Prizes .........................................................................8

Erasmus Medal ......................................................................9Patron Membership .......................................................... 10

Benefits for Members ....................................................... 11

New Initiatives Fund ......................................................... 12

Ae-info.org ........................................................................... 12

European Review online access ................................... 13

Governance:

Legal structure ............................................................... 15

Composition of Board and Council ........................ 15

List of Sections and Chairs ......................................... 16

Regulations (AE) ............................................................ 18

Nominations and Elections procedures ............... 21

Subscriptions policy .................................................... 24

Section B

A-Z Ordinary Members .................................................... 25

A-Z Foreign Members ...................................................... 42

Honorary Members .......................................................... 43

Patron Members ................................................................ 43

All Members listed by Section ...................................... 43

All Members listed by Country ..................................... 48

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Academia Europaea Directory 2015

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FROM THE

PRESIDENT

This is my first foreword fora membership directoryand I would therefore like

to take this opportunity tooutline some of my vision,for my Presidency term.

I am fortunate to beable to build upon thegroundwork that mypredecessors on theBoard of Trustees have

prepared and thanks to their efforts, we are now in a more stablefinancial position. In large part this is because of you, the Members.Your annual donations are essential to the operation of the AE.Your continuing support is enabling us to develop a more activeprogramme of activity; to support our own new initiatives andallow us to engage with, develop and to strengthen our voice inEurope alongside our sister Academies and international umbrellaorganisations, such as for example; ALLEA, EASAC, FEAM andEuro-CASE. I recently signed a co-operation agreement withthese groups, that will lead to a better co-ordinated approach tothe provision of independent scientific advice for policy, at theEuropean level. We will over time, build on this new moreco-ordinated approach and will actively seek out your helpand inputs to provide the best interdisciplinary expertise forthe European policymakers, including from the outset in thehumanities and social sciences.

I mentioned our own support for our own new initiatives.I hope that you will have seen on the website the first ”open call”announcement for proposals to our new ”Hubert Curien InitiativesFund” – named in honour of our second President and one of ourfounding fathers. This (as yet small) fund is specifically targetedat interdisciplinary collaborative initiatives, and initiatives thatprovide AE linkages with other significant activities. I will seek outopportunities to enhance the fund.

The establishing of two regional Knowledge Hubs by the previousBoard was a major, positive development that I will continue tosupport and to strengthen. Our diverse membership also needs tohave access to a regional identity and focus, as a way to strengthencollective association and to stimulate new collaborations. The

Wrocław and Barcelona Hubs are already delivering a large andvaried programme of activities, many with specific regionaldimensions and I wish to encourage you, the Members, to seekout and actively support our Hubs in developing yet more activity.

The staff are enthusiastic and helpful. Last year, a third Hub basedin Bergen was launched. The programme is under development,but there will be a distinctive “Northern dimension” and so I amvery keen to encourage our members bordering the ‘northern seas’to get involved. So into the future – I am pleased to announcethe imminent launching of a fourth Hub, based at the Universityof Cardiff (Wales). This Hub will be under the Academic Directionof Ole Petersen and will have a distinctive focus on strengtheningthe AE position in the biomedical and life sciences: less regional

perhaps, but in an area of major European research strength anda sector where we need to greatly enhance our presence. Finallyhere I must also mention the team at our Graz data centre. Theyare responsible for development and management of our AE-infowebsite facility and the nominations and database systems. Theweb facility available to you the Members, might provide more that

you at first think – so please contact Dana Kaiser to explore what isavailable and how to maximise use of your personal webspace; setup blogs and conversations and other facilities.

I must mention the Young Academy of Europe (YAE). From aninitial small cohort of members drawn from the ERC startinggrantees: the YAE is expanding its membership base to also include

the talented younger researchers from across Europe who showsignificant potential as future research leaders in their fields.You the Members of the “senior Academy”, are invited torecommend possible candidates for election to the YAE. Pleasesupport them in their endeavours and point your younger researchassociates and past students in their direction.

I would also like to record here, that we have a strong workingrelationship with the European Research Council, as a result ofa number of our members who as individuals, are engaged invarious panels and committees of the ERC. It is my intentionto continue to strengthen our cooperation with the ERC andin particular to seek collaboration with the ERC to take forwardtheir and our common strategies to widen participation acrossEurope and to seek to improve the balance of participation andopportunity through our membership and through the YAE.

Almost the first internal management initiative that has beenapproved under my Presidency, is the establishing of a new systemand structure for managing our sections and the nominations andassessment of candidates for membership. This year, candidatesfor membership will be subjected to more consistent scrutinywithin each of our four separate Classes. These are; Class A1 –Humanities; Class A2 - Social and Related Sciences; Class B - ExactSciences and Class C - Life Sciences. Over time, a more systematicand comparative assessment of candidature quality should raisethe bar of membership and facilitate a larger degree of disciplinaryflexibility, responsiveness to changes in the academic landscapeand provide a greater opportunity to capture the many talents thatmay currently be missed.

Finally, I would like to thank a number of people, without whoseefforts the Academia Europaea would probably not now be ableto look forward with such confidence.

Firstly, the members of the Council, the Section Committees andmy Board of Trustees. Any organisation like the AE, relies totally ona cadre of dedicated people – all of who are inevitably extremelybusy and so their voluntary input is to be warmly appreciated.Secondly, the very small headquarter staff in London, headed

by Executive Secretary David Coates, and supported by TeresaMcGovern. A small team of very long standing, and who make surethings can happen. Thirdly, the staff and the sponsors of the three‘Knowledge Hubs’ – the Hubs are real innovations that will proveto be key components in our future successes. Fourthly, I wishto thank all of the financial sponsors and supporters of the manyactivities that we organise. External financial support is essentialand is increasingly competitive. But, it is a mark of the value andquality that is placed on the AE, that we are continuingto successfully achieve generous sponsorship of our activities.

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HISTORY

The concept of a ”European Academy of Sciences” was raised ata meeting in Paris of the European Ministers of Science in 1985.

The initiative was taken by the Royal Society (UK) which resultedin a meeting in London in June 1986 of Arnold Burgen (UK), Hubert

Curien (F), Umberto Columbo (ITA), David Magnusson (S), EugenSeibold (Germany) and Ruud van Lieshout (NL) – who agreed tothe need for a new body that could express the ideas and opinionsof individual scientists from across Europe.

This body was seen to be a complement to the European ScienceFoundation in its role as a co-ordinator of the European interestsof national research funding agencies and organisations. Theobjectives were kept deliberately broad covering the humanities,social and natural sciences, so as to ensure interdisciplinarydiscourse and activities. Initial modalities were to includeannual meetings of members, multidisciplinary meetings, aninterdisciplinary journal, a newsletter, providing independentadvice, improving mobility of scholars within Europe andimproving public understanding of science.

The new body was named the Academia Europaea and itsFoundation Meeting was held in Cambridge in September 1988under the first President, Arnold Burgen. Hubert Curien, who wasat that time the French Minister of Science (and later became thesecond President of the Academia) arrived by helicopter and gavethe inaugural address and provided the active support of theFrench government. The first Plenary Meeting was held in Londonin June 1989, by which time there were 627 members. The currentnumbers stand at over 3,000 scholars elected from the continentof Europe and beyond.

Since 1998, there has been a period of remarkable changes tothe scientific, political and economic landscape of the continentof Europe. The Academia Europaea has evolved within thisenvironment, from its origins as an organisation of predominantly“western European” scholars, into a uniquely independent body - atruly pan-European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters.

2012 saw further development, with the opening of a new regional“Knowledge Hub” in Wrocław, Poland. A second Hub in Barcelonawas opened in 2013 – the 25th anniversary year of the foundingof the Academia Europaea. In May 2014 we opened a thirdKnowledge Hub, in Bergen, Norway. During 2015 a fourth Hub willbe opened in Cardiff, Wales.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Academia will:

• promote a wider appreciation of the value of Europeanscholarship and research,

• make recommendations to national governments andinternational agencies concerning matters affecting science,scholarship and academic life in Europe,

• encourage interdisciplinary and international research in allareas of learning, particularly in relation to European issues,

• identify topics of trans-European importance to science andscholarship, and propose appropriate action to ensure thatthese issues are adequately studied.

The Academia will endeavour to:

• encourage the highest possible standards in scholarship,research and education,

• promote a better understanding among the public at large ofthe benefits of knowledge and learning, and of scientific andscholarly issues which affect society, its quality of life and itsstandards of living.


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Academia Europaea Barcelona Knowledge Hub

Administration:Academic Director: Prof. Dr. Ricard Guerrero ([email protected])Officers:Ariadna Barcelona Ceamanos ([email protected])Dr. Núria Radó-Trilla ([email protected])

Postal address:C/ Carme, 47 (IEC Building), 08001 Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN

Tel: +34 932 701 727Website: http://barcelona.acadeuro.org

The Barcelona Hub was established in 2013 through a joint agreement between the AcademiaEuropaea and three partners in Barcelona: the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona CityCouncil and the Obra Social “La Caixa”. Since 2014, the Hub is located in the site of the Institutefor Catalan Studies.

Description of the Hub: The Barcelona Knowledge Hub (BKH) is the Academia Europaea’s office for the Mediterraneanand Southern European region. We focus on the promotion of activities of interest for themembers of the Academia and the scientific community in general, with special emphasis onmultidisciplinary scientific activities that include the perspectives of the natural and biomedicalsciences, the social sciences and the humanities. Our goal is to contribute to the consolidationof a genuine European area of innovation, research, and education around the Mediterraneansea, a truly historical and modern bridge of cultures.

The Hub is managed by a local project group under the direction of Prof. Ricard Guerrero.

The BKH has an International Advisory Committee formed by the following persons:Enric Banda, Pedro García-Barreno, M. Dolors García Ramón, Ramon Gomis, Sergiu Hart, Yvon LeMaho, Genoveva Martí, Marc Mayer, Maria Paradiso, Regina Revilla and Rosalia Vargas.

Academia Europaea Region Bergen Knowledge Hub

Administration:Academic Director: Prof. Dr. Jan S. Vaagen ([email protected])Manager: Ole Hope ([email protected])Administrator: Vidar Totland ([email protected])

Postal adress:Business Region Bergen, Strandgt. 6, 5013 Bergen, NORWAY

Tel:+47 56901150Website: www.acadeuro.b.uib.no

The Region Bergen Hub was established in 2014 through a joint agreement between theAcademia Europaea and four regional partners: Hordaland County Council, City of Bergen,

University of Bergen and the Norwegian School of Economics, the County and City beingcoordinated by Business Region Bergen which also hosts and provides the Hub administration.

Description of the Hub: The Region Bergen Knowledge Hub (RBKH), operational since 2014, acts as the AcademiaEuropaea branch office in The Nordic, North-Eastern and Arctic regions. It fosters scientificknowledge and research and especially, but not exclusively, develops and runs activitiesfocussing upon the Northern/Arctic Seas and related European resources and opportunities,including threats associated with fragile northern margins.A cultural heritage linked to maritime logistics, energy culture and Nordic Model societies,offers possibilities for new insight in humans and technology and professional interplay.

The Hub has created the CONSENSUS forum and the achievement colloquium NorSAC. To support the Hub’s mission the RBKH is in the process of forming an International Advisory

Committee. The Hub is managed by a Hub Advisory Group under the direction of Prof. Jan S. Vaagen([email protected]).


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ACADEMIA

EUROPAEA BURGEN

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Burgen Scholarships, are named

in honour of the founding President –Professor Arnold Burgen.

They provide recognition to youngerEuropean scholars, at the post-doctorallevel, who are recognised to be emergingtalents and possible potential futureleaders in their fields. Recipients usually donot yet have an established position.

The nomination of candidates is a task thatis given to the members of the AcademiaEuropaea that are resident in the countrythat is hosting the annual meeting.

Up to ten awards can be made. The awards cover the costs of attendanceand participation in the Annual Conference(travel, accommodation and registrationfees).

The Burgen Scholarship award is markedby a citation and presentation ofa certificate to the successful candidates,and a non monetary prize.

The local committee of Academiamembers, who are responsible for theorganisation of the Annual Conference,make the final selection of the list ofBurgen scholars from amongst thosenominated by their fellow nationalmembers of the Academia Europaea.

ACADEMIA EUROPAEA

RUSSIAN PRIZES

SCHEME

The scheme was launched in 1993 for

young scientists and scholars in Russia, andnow applies to young scholars from acrossthe Federation.

Past sponsors include: the InternationalScience Foundation, New York (Soros);Amersham International, UK; the RayneFoundation, London; and the DanishPhysical Society. In previous yearsadditional sponsors have been the RobertKoch Microbiological Society, Heidelberg;and Mr T. Mann of Cleveland. Currentsponsors include: Publishing House “MAIK-Interperiodika” and ROSBUSBUSINESSBANK.

The award consists of a medal, a certificateand a monetary award currently someUS$1000. These prizes are given ata dedicated ceremony in Moscow.

Prizes are awarded in Mathematics,Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Sciences,Medicine and the Humanities.

The scheme is supervised by a committeeof Russian members of the AcademiaEuropaea, and has been chaired sincethe start by Professor Vladimir Skulachev.Information about the scheme isadvertised in appropriate newspapers andin universities. Initial proposals are siftedby the committee and the best are sent tointernational experts for assessment. About25 prize winners are selected each year.

The scheme is highly regarded and attractssubstantial local publicity.

HONORARY

MEMBERSHIP

The Board may, subject to scrutiny andapproval, elect individuals to HonoraryMembership of the Academia Europaea.

To be considered for election to thiscategory of membership: the candidateshould be a person who, by meansother than through his own individualscholarship, has made a significantcontribution to the achievement of theobjectives of the Academia Europaea.

Although Honorary members are notentitled to hold any office in the Academiaor to be members of the Council, suchmembers have all the other privilegesof Ordinary Members.

Honorary members include:

Olivier APPERT

Irina G. BOKOVA

Dan A. BRÄNDSTRÖM

Gro H. BRUNDTLAND

Philippe BUSQUIN

Fancesco FEDI

Marçal E. GRILO

Ralph KOHN

Wilhelm KRULL

Rafał DUTKIEWICZ

Frank H. T. RHODES

Lesley Anne GLOVER

THE ACADEMIA’S GOLD MEDAL

The Academia’s Gold Medal, is awarded to non-members of the Academia and to organisations in recognition of the contribution made toEuropean science through inspiration, public support, management expertise or by financial means.

The Gold Medal has been awarded to: The Royal Society of London (1997)Professor Heinz Riesenhuber (1997)Dr George Soros (1997)Dr Paul Sacher (1998)Jacques Delors (2000)

Dr h. c. Klaus Tschira (2004) The Max Plank Society [Max-Planck Gesellschaft] (2005) The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2005)Riksbankens Jubileumsfond [The Royal Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation] (2007)

The Wenner-Gren Foundations, Stockholm (2008) The Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin, Italy (2009)


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ERASMUS MEDAL

The Erasmus Medal (and the accompanyinglecture) is awarded to recognise and to mark withhonour an individual’s European scholarship andachievements, maintained over a sustained period.

The procedure for identifying candidates suitable toreceive the award (in summary) are:1) The fields eligible to receive the award are decided upon by

the Council. This might be, for example, on a four year cycle,humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, biological andmedical sciences.

2) A search group of appropriate Section Chairs is established,under the co-ordination of a member of the Board of Trustees.

3) The search group agrees on a process and timetable and thencarry out a search for candidates. The search may involve anopen call for proposals; a call from within the AE membership,or a more restricted search. Whatever the method chosen, allnominations are considered based upon evidence provided bythe nominators of scholarly achievements, endorsements andrecommendations and any other relevant information for thecandidates. The search group create a long-list of at least fivecandidates.

4) The search group will then assess the long list and agreea short-list (of not less than three names) and seek referees’reports for these candidates where necessary.

5) The search group submit a final shortlist of names to theCouncil. The medallist is selected by a vote of the whole Councila year in advance of the award.

Being a recipient of other awards is no barrier to receiving theErasmus Medal. The search group will take into account theinternational profile of the potential medallist and a candidate’slikely attraction and ability as a public speaker to non-specialistaudiences. Candidates are not limited to current members of theAcademia, as the award carries with it an automatic membership.

General criteria for the award: The Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea is awardedon the recommendation of the Council to a memberor other scholar who has maintained over a sustainedperiod the highest level of international scholarship

and recognition by peers. The medallist is invited to givethe annual Erasmus Lecture and if appropriate to receive

membership.

In addition the search group will take into account:• that all purely academic nominations are supported by detailed

evidence of the suitability of any candidate. This includestheir international standing, achievements/impacts in theirrespective field(s) and impact on European scholarship and thecommunity of scholars.

• Candidates do not already have to be elected members of theAcademia Europaea, as the award automatically comes with aninvitation to membership.

• Nominations for candidates who might not meet the ‘normal’Academic/scholarship criteria can be considered: but onlywhere such people have also made a significant and long termimpact on scholarship and learning through their personalactions, or where their involvement in ‘the European learningSector’ and environments has contributed in a substantial wayto the promotion of and support for research and learning.

• There is no obligation or suggestion to find a candidate fromthe country hosting the annual meeting, or a national from thehosting country. However, wherever possible a European basedscholar (of any nationality) is most definitely preferred.

• The award consists of two parts - the Medal and the Lecture.It is therefore critical that the group takes into account thequality of the potential speaker and their willingness to havethe lecture published.

The Erasmus Medal and Lecture are currently sponsored by The Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation.

Erasmus Medal Winners (since 1992) Age at award

1997 Gent (B) János Kornai (H) 67

1993 Uppsala (S) Ernst Mestmäcker (D) 67

1994 Parma (I) Lawrence Freedman (UK) 46

1995 Kraków (PL) Alain Touraine (F) 70

1996 Barcelona (E) Hubert Markl (D) 58

1997 Gent (B)Paul Crutzen (NL)Nobel Chemistry 1995

64

1998 Basel (CH) Peter Burke (UK) 611999 Copenhagen (DK) Raoul van Caenegem (B) 72

2001 not an annual meeting Giorgio Bernardi (I) 72

2002 Lisbon (P)Harold Kroto (UK)Nobel Chemistry 1996

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2003 Graz (A) Carl Djerassi (A) 80

2004 Helsinki (Fl) Stig Strömholm (SW) 73

2005 Postdam (D) Pierre Léna (F) 68

2006 Budapest (H) Bert Sakmann (D) 64

2007 Toledo (E)Francisco MárquezVillaneuva (E)

76

2008 Liverpool (UK) Semir Zeki (UK) 70

2009 Naples (I) Carlo Ginzburg (ITA) 70

2010 Leuven (B) Jean Frechét (USA) 65

2011 Paris (F) Manuel Castells (E) 69

2012 Bergen (N) Geoffrey Burnstock (UK) 83

2012 Bergen (N) Tomas Hökfelt (SW) 72

2013 Wrocław (PL) Norman Davies (UK) 74

2014 Barcelona (ESP) Kurt Mehlhorn (D) 64

2015 Darmstadt (D) Edith Hall (UK) 55


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AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP

This category of (institutional) membership was established by themembers in their Annual General Meeting of September 2009.

Why have this category?

The intention was to enable the development of a close dialogueand practical, collaborative links with like-minded organisationsover a period of time; these may be from the public and the privatesectors. Affiliate members will be encouraged to make an activecontribution to the work and life of the Academia Europaea.

Affiliate members are designated as ‘Patrons of the

Academia Europaea’ and receive due recognition in allappropriate public media relating to the Academy, as agreed bythe Board.

To become an affiliate member:

Organisations will be required to make a formal request to theBoard of the Academia Europaea under article 71 of the currentregulations. Such a request must be accompanied by some clearevidence that the organisation has a substantive track record ofstrong support for European science and scholarship. Such supportshould be demonstrably practical. For example: support throughits own activities, through the financing of, or by other means,of support to the excellence of European science and scholarship.

The Board will take steps to evaluate the request and as necessarywill seek external independent views on the validity of anyapplication, where this is considered appropriate.

The Board will not exclude from consideration any bona fide andlegally constituted organisation but will reserve the right not toproceed to an election of any organisation which in the judgementof the Board might conflict with the mission, ethos, ideals andphilosophy of the Academia Europaea and conflict with its owncharitable and legal status.

The Board will be the final arbiter of any decisions on election.No appeal or other recourse will be possible in the event of arejection. No reasons shall be given for any rejection.

Successful applications are admitted into ‘Affiliate membership’and enjoy all such benefits of membership as described in theRegulations. Affiliate memberships continue until such time thatthe member expresses a wish to resign, or becomes in arrears in

their subscription. The expectation is for a membership to run fora minimum period of five years in the first instance.

What are potential benefits of becoming a Patron?

• Patron membership provides direct association witha multidisciplinary and pan-European not-for-profit organisationthat is an authoritative convocation of eminent scholars andscientists.

• Patron membership provides a linkage into an exclusivecommunity of eminent scholars of Europe, who are allrecognised by their peers as leaders in their respectivedisciplines.

• Patron membership provides access to individuals from all fieldsand across the entire continent of Europe.

• Patron members have priority access to the origination, to thedevelopment and to the delivery of activities of the AcademiaEuropaea.

• Patron members may be invited to send observers to meetingsof the Council and the Board.

• Patron members may attend the Annual Meeting and othersuch events.

• Patrons may propose and exclusively support joint activities andinitiatives, including for European Policy developments.

• Patrons receive access to the journals and newsletters and alsoto the website for promotion purposes.

• Patrons may nominate suitable individuals as possiblecandidates for consideration as future members.

Is there a cost?

Becoming a ‘Patron’ member strongly implies a sympathyand empathy for the mission of the Academia Europaea andrecognised the charitable basis of the organisation. It is thereforeexpected that any Patron would commit to a long-termrelationship, in order to enable beneficial collaboration and mutualdevelopment to emerge. To this end, a Patron is expected to payan annual or block subscription. The actual monetary value of thatsubscription would be subject to negotiation and arrangementsagreed by mutual agreement. A minimum commitment for 5 years,renewable thereafter, will be expected.

1) Section 5: Patrons

1. Patrons are organisations, charitable foundations, funding bodies, learned associations, academies, societies and other such organisations and individuals, that through some significant andsubstantive actions, can be judged to have demonstrated a genuine support for and major commitment to the objects of the Academia Europaea and which may in accordance with

[section13(6) of] these regulations be invited to accept to become Patrons of the Academia Europaea.2. Patrons are Affiliated Members of the Academia Europaea.

3. Patrons may participate in meetings of the membership. Patrons may on a recommendation of the Board attend meetings of the Board and of its committees in an observer capacity, subjectto any such conditions as may be determined from time-to-time by the Board and may enjoy any other privileges as may be decided from time-to-time.

4. Patrons shall not be entitled to hold or to exercise any executive powers, or to vote in any election and shall not be eligible to stand, hold or otherwise take up any substantive office in theAcademia, or to exercise a vote on any committee of the Board.

5. Patrons shall otherwise than is set out above have all the privileges of Ordinary members.


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List of living AE Nobel Prize Awardees

(as of May 21, 2015)

Full name Nobel

James Watson Nobel 1962

Manfred Eigen Nobel 1967

Antony Hewish Nobel 1974

Werner Arber Nobel 1978

Bengt Samuelsson Nobel 1982

Aaron Klug Nobel 1982

Carlo Rubbia Nobel 1984

Klaus von Klitzing Nobel 1985

Jean-Marie Lehn Nobel 1987

Jack Steinberger Nobel 1988

Johann Deisenhofer Nobel 1988

Robert Huber Nobel 1988

Hartmut Michel Nobel 1988J. Michael Bishop Nobel 1989

Thomas R. Cech Nobel 1989

Richard Ernst Nobel 1991

Bert Sakmann Nobel 1991

Erwin Neher Nobel 1991

Reinhard Selten Nobel 1994

Paul Crutzen Nobel 1995

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Nobel 1996

James Mirrlees Nobel 1997

John Walker Nobel 1997

Harold Kroto Nobel 1997

Rolf Zinkernagel Nobel 1997

Jens Christian Skou Nobel 1998

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Nobel 1998

Günter Blobel Nobel 1999

Arvid Carlsson Nobel 2000

Paul Nurse Nobel 2001

Tim Hunt Nobel 2001

Kurt Wüthrich Nobel 2002

John Sulston Nobel 2002

Sydney Brenner Nobel 2002

Aaron J. Ciechanover Nobel 2004

Roy J. Glauber Nobel 2005

Roger D. Kornberg Nobel 2006

Gerhard Ertl Nobel 2007

Wilfried Thuiller Nobel 2007

Richard Tol Nobel 2007

Harald zur Hausen Nobel 2008

Luc Montagnier Nobel 2008

Christopher A. Pissarides Nobel 2010

John B. Gurdon Nobel 2012

May-Britt Moser Nobel 2014

Edvard Moser Nobel 2014

BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS

Here is a summary of the type of benefits that membership bestows.

Honorific:

Election to the Academia Europaea is a personal honour, that is a

distinct recognition by international peers of a member’s personalexcellence in scholarship within the European convocation of learnedand professional scholars. As such, all members of the AcademiaEuropaea can use the following specific postnomials (if desired):

MAE (Member of the Academia Europaea)MAE (Hon) (Member of the Academia Europaea, honoris causa)

Only elected members can propose candidates for election as newmembers, and this can be done for any category of membership andfor any Section.

Journal(s):

All members are entitled to receive a gratis online subscription to theinternational peer reviewed Journal of the Academia Europaea –the European Review, published by the Cambridge University Press.Members can submit suitable review articles to the Editor-in-Chief for“fast-track” consideration and have preference in being named guesteditors of themed “focus” issues or parts of issues.

Publications:

Other publications by the Academia Europaea can be obtained bymembers either free of charge ‘on request’ or at special rates.

Members may use the general Academia E-newsletters system (and website) to promote their latest publications; awards and honoursand other items of information that will be of interest. Members mayalso propose and prepare ‘specific newsletters’ of significance forpublication and distribution to target audiences – at no cost to themember.

Events:

All members can attend any AE events: either free of chargeor at substantial discounts. Members may also propose new eventsthrough their Sections and are eligible to bid into the Hubert CurienInitiatives Fund for “seedcorn funding” to lever additional externalfinancial support for major initiatives. Members may seek authorisationto use the Academia Europaea brand as a “no cost sponsor” for othernon AE events.

Representation:

From time to time, the AE will seek permission of specific membersto be named as nominees of the AE onto major international bodies,Boards, Committees and as experts for review panels.Members can submit requests to the Board for consideration of theirinstitutions or organisations as affiliated members (Patrons).

Personal Communications - Personal web presence:

All members have free access to other members via the AE InformationPortal www.ae-info.org. All members also have the use of (unlimited)personal webspace to manage their online content, to establishdiscussion groups and forums and set up blogs on specific topics.


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WWW.AEINFO.ORG

This link takes you to the corporate website. This provides membersand visitors with information and news about the activities and eventsorganised or co-organised by Academia Europaea, information aboutindividual members, access to our journal The European Review, and linksto the specific websites of our three Knowledge Hubs [Barcelona, Bergen

and Wrocław] and the website of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE).

The site was developed through a collaboration between Graz Universityof Technology and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden), under thedirection of our member Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Hermann Maurer.

All members have free and unlimited webspace at their disposal underthe AE umbrella and can either edit their own data or be supported be theeditorial team. The portal provides members with a unique possibility tohelp publicize their work to external audiences as well as other membersof Academia Europaea.

For information and help on how to use the site contact Ms Dana Kaiser

in Graz on [email protected] (Tel: +43 316 873 5637).

ACADEMIA EUROPAEA 2015

HUBERT CURIEN INITIATIVES FUND

The Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the launchof the 2015 Hubert Curien Initiatives Fund. Named in honourof the second President of the Academia Europaea, Professor

Hubert Curien1

.

Objective of the Fund

The purpose of the fund is to enable members and Sectionsto undertake projects and activities that benefit the academiccommunity and increase the visibility, presence and impact ofthe Academia Europaea. The awards are limited to a maximum of5K Euros per proposal and therefore the expectation is that thefunding will be used to lever additional external support or linkAE activity into larger projects and initiatives. Meetings of SectionCommittees are not per se eligible for funding. The emphasis willbe on activity that enhances inter and cross disciplinary dialogueand networking across boundaries.

The following conditions apply to the award of grants:

1. The budget for 2015 is initially set at a maximumof 20K EUROS (subject to review mid year).

2. There is no restriction of scope or type of initiative proposed(workshops, regional meetings of Members; participation ininternational events (as speakers or for dedicated AE sessions),except that funds cannot be used only to support meetings ofSection Committees.

3. All initiatives must be organised with the support andcooperation of one of the Hub Offices (although the actualevents do not have to physically take place at a Hub location).

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a registered not-for-profit charity. Because the AE is a Company,it has its own legal personality and can enter into contracts andagreements in its own right (the Directors [Trustees] act as theproxy for the Company).

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The core agenda of this meeting is set out in the Articles ofAssociation.

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5. At the present time: the Articles prescribe a Board of Trusteesmade up of not less than 3 and not more than 15 members.

The Articles describe a Board made up of elected officers(President, Vice Presidents and the Treasurer – all elected bythe general meeting); a number of members (elected by theCouncil) and a number of co-opted (by the Board) members.

The Regulations are used to determine numbers and balanceup to the limit of 15. The current formula is: President, one VicePresident (approved by AGM), Treasurer, three members from

the Council, a maximum of 4 co-opted members.6. A Secretary is described in the Articles of Association and thefunction is also set out. The Secretary is the de facto ChiefExecutive of the Company.

7. Board members serve for a period set out in the regulations(which can be changed only by an AGM). This currently is3+3 years for elected officers and a single 3 years period formembers appointed from the Council. Co-opted membersare re-appointed (annually or at an agreed period) subject toapproval by the AGM.

8. Council: Council was re-formulated to be an advisory body,meeting once a year. The terms of reference are describedelsewhere in this directory. Members of Council are: all of theSection Chairs (who should be re-elected every three years fora maximum of six years by the Section memberships); betweenthree and five independent members elected by the AGM; andup to a maximum of 5 co-opted members. Currently there arethree independent members and no co-opted members onCouncil.

9. Sections and Section committees. Section Chairs and theirCommittees are listed elsewhere in this directory. SectionCommittees’ terms of reference and regulations are alsoincluded in this directory.

COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY 2015

Officers are elected for three years, with the possibility of renewalfor one further period of three years. Council representatives havea single period of three years. Co-opted trustees carry variableperiods as approved by the Annual General Meeting.

SectionFirst

appointmentReappointment

1Retire

President

Sierd Cloetingh, Utrecht, NL C4 July 2014 2017

Vice-President

Anne Buttimer, Dublin, IE A8 Sept. 2012 2015

Treasurer

Roger Elliott, Oxford, UK B3 Jan. 2010 20121

2015

Trustees appointed by Council2

Sven Erik Larsen, Aarhus, DK A4 Jan. 2014 2016

Don Dingwell, Munich, DE B5 Jan. 2014 2016

Balázs Gulyás, Stockholm, SE C3 Sept. 2010 2013 2016

Co-opted3

Theo D’ Haen, Leuven, BE A4 Sept. 2009 2015

Ole Petersen, Cardiff, UK C3 Sept. 2009 2015

Hermann Maurer, Graz, A B2 Jan. 2013 2015

COMPOSITION OF THE

COUNCIL MAY 2015

The Council has the following composition:

The Chair of the Council – The PresidentVice Chair of the Council – The (senior) Vice President

Other elected Officers:

Chairs of the Academic Sections (see separate table)Independent members elected by the AGM (as follows)

SectionFirst

appointmentReappointment

1Retire

Balázs Gulyás, Stockholm, SE C3 Sept. 2010 20131

2016

Laszlo Csernai, Bergen, NO B3 Sept. 2013 2016

Marie Farge, Paris, F B3 Sept. 2013 2016


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CLASS A1

Chairperson: Svend Erik Larsen, [email protected] History & Archaeology

Renate Pieper (2016/2019)4

[email protected] of History, Karl-FranzensUniversity, Attemgasse 8, 8010 Graz, Austria

Pieter Emmer (first term endsAGM 2016), Nicholas Canny (firstterm ends AGM 2016), MichaelNorth (first term ends AGM2016), Ryszard Stemplowski (firstterm ends AGM 2016)

A2 Classics & Oriental Studies

Harm Pinkster (2016)[email protected] 102G, 1015 BS Amsterdam, TheNetherlands

Carmela Baffioni, Irene de Jong,Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, TonioHölscher, Juha Janhunen, BarbaraKellner-Heinkele (to AGM 2014),Heikki Solin

A3 Linguistic Studies

Alain Peyraube (November 2013/AGM 2016)[email protected] des Hautes Etudes en SciencesSociales, 54 Bvd. Raspail, 75006, Paris, France

Bernard Comrie (till AGM 2017),Maria Koptjevskaja –Tamm(first term ends AGM 2016),Greville Corbett (till AGM 2017),Wolfgang Dressler (till AGM2016), Pier Marco Bertinetto (firstterm ends AGM 2017), KatarzynaDziubalska-Kołaczyk (first termends AGM 2017)

A4 Literary & Theatrical Studies

Svend Erik Larsen (2015)[email protected]; http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/[email protected]

Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Departmentof Comparative Literature, Aarhus University,Langelandsgade 139, DK 8000 Aarhus C,Denmark

Vladimir Biti, César Dominguez,Ottmar Ette, Marko Juvan (toend 2017), Lucia Boldrini (to end

2017, renewable), Susana Onega(to end 2017, renewable)

A5 Musicology & History of Art & Architecture

Philippe Vendrix (2016)[email protected], Rue de Parçay, 37100, Tours, France

David Hiley (till December 2017),Christian Leitmeir, LaurenzLütteken, Lynda Nead, RaphaelRosenberg, Victor Stoichita,Valeska von Rosen (all tillDecember 2017, renewable)

A6 Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies

Simo Knuuttila (till AGM 2015)[email protected] of Helsinki, Departmentof Systematic Theology, PO Box 33 -Aleksanterinkatu 7, Helsinki 14, Finland

Tim Crane (Chair from AGM2015 – AGM 2018), ChristopheMarkschies, Onora O’Neill

CLASS A2

Chairperson: Anne Buttimer, [email protected] Behavioural Sciences

Peter Scott (2016/2019)[email protected] of London, Institute of Education20, Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UnitedKingdom

Uta Frith, Terrie Moffitt, KurtPawlik, Ulrich Teichler, Johan P.Mackenbach, Archana Singh-Manoux

A8 Social Sciences

Antoine Bailly (to end 2017, renewable)[email protected] de la Tour 51, 1867 Ollon, Switzerland

Committee: Alessandro Cavalli,Yale Ferguson, Sture Öberg,Justin Stagl, Yola Verhasselt, MariaParadiso (until December 2017,renewable), María Dolores GarcíaRamón (until December 2017,

renewable), Alun Jones (untilDecember 2017, renewable)

A9 Law

Joseph Straus (2015) [email protected] Planck Institute for Intellectual Propertyand Competition Law, Marstallplatz 1,Munich, D-80539, Germany

Dagmar Coester-Waltjen, WilliamCornish, Attila Harmathy, EivindSmith, Ditlev Tamm, Verica Trstenjak, Alain Strowel

A10 Economics, Business and Management Sciences

Klaus Zimmermann (November 2014/November 2017)[email protected] of IZA, Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9,53113 Bonn, Germany

Gianmarco Ottaviano,Jeroen van den Bergh

1) Committees are elected by the members of the section accordance with the Regulations for Section Committees. At least 50% of the committee has to be elected by a ballot of the membership ofthe Section. All members of the Section are eligible to stand for election as Committee candidates. The exact procedure for rotation and elections is decided by the Committees themselves. The Chairmust ensure the committees reflect a balance of representation of the fields within the Section and should ensure a regular rotation of members of the committee.

2) Chairs serve a three year term, renewable once only for a further three years.3) Committee members serve a three year term that can be renewed once only for a further three year period.4) Date first term ends / date second and final term ends - subject to agreement of the Committee and Council.

Chairperson2

Committee3

Chairperson2

Committee3

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CLASS B

Chairperson: Donald B. Dingwell, [email protected] Mathematics

Jürg Kramer (to 2016 - renewable)[email protected] of Mathematics, HumboldtUniversity, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin,Germany

Jean-Michel Bismut(to September 2016), HelmutHofer (to September 2016),Nigel Hitchin (retires 2017),Philippe Michel (to 2016),Umberto Zannier (to September2016), Alfio Quarteroni(to December 2017, renewable)

B2 Informatics

Jan Bergstra (October 2013/September2016) [email protected]

Informatics Institute, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Committee: Dieter Fellner (firstterm ends AGM 2015), PaulSpirakis (to 2017), Reinhard

Wilhlem (to AGM 2016), CarloGhezzi (to 2017)

B3 Physics and Engineering Sciences

Muhsin Harakeh (until AGM 2015,renewable)[email protected] Groningen, KernfysischVersneller Instituut, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AAGroningen, The Netherlands

Jörg Aichelin (until AGM2014, renewable), Jan Vaagen(until AGM 2016), Pavel Exner-Vice Chair (until AGM 2015,renewable), Tamás Csörgö(until AGM 2016, renewable),Sydney Galès (until AGM 2016,renewable), Karlheinz Langanke(until AGM 2016, renewable);Maciej Ogorzałek (first term tillAGM 2017), Minh Quang Tran(first term till AGM 2017)

B4 Chemical Sciences

Lynn Gladden (2014 – 2016)[email protected] of Chemical Engineering andBiotechnology, University of Cambridge,New Museums Site, Pembroke Street,Cambridge, CB2 3RA, United Kingdom

From Jan 2014 - Jean-MarieAndré, Carmen Claver, JanineCossy, Konstantin Hadjiivanov,Graham Hutchings, JoachimSauer, Małgorzata Witko, MichelChe

B5 Earth and Cosmic Sciences

Donald Dingwell (2014)[email protected] of Munich, Earth Sciences, Theresienstr. 41/111, 80333 Munich,Germany

Enric Banda, André Berger, SierdCloetingh, Paul Crutzen, Camielde Loore, Jean-Claude Duplessy, Tuija Pulkkinen (till March 2018),John Ludden (till March 2018),

Hans Thybo (till March 2018)

CLASS C

Chairperson: Ole Petersen, [email protected] Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Witold Filipowicz (2016/2019)[email protected] Meischer Institute for BiomedicalResearch, Maulbeerestrasse 66, CH-4058Basel, Switzerland

Anton Berns, Nicholas Hastie,Maurizio Brunori, EstebanDomingo, Daniela Rhodes,Moshe Yaniv (all from September2013)

C2 Cell Biology

Margaret Buckingham (2013)[email protected] Pasteur, Department Biologie duDéveloppement, CNRS URA2578, 25 rue duDr Roux, Paris Cedex 75724, France

Francesco Blasi, MeinradBusslinger, Ingrid Grummt, Carl-Henrik Heldin

C3 Physiology and Medicine

Dmitri Rusakov (till AGM 2016/renewable)[email protected] Institute of Neurology, Queens Square,London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom

Alfonso Araque (till AGM 2015,renewable), Leszek Kaczmarek(till AGM 2015), Bernd Nilius (tillAGM 2015), Marina Bentivoglio(till AGM 2017, renewable),Robert Zorec (till AGM 2015,renewable), Alexei Verkhratsky(till AGM 2016, renewable),Vladimir Parpura (till AGM 2017,renewable), Riitta Salmelin (tillAGM 2017, renewable), CiscaWijmenga (till AGM 2016,renewable)

C4 Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Yvon Le Maho (2015)[email protected] Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien,Département Ecologie, Physiologie etEthologie, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087Strasbourg Cedex 2, FRANCE

Roy Anderson, Lars Walløe, PatMonaghan (from April 2014),Ricard Guerrero (from April 2014)

C5 Translational and Applied Biology

Anne Gro Salvanes (2017/2020)[email protected] Biology, PO Box 7833, 5020 Bergen,Norway

Peter Raspor, Marianne Thoresen

Chairperson2

Committee3

Chairperson2

Committee3

1) Committees are elected by the members of the section accordance with the Regulations for Section Committees. At least 50% of the committee has to be elected by a ballot of the membershipof the Section. All members of the Section are eligible to stand for election as Committee candidates. The exact procedure for rotation and elections is decided by the Committees themselves.

The Chair must ensure the committees reflect a balance of representation of the fields within the Section and should ensure a regular rotation of members of the committee.

2) Chairs serve a three year term, renewable once only for a further three years.3) Committee members serve a three year term that can be renewed once only for a further three year period.4) Date first term ends / date second and final term ends - subject to agreement of the Committee and Council.


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REGULATIONS OF THE ACADEMIA

EUROPAEA THE ACADEMY

OF EUROPE

Regulations as adopted by the Annual Meeting

in September, 2009.

In the following Regulations, the interpretive words as defined inthe Sections of Association (General, paragraph 1) will apply andthe words he, him, and his should be understood to apply equallyto both male and female persons.

Section 1: Membership

1. The Academia shall consist of members who shall be naturalpersons or organisations and shall be elected accordingto a defined procedure and assigned to a category ofmembership that shall be as determined from time-to-timeby the membership. Categories of membership shall compriseOrdinary members, Foreign members and Honorary members,and Patrons.

2. There shall be a number of officers of the Academy drawn fromwithin the membership, comprising a President, a Treasurer andsuch number of Vice-Presidents as shall be determined in themanner hereinafter provided.

3. There shall be a Board of Trustees (hereinafter called the“the Board”) with full executive powers and with a compositionas defined herein.

4. There shall be a Council of the Academia (hereinafter called’the Council’) acting as a sub Committee of the Board, and thatis representative of the membership, and with composition,responsibilities and functions as defined from time to timeby the Board.

5. There shall be Academic sections, or other groupings to whichthe members shall belong. Each section (or grouping) shall havea Committee. Section committees shall be composed ofmembers as determined in the manner hereinafter provided.

6. Acceptance of the invitation to membership of the AcademiaEuropaea in any category shall carry with it an obligation to paya fee or subscription for membership in a manner and undersuch conditions as will be prescribed by the membership.

Section 2: Ordinary Members

1. The primary criterion for election as an Ordinary Member shallbe based upon evidence recognised and judged by peers,of sustained, international academic excellence in the

candidate’s field of scholarship.2. Only scholars that are substantively resident in Europe shall be

eligible to be elected as Ordinary Members of the Academia,provided that an Ordinary Member who ceases to be soresident in Europe shall not for that reason cease to be anOrdinary Member.

3. Ordinary Members shall be elected in accordance with[Section 13 of] these Regulations.

Section 3: Honorary Members

1. A person who, by means other than through his own individualscholarship has made a significant contribution to theachievement of objectives of the Academia may be elected

to an Honorary Membership in accordance with [Section 13 of]these Regulations.

2. Honorary Members shall not be entitled to vote in any electionor at any meeting and shall not be qualified to hold any officein the Academia or to be members of the Council, but shallotherwise have all the privileges of Ordinary Members.

Section 4: Foreign Members

1. A scholar who is not substantively resident in Europe butpossessing in outstanding measure all of the qualities andattributes necessary for ordinary membership and additionallydemonstrates a verifiable and sustained link with Europeanscholarship may be elected a Foreign Member in accordancewith [Section 13 of] these Regulations.

2. Foreign Members shall be entitled to vote in any election or atany meeting but shall not be qualified to hold any office in theAcademia or to be members of the Council, but shall otherwisehave all the privileges of Ordinary Members.

Section 5: Patrons

1. Patrons are organisations, Charitable Foundations, fundingbodies, Learned Associations, Academies, Societies andother such organisations and individuals, that through somesignificant and substantive actions, can be judged to havedemonstrated a genuine support for and major commitmentto the objects of the Academia Europaea and which may inaccordance with [Section 13 of ] these regulations be invited toaccept to become Patrons of the Academia Europaea.

2. Patrons are Affiliated Members of the Academia Europaea.3. Patrons may participate in meetings of the membership.

Patrons may on a recommendation of the Board attendmeetings of the Board and of its committees in an observercapacity, subject to any such conditions as may be determinedfrom time-to-time by the Board and may enjoy any otherprivileges as may be decided from time-to-time.

4. Patrons shall not be entitled to hold or to exercise any executivepowers, or to vote in any election and shall not be eligible tostand, hold or otherwise take up any substantive office in theAcademia, or to exercise a vote on any committee of the Board.

5. Patrons shall otherwise than is set out above have all theprivileges of Ordinary members.

Section 6: The President

1. The President shall normally be elected from amongst theOrdinary Members of the Academia in accordance with Section13 of these Regulations and shall serve for three years from thedate of his election. A retiring President shall be eligible for re-election on the expiry of his period in office, provided that noperson shall serve as President for more than six years.

2. Unless prevented by grave cause the President shall act asChairman at the Annual General Meeting of the Academiaand at all meetings of the Board and Council. He shall also actas Chairman at all other meetings of the Academia unless heshall have delegated the function of Chairman of any such

meeting to a Vice-President or another Ordinary Member of theAcademia.

3. In the event that the President shall for any reason becomepermanently incapable of fulfilling the duties of his officehe shall be deemed to have resigned, and the duties of thePresident shall be discharged by the senior Vice-President(seniority being measured by reference to length of serviceas a Vice-President) until such time as a new President is elected.

4. The office of President shall be honorary and shall carry nostipend.

Section 7: The Vice-Presidents

1. There shall be such number of Vice-President(s), being not

less than one, as may be determined from time to timeby the individual members in general meeting.

2. Vice-President(s) shall be elected from among the OrdinaryMembers of the Academia in accordance with [Section 13 of]these Regulations and shall serve for three years. A retiringVice-President shall be eligible for re-election provided that no


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person shall serve as a Vice-President continuously for morethan six years.

3. Subject to Section 6 of these Regulations the duties of eachVice-President shall be as determined from time to time by theBoard.

4. In the event that a Vice-President shall for any reason becomepermanently incapable of fulfilling the duties of his office he

shall be deemed to have resigned, and the Board shall appointanother member to fulfil his duties until such time as a newVice-President is elected in accordance with the Regulations.

5. The office of Vice-President shall be honorary and shall carryno stipend.

Section 8: The Treasurer

1. The Treasurer shall normally be elected from among theindividual Members of the Academia in accordance with[Section 13 of] these Regulations and shall serve for three yearsfrom the date of his election. A retiring Treasurer shall be eligiblefor re-election on the expiry of his period in office, providedthat no person shall serve as Treasurer for more than six years.

2. The duties of the Treasurer shall include budgeting and controland the maintenance and supervision of the accounts of theAcademia and the receipt and expenditure of money on behalfof the Academia and any other such duties as the Board maydecide.

3. In the event that a Treasurer shall for any reason becomepermanently incapable of fulfilling the duties of his office heshall be deemed to have resigned, and the Board shall appointanother member to fulfil his duties until such time as a new

Treasurer is elected in accordance with the regulations. 4. The Office of Treasurer shall be honorary and shall carry no

stipend.

Section 9: The Board

1. The Board shall consist of the elected officers (the President,Vice President(s), the Treasurer), and not less than three andnot more than six members of the Council. Board membersdrawn from the Council shall ensure a fair representationof the Academic Sections and the Independent members.

The Board may recommend to co-opt not more than fouradditional members to the Board for specific purposes.

2. Recommendations for co-option shall be approved by theCouncil acting on behalf of the membership. The period ofservice of any co-opted members shall be approved by themembership in general meeting.

3. Subject to paragraph 1 above: The Council shall itself decide ona process for selection of its nominees to serve on the Board.

4. Each officer serving on the Board shall serve for three years andshall be eligible for re-election, provided that no officer shallserve as a member of the Board continuously for more than sixyears.

5. The period of service of Council members on the Board shall beas determined by the Council from time-to-time but shall notexceed a single period of three years for any individual.

6. In the event that a Council member serving on the Board shallfor any reason become permanently incapable of fulfilling theduties of his office he shall be deemed to have resigned fromthe Board. The Council shall as soon as possible appoint anotherof its number to serve on the Board for the remainder of theperiod of service of the resigning member.

7. The Board shall meet as necessary for the correct conduct ofbusiness, but at least twice in each year and shall act on behalfof the membership as the Executive body of the Academia.

8. Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Memorandumand Articles of association, the Board shall have powers tomake rules subsidiary to these Regulations for the conduct of

its business, for the conduct of elections, for the procedure forthe expulsion of members, and to propose the amendment ofall or any of these Regulations, and the recommendation to ageneral meeting of new Sections and the revocation of existingSections, on which the general meeting alone has the power todecide upon changes of these Regulations.

9. The Board may establish sub-committees to deal with any

aspect of its business. Each sub-committee should includeat least one member of the Board.

Section 10: The Council

1. The Council shall consist of the elected officers (“officermembers”), the chairs of the academic sections (“sectionmembers”), and not less than three (3) and not more than five(5) independent members who shall be elected from amongstthe ordinary members of the Academia in accordance with[Section 13 of] these regulations. Not more than three (3)co-opted members may also be appointed. The numbersof independent and co-opted members of the Council shallbe determined from time-to-time by the membership ingeneral meeting.

2. Officer members shall serve for the period of their electedoffice. Section members shall serve on Council for the entireperiod of their Section chairmanship. The period of service ofco-opted members shall be determined annually. Independentmembers shall serve for three years and shall be eligible forre-election provided that no member shall serve as an electedmember of the Council continuously for more than six years.

3. In the event that a section member of the Council shall for anyreason become permanently incapable of fulfilling the dutiesof his office he shall be deemed to have resigned and thesection committee shall appoint another Ordinary Memberto be a member of the Council to serve until the expiry of theperiod of service of the resigned member. In the case of electedindependent members, a vacancy shall be filled by an electionto be held at the next available annual general meeting.

4. Except where necessary, the Council shall wherever practicabletransact its business using methods other than by plenarymeetings. The frequency of plenary meetings of the Councilshall be decided by the Board.

5. The Council will undertake only such business and tasks as maybe assigned to it by the Board.

Section 11: The Executive Secretary

1. The Executive Secretary shall direct the offices and manage theday to day business of the Academia on behalf of the Boardand shall act as secretary to the Board, the Council and at all

meetings of the Academia and of any sub committee of theBoard. Subject to the approval of the Board he shall engageand fix the terms of the employment of such other secretariatstaff as the Board may determine to be necessary for themanagement of the affairs of the Academia.

Section 12: General Meetings

1. The agenda for each Annual General Meeting shall includethose items as set out in the Memorandum and Articlesof Association and also the following:

(a) a report by the President;(b) a report by the Board including plans and proposals

for future activities of the Academia;

(c) proposals relating to the setting and levelsof subscriptions;

(d) proposals for the election of members of the Counciland of Officers of the Academia;

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members of the Board and the Council;(f ) proposals for the amendment of these Regulations.

3. An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Academia may becalled by the Board and shall also be so called if the Boardreceives a written requisition for such a Meeting signed by notless than five percent of the total number of Ordinary Membersor fifty such members, whichever shall be the less.

4. Notice of the place and date of any General Meeting shall begiven to all members of the Academia in accordance withthe Memorandum and Sections of Association. Notice of anymotion intended to be raised by an Ordinary Member shall begiven to the Executive Secretary, so as to reach him not lessthan fourteen days before the date fixed for the meeting.

5. Save where otherwise provided by the Sections of Associationand Memorandum and these Regulations, decisions at anygeneral Meeting shall be by a simple majority of those presentand voting.

Section 13: Elections

1. The Ordinary, the Honorary and the Foreign Members(a) The Ordinary, the Honorary and the Foreign Members

shall be elected by ballot of the members of the Board.(b) Nominations for candidates as Ordinary, Honorary or

Foreign members of the Academia may be made by anyOrdinary Member and in a manner as set down by theBoard.

(c) The Board may at any meeting proceed to the electionof a member or members in any category, or it mayrefer a nomination or nominations to one or more of themembership advisory committees hereinafter mentionedfor advice and defer the election until after such advicehas been received.

(d) For the purpose of obtaining advice on the qualificationsfor membership of any person nominated for electionto Ordinary, Honorary or Foreign membership of theAcademia, the Board may appoint such membershipadvisory committees with such terms of reference as theBoard sees fit. The Executive Secretary shall be authorisedto inform any Ordinary Member of the composition andterms of reference of such committees.

2. The President(a) The President shall be elected by a ballot of members

at a general meeting.(b) The Board shall establish a procedure for the election.(c) Not less than eighteen (18) months before the expiry of

a President`s period of office or immediately upon theactual or deemed resignation of the President under

Section 6 of these Regulations, the Executive Secretaryshall inform all Ordinary Members of the impendingpresidential election, of their right to nominate candidatesand of the closing date for the receipt of nominations, andhe shall invite nominations.

(d) Following the closing date for the receipt of nominations,the Board shall consider all the nominations received andshall make a proposal to the next General meeting.

(e) The result of the election shall be communicated at theAGM and to all the members as soon as possible and thePresident elect shall enter into Office at the conclusion ofthe next Annual General Meeting following his election.

(f ) Where an election takes place following a resignation

howsoever caused of the incumbent President, the seniorVice President shall assume the Presidency until theexpiry of the normal period of Office, or until an electionis held and a new president is approved by the members,whichever is the soonest.

3. The Vice-President(s)

(a) The Vice-President(s) shall be elected by ballot of themembers at a general meeting.

(b) Not less than twelve (12) months before the expiry ofa Vice-President`s period of office or immediately uponthe actual or deemed resignation of a Vice-Presidentunder Section 7 of these Regulations, the ExecutiveSecretary shall inform all Ordinary Members of the

impending vice-presidential election, of their rightto nominate candidates and of the closing date for thereceipt of nominations, and he shall invite nominations.

(c) At its meeting next following the closing date for thereceipt of nominations the Board shall consider thenominations received, and shall make a proposal to thenext general meeting.

(d) The result of the election shall be communicated to themembers as soon as possible and the Vice-President shallenter into Office at the conclusion of the annual generalmeeting.

(e) In the event that an election follows the expiry ofa Vice-President`s normal period of office, the Board shallappoint another ordinary member to serve as a VicePresident until such time as a new Vice-President can beelected in accordance with the Regulations.

4. The Treasurer(a) The Treasurer shall be elected by ballot of the members

at a general meeting.(b) Not less than twelve (12) months before the expiry of

a Treasurer’s period of office, or immediately upon theactual or deemed resignation of a Treasurer under Section8 of these Regulations, the Executive Secretary shallinform all Ordinary Members of the impending election,and of their right to nominate candidates and of theclosing date for the receipt of nominations, and he shallinvite nominations.

(c) At its meeting next following the closing date for thereceipt of nominations the Board shall consider thenominations received, and shall make a proposal to thenext general meeting.

(d) The result of the election shall be communicated to themeeting and to all other members as soon as possible andthe Treasurer shall enter into Office at the conclusion ofthe annual general meeting.

(e) In the event that an election follows the expiry of a Treasurer’s normal period of office, the Board shall appointanother ordinary member to serve as a Treasurer untilsuch time as a new Treasurer can be elected in accordancewith the Regulations.

4. The Council(a) The Independent members of the Council shall be elected

by ballot of the Ordinary Members in general meeting.(b) It shall be open to any Ordinary Member of the Academia

at any time to propose to the Board the name of any otherOrdinary Member for election to the Council.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Board to prepare a list ofcandidates for election to the Council at each AnnualGeneral Meeting, such a list to contain, if possible, thenames of at least twice as many candidates as there arevacancies. The Board shall aim to ensure that membershipof the Council includes a satisfactory distribution ofdisciplines and of the regions of Europe.

5. Section committees(a) Section committees shall be representative of the

membership of their Section. Committees shall becomposed of members that are elected from amongst themembership of the Section and in a manner defined bythe Board.


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(b) Each Section Committee shall appoint a chair fromamongst its number in accordance with rules as set out bythe Board.

(c) Section chairs shall serve as members of the Council fora period not exceeding six years.

6. Affiliated Members(a) Affiliated Members shall be invited into membership by

the Board.(b) The Board shall establish criteria for the identificationand suitability of candidates as Affiliated Members andestablish procedures for the assessment of any suchcandidates as set out in Section 5.

(c) The terms of membership applicable to Affiliate Membersshall be as defined by the Board and may be varied fromtime-to-time by the Board.

(d) The numbers of Affiliated Members shall be as agreedby the members in general meeting acting on a proposalfrom the Board.

Section 14: Expulsion of members

1. A member of the Academia in any category shall be deprivedof his membership if found guilty by the Board of a continuousor repeated course of conduct incompatible with the purposesand objectives of the Academia. If the person so deprivedof membership holds at the time the office of President,Vice-President, Treasurer or member of the Council or any SubCommittee of the Board, he shall immediately vacate his office.

2. The Board shall prescribe rules for use when a charge of suchconduct as aforesaid is preferred against a member. In additionto such other matters as may appear convenient to the Board,such rules shall provide:

(a) for the summary dismissal of a charge as frivolous orvexatious;

(b) for a charge not so dismissed to be put in writing to themember charged and his written response requested;

(c) for the summary dismissal of the charge in the lightof such response;

(d) for a hearing before the Board or specially appointedcommittee thereof of any charge not summarily dismissedat which evidence shall be taken orally or in writing and atwhich the member charged shall be entitled to be heardin his own defence;

(e) for the representation at the hearing of the membercharged, if he so desires, either by another member of theAcademia or by any other person whether legally qualifiedor not;

(f ) for the number of votes of the members of the Board

in favour of a finding of guilty required for the membercharged to be deprived of his membership.

3. The Board shall prescribe rules applicable to cases of non-payment of subscriptions.

Section 15: Assets of the Academia

1. The assets of the Academia shall be employed exclusively infurthering the purposes and objectives of the Academia and forno other purpose provided that nothing in these Regulationsshall contravene the Sections of Association and Memorandumor prevent:

(a) the payment of reasonable and proper remuneration toany employee of the Academia;

(b) the reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expensesincurred in relation to the activities of the Academia byany member of the Academia or the Executive Secretary.

2. The Academia shall open and maintain a bank account oraccounts in its name, and every withdrawal from any suchaccount shall be authorised by the signatures of any two of the

Executive Secretary, a designated member of the Secretariat,the Treasurer, President or Vice-President(s).

3. The signatories to any bank account opened and maintainedas aforesaid shall operate the same in accordance with thedirections of the Board.

Section 16: Interpretation

If any question arises in regard to the interpretation of theseRegulations or any of them, it shall be decided by the Board.

Section 17: Language

These Regulations may be translated into any European languageother than English but the version in English shall be the onlyauthentic version.

Academia EuropaeaSeptember 2009

MEMBERSHIP OF THE ACADEMIA

EUROPAEA

Membership is open to any scholar engaged in research andteaching. The process of membership is through a nomination,peer review and election procedure. Members are invited into theAcademy.

The Academia Europaea operates an annual cycle of nominationand election. The procedures and nomination forms can be foundonline via the www.ae-info.org website.

The process and criteria for membership are described below:

Academia Europaea

Membership election procedure

Revised September 2007Revised April 2008; Revised May 2009; Revised January 2011;Revised January 2015

A) Criteria for membership

The Academia Europaea wishes to elect into membershipscientists and scholars of international distinction, irrespectiveof nationality, gender, location or discipline. The primary criterionfor membership is “sustained academic excellence in thecandidate’s field” (2009 Regulations, Section 2 etc).

The Council is also willing to consider candidates who have madedistinguished intellectual contributions in the past, but who arenow making an important contribution to the managementof European science and scholarship. Candidature of scholarsworking at the interface of disciplines or in non-traditional fieldsare especially welcome.


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Persons normally resident and working in Europe are elected asOrdinary Members. Persons “not normally resident in Europe butpossessing in outstanding measure the qualities and attributesordinarily necessary for membership” (Section 2) may be elected asForeign Members. Turkey, Russia and the former Soviet republicswest of the Urals and Israel are regarded as part of Europe. At thistime North African states and other states in the Middle East are

not regarded as part of Europe for the purpose of defining thecategory of membership.

B) Age of candidates

There is no age restriction. All candidates will continue to beconsidered, but evidence must be provided that individuals arestill active in either scholarship and/or other academically relevantactivity, or where their individual international distinction meritsconsideration. Proposers must provide evidence of the year thatthe candidate became research active (or ended if appropriate)and include in the evidence, references to publications producedin the immediate past period of 3 – 5 years.

C) The Nomination process

All members can nominate new candidates for membership toany section and in any field. Nominations for Membership mustbe made by two members of the Academia. One of the twonominators must be resident in a different country from that of thecandidate. It is important that both nominators have personal andprofessional knowledge of the distinction of the candidate.Potential candidates May be approached by the proposers,and should have given their permission to have a nominationsubmitted, on a clear understanding that any nomination iswithout guarantee or prejudice. Nominators can ask the candidateto complete relevant parts of the form. BUT, the Nominator(s) musthowever complete the case for election section.Nominations should be made on the electronic form.

This can be downloaded from the webpage. PLEASE NOTE: The form must be fully completed and has to be submittedelectronically to the specific nominations email address givenon the form. Nominations must be made following the rulesdescribed. Any additional information (curriculum vitae,publications lists, etc.) or other formats may not be consideredby the Nominations Sub Committee. Only applications submittedon the pdf form and as instructed will be considered.It is the responsibility of the first nominator, to ensure that the“case for election” is fully and correctly completed. Both of thenominators must support the nomination. The completed dossiershould be submitted using the procedures described.In exceptional circumstances, the Board of Trustees are themselves

able to make nominations. These will be examined by theappropriate Section Committee, in the usual way.

The following guidance on completion of the nomination formshould also be noted:

• Case for election to the Academia (all categories) This section of the nomination is critical. The NominationsSubcommittee and the Council will base their decisionsmainly on this account. It must express clearly and in detail thedistinctions which led to the candidate being proposed.An entry to a national or international “Who’s Who” maybe helpful, but is not sufficient on its own. The candidate’s

personal contribution to original research is a particularlyi

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