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The Academia Europaea was founded in 1988 as an international, non-governmental association of individual scientists and scholars, aiming to promote learning, education and research. It currently brings together nearly 1800 members from 35 European and seven non-European countries. The Academia's membership covers a wide range of disciplines, including the physical sciences and technology, the biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the humanities, the social and cognitive sciences, economics and law.
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Forschungsprogramme
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Projektziele
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The purposes and objectives of the Academia Europaea are:
- To promote and support excellence in European scholarship, research and education
- To promote the development of European identity in scholarship and research, and to act as a European focus for research
- To provide independent advice on matters of scholarly interest or concern to legislatures, governments, universities, and professional, industrial and commercial organisations in Europe
- To encourage interdisciplinarity and international studies and research, particularly in relation to the analysis of European issues
- To encourage and assist collaboration between scholars and centres of scholarship in Europe and to promote collaboration in education and training
- To encourage and assist the mobility of scholars and students in Europe.
These objectives are pursued through the election of scientists and scholars to membership of the Academia; through a programme of activities including plenary meetings, study groups, workshops and other necessary arrangements; and through scientific publications, including the Academia's quarterly journal, the European Review.
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Abstract
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The aim of the Academia Europaea is - in the broadest sense to identify, encourage, recognise and support individual achievement and excellence in European research and scholarship across the sciences, humanities and letters.
The Academia Europaea will: promote a wider appreciation of the value of European scholarship and research; make recommendations to national governments and international agencies concerning matters affecting science, scholarship and academic life in Europe; encourage interdisciplinary and international research in all areas of learning, particularly in relation to European issues; identify topics of trans-European importance to science and scholarship, and propose appropriate action to ensure that these issues are adequately studied; promote a better understanding among the public at large of the benefits of knowledge and learning, and of scientific and scholarly issues which affect society, its quality of life and its standards of living.
Instruments employed include: recognition of individual excellence and achievement, through invitation into membership of the Academia; the promotion, organisation and publication of the output of conferences and workshops; support for and publication of the international journal "The European Review". The provision of expert and scholarly advice of members and publication of independent opinions on key scientific topics of public concern, as and when necessary.
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Umsetzung und Anwendungen
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Umsetzung und Anwendungen
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Activities
Annual Scientific Meetings
A three day meeting is held each year, centred upon a series of interdisciplinary symposia on a wide range of subjects. Since 1989, Annual Meetings have been held in London, Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Budapest, Uppsala, Parma, Krakow, Barcelona, Gent, and Basel. Among the many issues which have been addressed are 'The responsibility of the individual scholar to society', 'Human origins', 'European linguistic diversity and unity', 'Brain and cognition', 'Climatic change in recent millennia', 'The classical heritage' and 'Non-linearity and chaotic behaviour'. Many of the papers presented at the Annual Meetings are subsequently published.
The Erasmus Lecture and Medal
The Erasmus Lecture and Medal were introduced into the programme of the Annual Meeting in 1992 to provide an opportunity for Academia members and others to hear a renowned scholar. The Erasmus lecturers so far have been Janos Kornai, Ernst Mestmäcker, Lawrence Freedman, Alain Touraine, Hubert Markl, Paul Crutzen, and Peter Burke.
Other symposia and working groups
The Academia Europaea also organises special working groups and workshops to address particular topics of scientific or academic interest. Two major themes of particular importance have been Education and the Impact of Information Technology on society. Recent examples of workshops have included 'Psychosocial problems among young people', 'Higher education in the 21st century', 'The idea of progress', 'Teaching science to children', 'The quality of life in old age' and 'The impact of electronic publishing'. External sponsorship is sought to conduct these workshops and related activities, and usually the results are published.
Details of workshops are available at:
- Impact of electronic publishing on the academic community
- Virtuality in Europe: Trends, Opportunities and Risks
- Excellence in Higher Education
Prizes schemes
Since 1993 the Academia has organised a scheme for giving prize awards to young scientists from the CIS republics on the basis of open competitions assessed by international experts. Significant financial support for this scheme has been given by a number of European and international foundations, societies, companies and individuals. The scheme has helped to promote further support of young scientists within the CIS republics.
From 1995 a second scheme has been introduced, to provide prizes for young scientists from the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Public Statements
Response of the Academia to the Communication from the European Commission on 'Towards a European research area'.
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Publikationen / Ergebnisse
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European Review
The Academia issues a quarterly journal, the European Review, published by Cambridge University Press, which is distributed to all members and is also available on subscription. The European Review includes high quality papers, frequently of an interdisciplinary character, and articles related to other Academia activities.
How to purchase
Workshops and Study Groups
The results of workshops and study groups have been published as Academia papers and in several cases as books, including the following:
Inside Academia, New Challenges for the Academic Profession, Edited by Peter A.M. Maassen and Frans A. Van Vught. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, Enschede. Published by De Tijdstroom, Utrecht,
ISBN 90 352 1800 0, 1996.
The Idea of Progress, Edited by Arnold Burgen, Peter McLaughlin and Jürgen Mittelstrass. Walter de Gruyter,
ISBN 3-11-015393-9, 1997.
Growing up with Science, Edited by Kjell Härnqvist and Arnold Burgen. Published by Jessica Kingsley,
ISBN 1-85302 449-X, 1997.
The Impact of Electronic Publication on the Academic Community, Edited by Ian Butterworth, Portland Press, ISBN 1 85578 122 0, 1998.
Interdisciplinarity and the Organisation of Knowledge in Europe. Edited by Richard Cunningham, published by the European Commission, 1998 (in press).
Electronic Communication and Research in Europe, edited by Jack Meadows and Heinz-Dieter Böcker, published by the European Commission, 1999 (in press).
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