Invitation to members of Academia Europaea to nominate candidates for the André Mischke YAE Prize for Science and Policy 2026.
Deadline: 28 February 2026.

Judith Pollmann, Leiden University, has been awarded the 2025 Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific honour in the Netherlands.

Professor David Abulafia, member of the History & Archaeology Section since 2002, passed away January 24, 2026.
Read the obituary by Prof. Amélia Polónia, the Chair of the History & Archaeology Section.

Professor Phoebe Koundouri, member of Economics, Business and Management Sciences section, receives the Award of Excellence of the Republic of Cyprus.

Professor Peer Bork, member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section since 2018, passed away January 16, 2026.
Read the commemorative words by the Chair of the Section, Professor Ray Dixon.

Academia Europaea members are invited to submit nominations for membership in the nomination cycle 2025/2026.

Professor Thede Kahl MAE, member of the History and Archaeology Section, awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bucharest.

INSTITUTIONS AT PLAY - Fusion and Fission of European Law.
A new publication by Antonello Miranda, member of the Law Section of Academia Europaea.

Professor Peter Edwards Elected Distinguished Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Professor Regina Kiener receives two Honorary Doctorates
Regina Kiener MAE, elected as member of the Law section of Academia Europaea in 2021, received two Honorary Doctorates, one from the University of Fribourg and one from the University of Basel, both in Switzerland.

Fraud alert: Phishing email impersonating the Academy President, Professor Donald Dingwell.

President of Academia Europaea, Donald Bruce Dingwell, thanks the Cardiff Knowledge Hub as it closes after 10 years of outstanding service to the Academy.

2025 ALLEA Madame De Staël Prize awarded To President Of The European Research Council (ERC) Maria Leptin.

Season's greetings to all members and visitors of the Academy website.
Read the messages from President Donald Bruce Dingwell and the Hub Directors highlighting this year's activities.

A new publication by Arlene Holmes-Henderson MAE and Edith Hall MAE where they document the history of Classical Civilisation and Ancient History qualifications in the UK; past, present and future.

Read the end-of-year message from the president of Academia Europaea, Professor Donald Dingwell.

A new research centre focussed on 'Classics Education Research and EngagementS' (CERES) was founded by Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson at the Durham University.

Read the new SAPEA Rapid Evidence Review Report “Artificial Intelligence in Emergency and Crisis Management”.

Vladimir Parpura, MAE, receives the 2025 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award.

15 PhD students from Odesa National Medical University completed the course “Introduction to Statistical Analysis Using R” - an initiative supported by Professor Ole Petersen from the Cardiff Knowledge Hub and Prof. Dr. Torsten Hothorn from the University of Zurich.

Read an interview with Professor Dennis Lo where he reflects on the discovery of cell-free fetal DNA.

Read an interview with Professor Licia Verde MAE in which she discusses dark matter, dark energy, and why discovery is as much about the journey as the destination.

Philippe Aghion awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025.

Advance notice of the date and time of the 37th Annual General (Business) Meeting of members.
Time: 15 October 2025.
Venue: Barcelona Biomedial Park.

Professor Steve Liddle, member of the Chemical Sciences Section was awarded the Terrae Rarae Award from the Tage der Seltenen Erden.

Academia Europaea is honoured to announce the award of the 2025 Erasmus Medal to the distinguished Mathematician, Professor László Lovász MAE, mathematician, past Academic Director of our Budapest Knowledge Hub and former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The Academia Europaea are pleased to award A SYDNEY BRENNER Medal for achievements in the Life Sciences, to Professor Markus Ralser MAE, Director of the Institute and Group Leader in Biochemistry and Systems Biology of Metabolism at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

The 2025 Advanced Adam Kondorosi Prize for Plant Sciences will be awarded to Professor Jens Stougaard MAE from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University.

"From Knowledge to Action” project 2025–2027: Call for Participation.
Members of Academia Europaea are called upon to participate in any of the 27 projects which resulted from the call for research initiative.
Deadline: 10 October 2025.

Five MAEs were elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering (ATSE).