ALLEA Member Academies

Albania: Akademia E Shkencave E Shqipërisë; Armenia: գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա; Austria: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Belarus: Нацыянальная акадэмiя навук Беларусі; Belgium: Académie royale des Sciences des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique; Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten; Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde; Académie Royale de langue et de About ALLEA littérature françaises de Belgique; Bosnia and Herzegovina: Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine; Bulgaria: ALLEA (All European Academies) is the Българска академия на науките; Croatia: Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti; Czech Republic: Akademie věd České European Federation of Academies of Sciences republiky; Učená společnost České republiky; Denmark: Kongelige and Humanities. It was founded in 1994 and Danske Videnskabernes Selskab; Estonia: Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia; brings together almost 60 Academies of Sciences Finland: Tiedeakatemiain neuvottelukunta; France: Académie des and Learned Societies from over 40 countries in Sciences - Institut de France; Académie des Inscriptions et Belles- the Council of Europe region. ALLEA is financed Lettres; Georgia: საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია; Germany: by annual dues from its member academies Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften; Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften; and remains fully independent from political, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Akademie der religious, commercial or ideological interests. Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, -Brandenburgische Akademie der Member Academies operate as learned Wissenschaften, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, societies, think tanks, or research performing Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Nordrhein-Westfälische organisations. They are self-governing Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste, Sächsische Akademie Greece communities of leaders of scholarly enquiry der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig (Associate Members); : Ακαδημία Αθηνών; Hungary: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia; across all fields of the natural sciences, the social Ireland: The - Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann; Italy: Accademia Nazionale ;האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים :sciences and the humanities. ALLEA therefore Israel provides access to an unparalleled human dei Lincei; Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Accademia delle resource of intellectual excellence, experience Scienze di Torino; Kosovo: Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e and expertise. Furthermore, its integrative Kosovës; Latvia: Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija; Lithuania: Lietuvos mokslų akademija; Macedonia: Македонска Академија на Науките membership structure comprises Academies и Уметностите; Moldova: Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei; from both EU and non–EU member states in Montenegro: Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti; Europe. Netherlands: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van ALLEA Secretariat Wetenschappen; Norway: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi; Det ALLEA seeks to contribute to improving the Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab; Poland: Polska Akademia Jägerstr. 22/23 framework conditions under which science and Umiejętności; Polska Akademia Nauk; Portugal: Academia das 10117 Berlin Romania: Russia scholarship can excel. Jointly with its Member Ciências de Lisboa; Academia Română; : Российская Germany академия наук (Associate Member); Serbia: Srpska Akademija Academies, ALLEA is in a position to address the Nauka i Umetnosti; Slovakia: Slovenská Akadémia Vied; Slovenia: full range of structural and policy issues facing Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti; Spain: Real Academia de Phone: +49 (0)30-3259873-72 Europe in science, research and innovation. In Ciencias Morales y Políticas; Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fax: +49 (0)30-3259873-73 doing so, it is guided by a common understanding Físicas y Naturales (Associate Member); Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Sweden of Europe, bound together by historical, social Arts de Barcelona; Institut d’Estudis Catalans; : Kungl. Twitter: @ALLEA_academies All European Academies Vetenskapsakademien; Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets and political factors as well as for scientific and Akademien; Switzerland: Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz; economic reasons. Turkey: Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi; Bilim Akademisi (Associate www.allea.org Madame de Staël Prize Member); Ukraine: Національна академія наук України; United [email protected] Kingdom: The ; The Learned Society of Wales; The for Cultural Values Royal Society; The Royal Society of Edinburgh The All European Academies Criteria Co-sponsorship Madame de Staël Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values

The All European Academies Madame de Staël Laureates are well known for their scholarly excellence The ALLEA Prize is endowed with 20,000 euros, Madame de Staël (1766-1817), née Anne Prize for Cultural Values is awarded to eminent in the fields of history, political science, social science, one of the largest amounts dedicated to honouring Louise Germaine Necker, created her own scholars whose work represents a significant religion, law or any other field in the humanities. scholars in the social sciences and humanties in vibrant network of great European thinkers contribution to the cultural and intellectual values A laureate’s work may also be of interdisciplinary Europe. The prize is kindly co-sponsored by the and championed the rise of the independent- of Europe and to the idea of European integration, nature and must represent a major contribution to Compagnia di San Paolo. The Compagnia di San minded female intellectual. Her salon promoted promoting and strengthening an understanding the research on Europe in these respective areas. Paolo, founded in 1563 as a charitable brotherhood, progressive and pragmatic political and of Europe as multifaceted, intellectual, open and is today one of the largest private-law foundations intellectual discussions. Her critical and fictional vibrant. At the same time, the laureate‘s work should also in Europe. It pursues aims of public interest and works were highly influential in the era of be of remarkable significance for the existing or social use, in order to foster the civil, cultural and European Romanticism. In 1814, the French Europe is remarkable in that its definition and emerging values of Europe seeking to tackle current economic development of the community in which memoir writer Madame de Chastenay summed geographic boundaries have varied over the centuries, and future challenges such as inequality, political it operates. The Compagnia is active in the sectors up her life in a single epigramme. There were, yet there has always been a prevailing sentiment of instability, religious diversity, demographic change, of Research and Health, Art, Cultural Heritage and she wrote, three great powers struggling against European culture as rooted in an inherent openness or migration, and not least scepticism towards Activities, Cultural Innovation, Social Policies, and Napoleon for the soul of Europe: “England, supported by a dynamic and vigorous intellectualism. European integration and unity. Philanthropy. Russia, and Madame de Staël.” In a time when the cultural diversity of Europe seems to be increasingly threatened by scepticism, extremism and instability, this prize serves to remind Nominations and Jury us of this deep-rooted and revered characteristic of Europe. Nominations are submitted by ALLEA Member The ALLEA Prize also seeks to underline the Academies. On the basis of the proposals, a importance of non-technological scholarly work and jury composed of eminent Member Academy research for European advancement, and is one of representatives, including past laureates, selects and the few dedicated to social sciences and humanities nominates the laureate after a careful evaluation of A sense of belonging to Europe, to a community scholarship. The award ceremony takes place every the nominees‘ merits. “ year in the context of the ALLEA General Assembly, of values, of culture and interests, is essential to which brings together representatives of ALLEA The Jury seeks external peer assessment where forge this common destiny. Europe is indeed us, Member Academies. applicable and is responsible for the selection of an each of us. And each of us can make a difference appropriate laudator. All Jury members are renowned in Europe and contribute to driving positive scientists and scholars in a broad range of fields change.This is what ALLEA is doing through its relevant to the scope of the prize. The Jury is chaired wide range of activities by the ALLEA President. ” José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission (2004-2014), during the 2014 ALLEA Prize award ceremony