DIRECTORY 2016 Scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research www.ae-info.org Academia Europaea Directory 2016 The 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 ......................................................................9 Affiliate Membership ....................................................... 10 Benefits for Members ....................................................... 11 New Initiatives Fund ......................................................... 11 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 ............... 22 Member Donations Policy ......................................... 24 Published by Academia Europaea Section B Room 251, Senate House, University of London Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 207 862 5784 A-Z Ordinary Members .................................................... 25 e-mail: [email protected] A-Z Foreign Members ...................................................... 61 www.ae-info.org Honorary Members .......................................................... 63 Registered with Companies House: Patron Members ................................................................ 63 Number 07028223 All Members listed by Section ...................................... 63 Registered with the Charity Commission of England & Wales: Number 1133902 All Members listed by Country ..................................... 71 Data extracted: March 2016 Inactive Members .............................................................. 85 Academia Europaea Directory 2016 FROM THE I have initiated a review of our awards and prizes. I hope to be PRESIDENT able to announce – possibly at the annual meeting in June, some exciting new developments. This is my second member’s directory as Finally, I would like to record here my thanks to a few specific President. In my first members who have made, and who continue to make a major foreword, I set out some contribution to the life of the AE. First, Theo D’Haen, who as editor- personal thoughts and in-chief of our journal the European Review, is masterminding its plans for the Academia continuing appeal and development – almost single handed! Erik during my term of office. de Corte, who is chair of our very successful group – HERCulES So, as a “self-assessment”, (Higher Education Research and Culture in European Society). let me highlight some The group remains very dynamic and organises at least one positive developments major symposium per year, on topics that are of high relevance since last year. to our collective professional lives as teachers and researchers in institutions of higher education, learning and research; Vladimir The collaboration with other Academy organisations in Europe Skulachev, who is a very long standing member of our ‘Russia club’ is gathering pace and strength. As I write this summary, the of AE members. He has been responsible since the early 1990s, for consortium [of AE, ALLEA, EASAC, FEAM and Euro-CASE] is the continuing success of our Russia Prizes scheme that recognises finalising its proposal for the European Commission that will and awards a small prize each year to up to 20 young Russian provide funds to deliver evidence based policy advice activity over scholars from all disciplines. a four year period. This level of integrated co-operation is a new development for European Academies and will have a significant Of course I should mention a much larger number of other impact on you, the members of the AE, as we start to ask for your members, all of who contribute directly to the life of the AE and all help as experts on advice panels. I am hopeful that most of you of whom give of their time freely – no small thing in our busy lives: will want to offer your time and expertise to make this initiative a but my space in this Directory is limited. So, from me, a general success. I can also report, that we have already established a close thank you to our Council and Board, to the twenty-two Section working relationship with ALLEA (the Federation of All European chairs and their committee members and the Class Chairs and to Academies) and we will jointly run our annual meeting in 2017 in the ad hoc sub groups, who have contributed to specific topics Budapest, followed by Sophia in 2018. over the past year. Also, to our Information Centre team at Graz, the Hub offices and our London HQ. Your efforts are not forgotten! The Regional Knowledge Hubs continue to develop their own strong programmes of activity and individual profiles. This year I hope to meet as many as possible of you my fellow members, at (2016) the annual conference takes place in Cardiff as the official the wide range of activity we will support over the coming year. launch event of our newest hub. Each hub has its own website My email address is always open! and all members receive regular individual electronic newsletters from the hubs. Please do contact them for help with any events or activity relevant to their regional missions. Sierd Cloetingh, Utrecht The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) is now in a growth phase and invites you, as the members of the senior Academy, to nominate potential new members to this important organisation. Please support them in their endeavours and point your postdocs and past students in their direction. This year, candidates for AE membership will be subjected to more consistent and rigorous scrutiny within each of our four separate Classes. These are Class A1 – Humanities; Class A2 - Social and Related Sciences; Class B - Exact Sciences and Class C - Life Sciences. This is the second year of operation and already the classes are considering how best to update and to strengthen the individual sections, as academic fields evolve. I must here, thank all of the individual members who make an annual donation to support the work of the AE. Your contributions are critical to our continued development and existence. I sincerely hope that more members will be able to make a contribution this year. 2 Academia Europaea Directory 2016 HISTORY MISSION STATEMENT The concept of a ”European Academy of Sciences” was raised at The Academia will: a meeting in Paris of the European Ministers of Science in 1985. The initiative was taken by the Royal Society (UK) which resulted • promote a wider appreciation of the value of European in a meeting in London in June 1986 of Arnold Burgen (UK), Hubert scholarship and research, Curien (F), Umberto Columbo (ITA), David Magnusson (S), Eugen • make recommendations to national governments and Seibold (Germany) and Ruud van Lieshout (NL) – who agreed to international agencies concerning matters affecting science, the need for a new body that could express the ideas and opinions scholarship and academic life in Europe, of individual scientists from across Europe. • encourage interdisciplinary and international research in all areas of learning, particularly in relation to European issues, This body was seen to be a complement to the European Science • identify topics of trans-European importance to science and Foundation in its role as a co-ordinator of the European interests scholarship, and propose appropriate action to ensure that of national research funding agencies and organisations. The these issues are adequately studied. objectives were kept deliberately broad covering the humanities, social and natural sciences, so as to ensure interdisciplinary The Academia will endeavour to: discourse and activities. Initial modalities were to include annual meetings of members, multidisciplinary meetings, an • encourage the highest possible standards in scholarship, interdisciplinary journal, a newsletter, providing independent research and education, advice, improving mobility of scholars within Europe and • promote a better understanding among the public at large of improving public understanding of science. the benefits of knowledge and learning, and of scientific and scholarly issues which affect society, its quality of life and its The new body was named the Academia Europaea and its standards of living. Foundation Meeting was held in Cambridge in September 1988 under the first President, Arnold Burgen. Hubert Curien, who was at that time the French Minister of Science (and later became the second President of the Academia) arrived by helicopter and gave the inaugural address and provided the active support of the French government. The first Plenary Meeting was held in London in June 1989, by which time there were 627 members.