Company Registered number 07028223
Charity Registered number 1133902
THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Report and Financial Statements
## 31 December 2020
**Keith Vaudrey & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 51 Marloes Road London, W8 6LA**
## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Report and accounts Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company information|1|
|Directors' report|2|
|Statement of directors' responsibilities|3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Balance sheet|7|
|Statement of cash flows|8|
|Notes to the financial statements|9|
## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Company Information**
## **Directors**
Professor Dr Sierd Auke Pieter Leonard Cloetingh Professor Theo D'Haen Professor Eva Kondorosi Professor Ole Holger Petersen Professor Donald Dingwell Professor Kirsten Drotner (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Dagmar Coester-Waltjen (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Alain Peyraube (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Genoveva Marti Professor Bjorn Wittrock Professor Veljko Milutinovic (resigned on 20 October 2020) Professor Paul Holm (appointed on 01 January 2020) Dr Oskar Mencer (appointed on 20 October 2020) Professor Eystein Jansen (appointed on 01 January 2021) Professor Marja Tertu Makarow (appointed on 01 January 2021)
## **Secretary**
Dr David Coates
## **Examinor of accounts**
Keith Vaudrey & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 51 Marloes Road London W8 6LA
## **Bankers**
CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Mailing Kent ME19 4JQ
Natwest Bank PLC Piccadilly & New Bond Street Branch 63 - 65 Piccadilly London W1J 0AJ
## **Solicitors**
Hewitson Becke + Shaw Shakespeare House 42, Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8EP
## **Registered office**
Room 251 Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
**Company Registered number** 07028223
**Charity Registered number**
1133902
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**THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Registered number:** 07028223 **Directors' Report**
The trustees (who for company law purposes are the Directors) present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **Principal activities**
The company's principal activity during the year continued to be the promotion of International scholarship, research, provision of training in higher education. Some of the aims of the organisation are to make recommendations to national governments, international agencies concerning matters affecting science, scholarship and academic life in Europe. Also, encouraging interdisciplinary and international research in all areas of learning.
## **Directors**
The following persons served as trustees/ directors during the year:
Professor Dr Sierd Auke Pieter Leonard Cloetingh Professor Theo D'Haen Professor Eva Kondorosi Professor Ole Holger Petersen Professor Donald Dingwell Professor Kirsten Drotner (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Dagmar Coester-Waltjen (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Alain Peyraube (resigned on 31 December 2020) Professor Genoveva Marti Professor Bjorn Wittrock Professor Veljko Milutinovic (resigned on 20 October 2020) Professor Paul Holm (appointed on 01 January 2020) Dr Oskar Mencer (appointed on 20 October 2020) Professor Eystein Jansen (appointed on 01 January 2021) Professor Marja Tertu Makarow (appointed on 01 January 2021)
## **Disclosure of information to independent examiner:**
Each person who was a trustee at the time this report was approved confirms that:
- so far as he is aware, there is no relevant information of which the company's independent examiner is unaware; and
- he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a trustee in order to make himself aware of any relevant information and to establish that the company's independent examiner is aware of that information.
- the incoming resources is less than £1 million and that an audit is not required per SORP 2015 and FRS102. Based on the articles of association section 53, an examiner of accounts can examine the accounts.
This report was approved by the board on 7 May 2021 and signed on its behalf.
Professor Dr Sierd Auke Pieter Leonard Cloetingh President
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## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Academia Europaea for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (Financial Reporting Standard 102 and applicable law). Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the trustees are aware:
- there is no relevant information of which the charitable company's examiner of accounts is
- ● unaware; and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of
- ● any relevant information and to establish that the examiner of account is aware of that information.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE)**
## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of the charitable company on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charitable company on pages 6 to 9 for the year ended 31 December 2020 which have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) as modified by FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2015, (as amended by the Bulletin issued in February 2016), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out on page 19.
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Independent Examiner and the basis of the report**
As described on page 3, you, the charitable company's Trustees, who are also the Directors of the Company for the purposes of Company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and all other applicable law and with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, applicable to smaller entities, and for being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view.
The Trustees consider that the audit requirement of Section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply, and that there is no requirement in the memorandum and articles of the charity for the conducting of an audit, and that the accounts do not require an audit in accordance with Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. As a consequence, the Trustees have elected that the financial statements be subject to independent examination.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements are not required to be audited under any legal provision, or otherwise, and are eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:-
- a) examine the financial statements of the charity under Section 145 of the Act;
b) follow the applicable procedures in the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement and scope of work undertaken**
Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000, the charitable company's examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am an authorised member of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under s145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act setting out the duties of an independent examiner in relation to the conducting of an independent examination. An independent examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charitable company and of the accounting systems employed by the charitable company and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you, as Trustees, concerning such matters. The purpose of the examination is to establish as far as possible that there have been no breaches of charity legislation and that, on a test basis of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures made, the financial statements comply with the SORP.
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The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and information supplied by the Trustees in the course of the examination is not subjected to audit tests or enquiries and does not cover all the matters that an auditor would consider in arriving at an opinion. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide
Consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements, and in particular, I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the affairs of the charity, and my report is limited to the matters set out in the statement below.
I planned and performed my examination so as to satisfy myself that the objectives of the independent examination are achieved and before finalising the report I obtained written assurances from the Trustees of all material matters.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement, Report and Opinion**
Subject to the limitations upon the scope of my work as detailed above, I have completed my examination: and can confirm that:-
The accounts of this charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006;
This is a report in respect of an examination carried out under 145 of the Act and in accordance with Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act which may be applicable;
and that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:-
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by Section 386 of the Companies Act
- ● 2006 and Section 130 of The Charities Act 2011;
- the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of
- accounts set out in section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination;
have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles set out in the FRS 102 SORP
- (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2015, (as amended by the Bulletin issued in February 2016), (The SORP).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## **Signed:-**
Rakesh Madhub FCCA - Independent Examiner
Keith Vaudrey & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 51 Marloes Road London W8 6LA
This report was signed on 14 May 2021
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## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**Notes**
**Income from:**
Members' contributions
Donations
2
Publication grant and royalties
3
HMRC JR Scheme
Interest receivable
Grants for projects
4
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Administrative expenses
5
Charitable activities
6
Governance cost
7
Premises cost
8
Support cost
9
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure) for the year**
**Transfers between funds**
Foreign exchange gains/ (losses)
**Reconciliation of funds:-**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Net movement in funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2020**
**£**
216,360
73,273
8,404
15,336
37
-
313,410
21,308
29,524
1,515
34,974
142,016
229,337
84,073
(5,883)
31,603
109,793
28,776
138,569|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2020**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
87,813
87,813
-
25,185
-
-
-
25,185
62,628
5,883
68,511
76,466
144,977|**Total Funds**
**2020**
**£**
216,360
73,273
8,404
15,336
37
87,813
401,223
21,308
54,709
1,515
34,974
142,016
254,522
146,701
-
31,603
178,304
105,242
283,546|**Total Funds**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2019**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
207,500
207,500
72,471
72,471
14,616
14,616
-
-
56
56
26,394
-
321,037
294,643
36,190
36,190
293,177
99,748
1,320
1,320
28,552
28,552
144,027
144,027
503,266
309,837
(182,229)
(15,194)
-
1,664
(22,098)
(22,098)
(204,327)
(35,628)
309,569
64,404
105,242
28,776|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2019**
**£**
26,394
26,394
-
193,429
-
193,429
(167,035)
(1,664)
(168,699)
245,165
76,466|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Statement of total recognised gains and losses**
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those shown above and therefore no separate statement of total gains and losses has been prepared.
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## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
12
**Current assets**
Debtors
13
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
14
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**
**Net assets**
**Funds and reserves**
General funds
Restricted funds
15
**Total funds**|**2020**
**£**
3,560
3,013
642,990
646,003
(366,017)
279,986
283,546
283,546
138,569
144,977
283,546|**2019**
**£**
4,746
2,981
485,432
488,413
(387,917)
100,496
105,242
105,242
28,776
76,466
105,242|
|---|---|---|
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The charity is subject to Independent Examination under charity legislation, and the report of the Independent Examiner is on page 4.
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 7 May 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
Professor Dr Sierd Auke Pieter Leonard Cloetingh President
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## **THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**Operating activities**
Profit/(loss) for the financial year
Adjustments for:
Interest receivable
Depreciation
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
Interest received
Cash generated by operating activities
**Net cash generated**
Cash generated by operating activities
Net cash generated
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December
Cash and cash equivalents comprise:
Cash at bank|**2020**
**£**
178,304
(37)
1,186
(32)
(21,900)
157,521
37
157,558
157,558
157,558
485,432
642,990
642,990|**2019**
**£**
(204,327)
(56)
1,585
2,455
295,395
95,052
56
95,108
95,108
95,108
390,324
485,432
485,432|
|---|---|---|
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**THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE) Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern**
The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) and 'FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2015, (as amended by the Bulletin issued in February 2016), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , effective January 2016, , and in accordance with all applicable law in the charity's jurisdiction of registration, except that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2015, (as amended by the Bulletin issued in February 2016), (The SORP), in preference to the previous SORP, the SORP 2005, which has been withdrawn, notwithstanding the fact that the extant statutory regulations, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 refer explicitly to the SORP 2005. This has been done to accord with current best practice.
The incorporated charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102 SORP.
## **Income**
Income, whether from exchange or non exchange transactions, is recognised in the statement of financial activities (SOFA) on a receivable basis, when a transaction or other event results in an increase in the charity’s assets or a reduction in its liabilities and only when the charity has legal entitlement, the income is probable and can be measured reliably.
Income subject to terms and conditions which must be met before the charity is entitled to the resources is not recognised until the conditions have been met.
All income is accounted for gross, before deducting any related fees or costs.
With the exception of members contributions and donations all income is credited to the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis.
Members contributions and donations are credited to the statement of financial activities in the year in which they are received.
Income received from lifetime membership are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities over ten years.
## **Membership subscriptions**
The income and any associated Gift Aid or other tax refund from a membership subscription received by the charity in the nature of a gift, is accounted for on the same basis as a donation.
The income from a membership subscription received by the charity where the subscription purchases the right to services or benefits is recognised as income from charitable activities.
## **Cost allocation**
Direct charitable expenditure includes all expenditure incurred on activities conducted in pursuance of Academia Europaea's objectives. Staff costs, premises overheads and other costs are apportioned on the basis of percentage time spent on charitable activities, fundraising and publicity, and management and administration. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the items of expenditure to which it relates.
## **Operating leases**
Rentals and service charges paid under operating leases for office premises and equipment charged to Resources Expended in the Statement of Financial Activities as incurred.
## **Contributions from third parties**
Several of Academia Europaea's activities are supported or partially supported by contributions from third parties paid directly to local organisers. These funds were previously included in the accounts. The hubs' funds that have not passed through the Academia's books were excluded in the accounts. Per The Academia Europaea's new policy, the hubs' financial records were not to be included in the Statement of Financial Activities. The hubs are not subsidiaries or branches of The Academia Europaea and it is not necessary to produce consolidated accounts.
However, while the substance of these activities remains under the Academia's direct control, the local organisers and sponsors have autonomous responsibility for making contributions which may be in cash or in kind and cannot be reasonably included in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **Fixed assets and depreciation**
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Office furniture and equipment 10 % per annum using the Straight line method Computer equipment 25 % per annum using reducing balance method.
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## **London Secretariat charges**
Much of the London Secretariat's time is spent organising and assisting plenary meetings, projects and study groups. It is the policy of Academia Europaea that, where possible, these administration costs be recovered from these activities.
## **Foreign currency transactions**
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Assets and liabilities in foreign currency are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling on the balance sheet date.
## **Liability to taxation**
The Trustees consider that the charity satisfies the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by chapter 3 part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively on the specific charitable objects of the charity and for no other purpose. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **Pensions - defined contribution schemes**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
## **Funds**
Restricted funds are set up from grants and contributions given to Academia Europaea, the use of which is restricted as to the purpose and conditions imposed by the donors. None of these funds has any permanent endowed capital.
Unrestricted funds represent accumulated surpluses and deficits in the statement of financial activities which are available for use at the discretion of Academia Europaea's operations and activities. The Board may set aside amounts to be designated for specific uses or purposes. The unrestricted funds comprise the general fund and are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
## **2 DONATIONS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES**
|Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Institut D'Estudis Catalans (Spain)
SAPEA Contribution to costs
**3 PUBLICATIONS AND ROYALTIES**
Cambridge Uni Press - Editorial Grant
Cambridge Uni Press - Royalties
**4 GRANTS AND RECEIPTS FOR PROJECTS**
European Policy Project (SAPEA)
Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung (Germany)
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden)|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
21,939
22,849
42,325
42,828
9,009
6,794
73,273
72,471
**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
3,000
9,000
5,404
5,616
8,404
14,616
**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
87,813
-
-
4,459
-
21,935
87,813
26,394|
|---|---|
|**5 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES**
Hub services
Mailing costs
Membership and subscriptions
Postage
Stationery and printing
Sundry expenses
Bank charges
Depreciation|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**General**
**Projects**
**2020**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**Total Costs**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,828
-
2,828
3,603
-
3,603
7,570
-
7,570
9
-
9
273
-
273
580
-
580
5,259
-
5,259
1,186
-
1,186
21,308
-
21,308|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2019**
**General**
**Projects**
**Total Costs**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**£**
**£**
**£**
16,068
16,068
-
3,602
3,602
-
352
352
-
36
36
-
5,824
5,824
-
809
809
-
7,914
7,914
-
1,585
1,585
-
36,190
36,190
-|
|---|---|---|
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|**6 **|**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**General**|**Projects**|**2020**||**2019**|**General**|**Projects**|
|||**Note**|**Fund**|**Fund**|**Total Costs**||**Total Costs**|**Fund**|**Fund**|
||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Class Meeting A1,A2, B & C||227|-|227||9,645|9,645|-|
||Conferences||12,206|-|12,206||928|928|-|
||Council & subcommmittees||3,082|-|3,082||45,855|45,855|-|
||European Review||5,598|-|5,598||5,000|5,000|-|
||Hubert Curien Fund||-|-||-|21,369|21,369|-|
||Membership & information services||7,343|-|7,343||6,668|6,668|-|
||Other publication||-|-||-|2,756|2,756|-|
||Prizes||738|-|738||-|-|-|
||Relations with other bodies||330|-|330||7,527|7,527|-|
||Adam Kondorosi Award||-|-||-|1,732|-|1,732|
||European Policy Project - SAPEA|**10**|-|24,491|24,491||186,068|-|186,068|
||Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung (Germany)||-|694|694||2,795|-|2,795|
||Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden)||-|-||-|2,834|-|2,834|
||||29,524|25,185|54,709||293,177|99,748|193,429|
|**7 **|**GOVERNANCE COSTS**|**(Unrestricted**|**Fund)**||||**2020**|**2019**||
||Board of trustees||||||**£**
155|**£**
-||
||Independent examiner fees||||||1,320|1,320||
||Other Legal and professional costs||||||40|-||
||||||||1,515|1,320||
|**8 **|**Premises cost**|**(Unrestricted**|**Fund)**||||**2020**|**2019**||
||Rent||||||**£**
34,054|**£**
27,642||
||Office Insurance||||||920|910||
||||||||34,974|28,552||
|**9 **|**Support cost**|**(Unrestricted**|**Fund)**||||**2020**|**2019**||
||Accountancy fees|**Note**|||||**£**
11,817|**£**
10,237||
||IT Services||||||27,584|34,397||
||Telephone||||||1,397|1,732||
||Staff Costs|**11**|||||100,684|96,312||
||Travel and subsistence||||||-|30||
||Software||||||534|1,319||
||||||||142,016|144,027||
|**10 **|**European Policy Project - SAPEA**||||||**2020**|**2019**||
||EU Project - Cardiff||||||**£**
-|**£**
147,159||
||EU Project - SAPEA - Work Package 1||||||9,445|10,589||
||EU Project - SAPEA - Work Package 2||||||15,037|24,783||
||EU Project - SAPEA - Work Package 3||||||-|756||
||EU Project - SAPEA - Work Package 6||||||9|2,781||
||||||||**24,491**|**186,068**||
|**11 **|**STAFF COSTS**||||||**2020**|**2019**||
||Staff salaries||||||**£**
91,216|**£**
85,526||
||Employer's NI||||||5,799|6,847||
||Pensions||||||3,669|3,939||
||Total Staff Costs - UK||||||**100,684**|**96,312**||
||The average number of persons, analysed by function, employed by|||Academia Europaea in the UK|||during the|||
||period was:|||||||||
||Charitable activities||||||**2020**
1|**2019**
1||
||Management and administration||||||1|1||
||||||||2|2||
No trustee received any remuneration in respect of their services in the year (2019 - £Nil)
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No employee received earnings in excess of £60,000 per annum in the current or previous periods.
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds.
Any liabilites and assets associated with the scheme are shown under debtors and creditors.
## **12 Tangible fixed assets**
|**COST**
At 1 January 2020
At 31 December 2020
**ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2020
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019
**13 Debtors**
Prepayments
**14 Creditors**
Accruals
Other taxes and social security costs
Deferred income
**15 Restricted Funds**
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden)
European Policy Project - SAPEA
Adam Kondorosi Award
Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung (Germany)|**Opening**
**Balance**
**£**
19,101
37,428
19,937
-
76,466|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
17,256
17,256
12,510
1,186
13,696
3,560
4,746
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
-
87,813
-
-
87,813|**Office Furniture**
**and Equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
6,777
24,033
6,777
24,033
6,777
19,287
-
1,186
6,777
20,473
-
3,560
-
4,746
**2020**
**2019**
**……….**£
**……….**£
3,013
2,981
**2020**
**2019**
**……….**£
**……….**£
257,431
289,892
2,262
-
106,324
98,025
366,017
387,917
**Outgoing**
**Closing**
**Resources**
**Transfers**
**Balance**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
19,101
(24,491)
-
100,750
-
5,189
25,126
(694)
694
-
(25,185)
5,883
144,977|
|---|---|---|---|
The Wroclaw Summer schools fund is provided by a grant from the Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds.
European Policy Project, SAPEA, are the funds allocated for the preparation of the European Policy project.
Adam Kondorosi Award is an award which will provide recognition to a young emerging scholar, in the field of plant biology, especially nitrogen fixation biology and microbiology.
Heinz Nixdorf sponsors the annual Erasmus award.
The sum was transferred from unrestricted funds to restricted funds to finace this year's project.
## **16 Related Party Transactions**
The total amount refunded to the trustees/ directors regarding travel and subsistence for meetings, events for the year amounted to £5,105 (2019 - £14,314).
## **17 Ultimate controlling party**
The charity is under the control of its legal members.
Every member of the charity is obliged to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member.
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**ANNUAL TRUSTEE (activity) REPORT Plus individual Knowledge Hub Reports (as annexes) FOR 2020 ‘The Academy of Europe’** Registered office **Room 251, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Tele: +44 (0) 20 7862 5784 Email: admin@acadeuro.org Web: http://www.ae-info.org Company limited by Guarantee and registered at Companies House. Registration number 07028223 Registered with the Charity Commission, registration number 1133902**
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|**Contents:**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Section 1**
**Governance**|**3**|
|**Section 2:**
**The structure and mission of the Academia Europaea**|**5**|
|**Section 3:**
**Trustees’ report for the period ended 31 December 2018**|**5**|
|**Section 4:**
**Centrally co-ordinated activities**|**7**|
|**Section 5:**
**Academia Europaea Outreach activity**|**8**|
|**Section 6:**
**Events with AE Sponsorship & Patronage**|**10**|
|**Section 7:**
**Corporate matters, Hubs and Membership**|**11**|
|**Section 8:**
**Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**|**12**|
|**Annex 1 New members elected in 2020**|**14**|
|**Annex 2 Trustees, Council, and Section Committee composition as at 31st December 2020**|**24**|
|**Reports of the activity of the AE Knowledge Hubs for 2020 are available as follows;**||
|**Barcelona Knowledge Hub**
**(Annex 3)**||
|**Bergen Knowledge Hub**
**(Annex 4)**||
|**Budapest Knowledge Hub**||
|**Cardiff Knowledge Hub**
**(Annex 5)**||
|**Tbilisi Knowledge Hub**
**(Annex 6)**||
|**Munich Knowledge Hub**||
|**Graz Information Centre**
**(Annex 7)**||
|**Wroclaw Knowledge Hub**
**(Annex 8)**||
**NOTE: The Knowledge Hub reports are large files. They are also available to download from www.ae-info.org Or, on request from the individual Hub offices, or online at the following URLs;**
|**Barcelona Hub at:**|**http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/**|
|---|---|
|**Bergen Hub at:**|**https://aebergen.w.uib.no/annual-reports/ **|
|**Cardiff Hub at:**|**http://aecardiffknowledgehub.wales/about-us/documents/ **|
|**Wroclaw Hub at:**|**http://acadeuro.wroclaw.pl/**|
|**Tbilisi Hub at:**|**https://www.aetbilisihub.org**|
|**Munich Hub**|NA|
|**Budapest Hub**|NA|
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## **Section 1: Governance**
## **THE TRUSTEES, AND COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA**
## **Board of TRUSTEES (at 31 December 2020)**
## **Officers**
**President:** Professor Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht, (extended by member decision to end 2021) **Vice President:** Professor Genoveva Marti Barcelona, (to end 2021) **Hon. Treasurer:** Professor V Milutinovic Montenegro, (resigned in 2020) Dr Oskar Mencer London, (appointed pro tem 2020) **Co-opted Members:** Professor Ole Petersen Cardiff (till end 2022) **P** rofessor Theo D’haen Leuven, (till end 2021) Professor Eva Kondorosi Budapest, (till end 2023) Professor Don Dingwell Munich, (till end 2021) Professor Poul Holm Dublin, (to end 2022) Professor Alex Verkhratsky Manchester, (till end 2021) Professor Bjorn Wittrock Uppsala, (till end 2022) **Appointed by Council** : Professor Kirsten Drotner (to end 2020) Professor Dagmar Coester-Waltjen (to end 2020) Professor Alain Peyraube (to end 2020) President elect (from Jan 2021) Professor Marja Makarow
In spring of this year, the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown, as did much of Europe. As a result, AE planned physical meetings were cancelled. This included the AGM (see below). In order to maintain some continuity during the COVID crisis period, approval was sought through an electronic ballot of all members, to suspend the AGM for 2020. Ballots were also held to extended the term of the President to the end of 2021. An electronic ballot of all members was carried out in 2020 for a new President and Professor Marja Makarow (Finland) was elected. It was agreed that she would assume office after the end of the COVID crisis and no later than January 2022. Other changes to the board of trustees would continue as scheduled. An election for a replacement treasurer and VP (officio) would take place in 2022.
The list of Section chairs, as at 31 December 2020, is at annex 2 of this report. Professors Peyraube, Drotner and Coester were appointed by the (old) Council to the board of trustees, with effect from January 2017. They stepped down at the end of 2020. Prof. D’Haen is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Review. He will step down at the end of 2021. During the year the treasurer resigned and the Board co-opted temporarily Dr Mencer. Due to COVID, a formal election will be held when some normality returns in 2022. Class chairs are members of the board of trustees. At the end of 2020 they were;
Class A1 – Humanities and Arts – Chair Professor Poul Holm (Trustee), VP ex o Class A2 – Social and Related Sciences – Chair Professor Bjorn Wittrock (Trustee) VP ex o Class B – Exact Sciences – Professor Don Dingwell (Trustee), VP ex o Class C – Life Sciences – Professor Alex Verkhratsky Board member VP ex o
The composition of the Board and ‘Council’ as at 31[st] December 2020 is at annex 2. The Council is described in the articles as an advisory body to the trustees. Since the creation of the Class system, the single Council now effectively operates through the Class configurations. The Classes and their component Sections each CONSTITUTE ONE PART OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. The Class chairs are _de facto_ , the representatives of the Sections on the Board of trustees. The trustees did consult electronically throughout the year with their sectoral ‘Council members’ on specific issues in the Class configuration. Class committees (comprising the Chairs of the Section committees) have been assigned responsibility for the management of the nominations and selection process for new members and will increasingly be responsible for delivery of activity programmes as envisaged by the Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024. In view of this re-orientation of responsibility and the fact that the Classes now fulfil the role of a plenary Council, but in a more efficient way, the trustees will review the Regulations to better reflect the new working structure.
During 2020 there was no activity assigned to the wholly owned subsidiary company in Bergen Norway, operating under the Bergen Knowledge Hub. The CEO appointed by the Board, was Professor Eystein Jansen (the current Bergen Hub Academic Director) and the other Director is the AE Executive Secretary – Dr David Coates.
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London General Secretariat
Executive Secretary: Dr David Coates Senior Administrator: Ms Teresa McGovern Accounts and payroll: Outsourced to Keith Vaudrey & Co. Membership Secretary: Function partially provided by the Wroclaw Hub office Membership administration and database outsourced: Technical University of Graz. Contact is Ms Dana Kaiser
The Executive Secretary is the Company Secretary, with responsibility for day-to-day operations of the AE and the London office; oversight of the regional hubs and the Bergen AE company and also provides secretariat support to the Board and other subcommittees.
The company and charity registered office is at Room 251, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street. London WC1E 7HU
## **Regional Knowledge Hubs**
**Barcelona Hub** (http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/ ) Academic Director: Professor Ricard Guerrero. Hub manager: Ms Kimberley Katte
**Bergen Hub** (https://aebergen.w.uib.no/) Academic Director: Professor Eystein Jansen Hub manager: Ms Kristen Hansen
- Budapest Hub (established in 2020) https://www.ae info.org/ae/Acad_Main/Budapest_Knowledge_Hub Academic Director: Professor Laszlo Lovasz Hub Manager: Dr Gergely Bohm
**Cardiff Hub** (www.aecardiffknowledgehub.wales/ ) Academic Director: Professor Ole Petersen. Hub Manager: Ms Louise Edwards, Science Policy: Dr Mildred Foster Office manager: Ms Juliet Davies
**Graz data Centre** . Responsible (under contract) for delivery, support, development and content management of the AE corporate website (www.ae-info.org ) and the membership database. The data centre team include: (Director) Professor Frank Kappe, Project Manager H. Leitner, M.Sc., Chief Programmer Robert Hoffmann and Main Editorial Management Dana Kaiser, M.A.
**Munich Hub.** (established in 2020) Academic Director: Professor Don Dingwell (trustee) Hub manager:
**Tbilisi Hub. (** https://www.aetbilisihub.org/ **)** Academic Director: Professor David Prangishvili Hub manager: Ms Maia Matchavariani
**Wroclaw Knowledge Hub** (www.acadeuro.wroclaw.pl/) Academic Director: Professor Arkadius Wojz Hub manager: Ms Kasia Majkowska Hub assistant: Adam Żygadło
## **Examiner of Accounts**
Keith Vaudrey & Co Chartered Certified Accountants 58 Kensington Church Street London W8 4DB
## **Solicitors**
## **Principal Bankers**
NatWest Bank Plc Hewitson Becke+Shaw PO Box 2AG Shakespeare House 63, Piccadilly 42, Newmarket Road London W1A 2AG Cambridge. CB5 8EP
Note: The legal and administrative information in the report and financial statements forms a part of the trustee’s report.
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## **Section 2: The structure and mission of the Academia Europaea**
Prior to 2010 the Academia Europaea operated under a Deed of Trust and was registered as a Charity with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (former registration number 1001978).
On 23 September, 2009: the Academia Europaea was incorporated as a Company limited by Guarantee and was registered at Companies House (number 07028223). See: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07028223 . The Company was also registered as a not-for-profit charity (registration number 1133902,
see
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1133 902&SubsidiaryNumber=0
## **Governance and management**
The affairs of the Academia Europaea are managed by a Board of Trustees (The Board). There is an advisory Council and other operational sub-committees that are described in annex 1. Elections and appointments to the Board and to the Council are as described in the regulations. These can also be found on the corporate website at www.ae-info.org.
The officers of the Academia (President, Vice President(s) and Honorary Treasurer) are elected by members. Other Trustees are coopted directly by the Board. The AGM confirms these appointments in accordance with the regulations. The Vice Presidents (ex officio) are recommended by the President and appointed by the Board of Trustees for a period as defined in the Regulations.
## **Training and induction of new Trustees**
New Trustees are provided with a copy of the statutes and regulations; governance documents and sets of minutes of the past year Trustees also receive copies of documents describing the role and responsibilities of Directors and Trustees and links to the appropriate Charity Commission and Company House websites.
## **The mission of the Academia Europaea**
The Academia Europaea is an international, non-governmental association of individual scientists and scholars, who are experts and leaders in their own subject areas as recognised by their peers.
## **The Academia will:**
- Promote European scholarship and research and increase the wider appreciation of its value and importance
- 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.
## **The Academia will endeavour to:**
- Encourage the highest possible standards in scholarship, research and education.
- 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.
## **Charitable objectives** :
The advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages in the aforesaid subjects in Europe.
## **Section 3: Trustees’ report for the period ended 31 December 2020**
The trustees would like to thank all of the organisations that have sustained the Academia through their generous general financial sponsorships in particular the authorities supporting the Barcelona Knowledge Hub and the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) - a Patron member of the Academia Europaea, and those other foundations and organisations that have contributed to specific events and activities of the Academia during the period of this report. These organisations are identified in various places within this report and in the separate accounts and have been identified within the various ‘reports to members’ of events held during the current period, where appropriate. The Trustees have been active in their engagement in the affairs of the Academia and a majority have attended every Board meeting. Trustees have been active in monitoring the affairs of the Academy. The Trustees wish to express their gratitude to the elected officers of the Academy for their hard work on behalf of the membership, in particular to thank Ole Petersen for his varied service and also in his capacity as senior VP (ex o) in representing the AE in external project boards and meetings, including in the SAPEA project.
This reporting period was carried out against the background of the global COVID-19 pandemic. All meetings and events were postponed and the 2020 AGM and annual conference cancelled. The London office was locked down for a period of months and the Executive Secretary continued to work remotely and from summer physically at the office premises where necessary. The office manager was put into the UK government furlough scheme during the compulsory lockdown period. Furlough continued part-time for
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the whole of 2020. The AE received financial compensation from the government during this time. Despite this, the AE continued to operate its member nomination and election process and this provided additi0onal income from new members during 2020. The lack of sponsored events also contributed positively to the financial position of the AE for the year. A valuable increase in member donations had been received over the year. SAPEA activity continued virtually (see later report). The European Review continued to be published and generated some royalty income. The net result as expressed in the annual accounts for 2020 was an unrestricted funds reserves carried forward to 2021 of £138,569
A new Finance and Sponsorship sub-committee has been set up to explore new sources of support. The trustees wish to record their thanks specifically the Technical University of Graz for their dedicated I.T. and corporate web suppor and Professor Balazs Gulyas for his management of the Erasmus Medal.
The trustees are pleased to report that in 2020, inter – organisational links were further strengthened with a number of European federation organisations (ALLEA, FEAM, EASAC and euroCASE) and the Horizon 2020 Policy project – SAPEA continued successfully. The project (SAPEA) is described in detail in the report. The President and other trustees engaged in a number of specific activities that responded to policy issues across Europe. Two new Hubs, [in Munich and Budapest] were launched in line with the strategic plan. Each of the seven Regional Knowledge Hubs has its own distinct mission and identity. The Trustees continue to recognise the immense support provided by the sponsors for these Hubs that are not reliant on core financial support from central funds for their day-to-day operations.
The trustees are pleased to report a further widening of the membership of the Academia Europaea with the admission in 2020 of 352 scholars. The trustees also continued to support the further development of the Young Academy of Europe, in recognition of the AE mission to promote young researchers.
The AE has a membership of individuals drawn from the whole continent of Europe and from beyond Europe. The Trustees consider that following the completion of the BREXIT process, the risks to the continuation of the Academia as a UK registered and domiciled charity to be negligible at this time. The situation will be kept under review and any necessary steps will be taken to ensure a continuation, including any future changes in jurisdiction, if needed. The UK government confirmed during the year that UK institutions would be eligible to be beneficiaries in the new Horizon Europe programme as the UK would be fully associated with that instrument. The AE will be a partner in a future SAPEA (plus) project consortium, funded by the European Union and will therefore continue to play a role in Science Advice for European Public Policy.
The Trustees place on record, their belief that at the time of compilation of this report, there are no additional or unforeseen risks that may place the continuation of the charity in jeopardy. The AE and the Hubs have separately and in response to local and national instructions, put into place plans for a continuation of AE business during the COVID emergency. Some activities have been cancelled or postponed as necessary and essential continues through other technological channels.
## **Public benefit statement**
Over the year the Academia has published articles and papers in commercial journals; organised limited numbers of virtual academic meetings across the continent that are open to young scholars and to the interested public in all areas of operation. The Academia has provided prizes and awards to support and recognise researchers in pursuit of their scholarship. To enhance the accessibility of the European scholarly community to the public, the Academia has maintained and enhanced its Web portal and those of the regional knowledge hubs and has contributed to the betterment of European Policy through participation in providing expert, impartial advice to authorities and governmental organisations and has supported the Young Academy of Europe. A full description of all of the main activities is included elsewhere in this report.
The trustees have consulted the guidance made by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on the Public Benefit requirement of the charities Act 2011. The Trustees are confident that they have complied with their duty under section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 in that they have had a due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Commission.
## **Future Plans**
In the coming year the trustees will try to continue to deliver the mission of the Academia through the running of appropriate workshops, publications and related activities. These will be subject to any limitations that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic dictates. The trustees will explore new opportunities to expand the network of regional Hubs and also seek alternative models of financing and support for provision of communications infrastructure. The Young Academy of Europe will continue to be supported, specifically to provide a focus to engage with and support young researchers from across the UK and Europe, who are embarking on an academic and research career. The AE engagement in European Science policy advice will be strengthened through taking a lead on topics within the Science Advice Policy project (SAPEA and from 2022 the new SAPEA PLUS) funded by the European Commission and the trustees will endeavour to find additional core funding and sponsorship sources for activity. The Trustees will especially focus on ensuring that its UK based membership and researchers in general can continue to be fully engaged with their international colleagues during the period of negotiation of the UK exit from the European Union and afterwards. To reflect the growth in the AE, resources will be allocated to recruit/and/or outsource a communications officer (part-time). Other support will be secured on an ad hoc basis to meet workload demands, wherever necessary, including by buying time of Hub staff or temporary recruitment.
**Section 4: Centrally co-ordinated activities during the period, 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020**
_**The 2020 annual Building Bridges conference of members scheduled for October in Barcelona was cancelled due to COVID-19. The event will be held 20 – 21 October 2021.**_
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**The 2020 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal was awarded to the renowned international Physicist and Mathematician Roger Penrose**
**How** ever, due to COVID-19, the 2020 event was cancelled and the award will be made at the 2021 Annual conference in Barcelona on 20[th] October. Professor Penrose will also deliver the Heinz-Nixdorf Erasmus Lecture at that time.
The Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea is awarded on the recommendation of an independent search committee, to a member who has maintained over a sustained period, the highest level of international scholarship and recognition by peers.
## **Erasmus Lecture title: “Upside-Down: Revolutions in Physics, Old and New”**
_Abstract: The Copernican revolution tuned upside-own the prevailing view about the motions of the Earth and Sun. But it took Galileo’s dynamical understandings to explain why we do not feel the Earth’s motion, as in a carriage drawn by rapidly moving horses. The work of Kepler and Newton further refined this dynamics, but the speed of light, as explained by Maxwell’s 19th century electromagnetism, seemed to pose a paradox that has only finally been resolved in the 20th century by Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity. This latter theory (GR), has of itself led to the seeming catastrophe of singularities in large-scale gravitational collapse._
_That same century gave us quantum mechanics (QM) for the physics of the small. A common view, is that, when correctly applied to GR, singularities would not arise. However, there are strong reasons to x-expect that this cannot suffice, and should be turned upside down, for GR to resolve inherent problems in QM, again turning upside down current viewpoints relating quantum measurement to conscious experience._
## Bio for Roger Penrose
AFFILIATION: Professor (emeritus) of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, UK.
LINK TO WEBPAGE: https://penroseinstitute.com/about/roger-penrose/
## Citation:
Roger Penrose has conducted outstanding research in pure mathematics and theoretical physics for more than 60 years. He is most widely acclaimed for his work on singularities, such as black holes, which he proved can arise from the gravitational collapse of massive, dying stars. He has also made important contributions that explore possible connections between physics and consciousness, and set these out in best-selling books such as The Emperor's New Mind (1989).
Roger Penrose revolutionised the mathematical tools that we use to analyse the properties of spacetime. Previously, work on the curved geometry of general relativity had been confined to configurations with sufficiently high symmetry for Einstein's equations to be soluble explicitly, and by investigating small perturbations away from their symmetry. His more radical approach instead concentrated just on the topology of the space, or at most its conformal structure, since it is the latter — as determined by the lay of the lightcones — that determines the trajectories of lightlike geodesics, and hence their causal relationships. The importance of Penrose's epoch-making paper "Gravitational collapse and space-time singularities" was not only its result (roughly that if an object such as a dying star implodes beyond a certain point, then nothing can prevent the gravitational field getting so strong as to form some kind of singularity). It also showed a way to obtain similarly general conclusions in other contexts, notably that of the cosmological Big Bang, which he dealt with in collaboration with Stephen Hawking.
Roger invented twistor theory, a key tool in quantum theory. He proposed the cosmic censorship hypothesis — an idea of how the effects of the unpredictability of singularities are ‘hidden’ from us. Even his recreations have been creative: his discovery of a nonperiodic form of tiling — Penrose tiling — has since been observed experimentally in quasicrystals.
He has (with the possible exception of Hawking, for whom he was a mentor and collaborator) done more than anyone since Einstein, to deepen our understanding of space, time, and gravity. Moreover, alongside these ‘core’ efforts he has, throughout his long career, displayed exceptionally wide-ranging originality and intellectual energy; through his books and lectures he has been an immense cultural stimulus. He has already received many honours, but his wide-ranging and sustained career has the breadth and impact that renders him an especially distinguished recipient of the Erasmus Medal
Other Bios:
- https://biography.yourdictionary.com/roger penrose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose
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The Erasmus lecture is sponsored by the
Further information about the Heinz-Nixdorf Stiftung: http://www.heinz-nixdorf-stiftung.de
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**Section 5: Academia Europaea outreach** .
## **The Regional Knowledge Hubs**
**They organise and deliver a wide range of activities that deliver a wider public benefit in line with our charitable objectives. These activities are described in detail in the individual Hub reports (see annexes).**
**AE engagement in European research policy and scientific expert advice to policymakers for general public policy (science into policy)**
**SAPEA – Scientific Advice for general European Policy (not policy for research)**
## **SAPEA: Science Advice for Policy by European Academies**
- Spanning the disciplines of engineering, humanities, medicine, natural sciences and social sciences, **SAPEA** brings together the outstanding knowledge and expertise of Fellows from over 100 Academies, Young Academies and Learned Societies in more than 40 countries across Europe
- SAPEA is part of the European Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) which provides independent, interdisciplinary and evidence-based scientific advice on policy issues to the European Commission, working closely with the SAM High Level Group of Scientific Advisors
- The project is funded through a grant from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. It runs from November 2016-the end of 2021.
- = country with at least one Academy
Academies’ independence, academic expertise and convening power make them a critical source of evidence for policymakers and the wider public, providing an unbiased, balanced and transparent perspective. Academies within SAPEA are members of one or more of the European Academy Networks: Academia Europaea, ALLEA, EASAC, Euro-CASE and FEAM. SAPEA will provide a means for closer collaboration between Academies, combining Fellows’ expertise in engineering, human, medical, natural, social and technical sciences in a unique way.
All of the Networks’ Member Academies across Europe are part of SAPEA and are encouraged to participate actively. Opportunities for involvement include:
• **suggesting scientific topics**
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- **communicating their latest major scientific outputs to SAPEA**
- **nominating Fellows** to the SAPEA Working Groups, or other events requiring the advice of an expert (e.g. experts’ workshops or stakeholder meetings)
- Fellows’ travel costs will be reimbursed
- **hosting Working Group meetings** direct costs can be covered
- **acting as “Lead Academies”** for a selected scientific topic
- **hosting outreach events**
- event support can be provided
- **raising the visibility of Academy work at a European Level** by sharing news of activities with the SAPEA Communications Office for the project website
## **AE engagement in SAPEA and providing expertise to public institutions and administrations at European Level**
The Horizon2020 funded project contract with the European Commission started at the end of 2016 and has been extended to 2021. The President is a member of the Board of Management of the project. Prof. Ole Petersen (Academic Director of the Cardiff Hub and VP ex O) is our alternate and oversees the work of the AE SAPEA Science Policy Officer - Louise Edwards, who is based at the Cardiff Hub. Louise is responsible for the day-to-day management of any AE involvement in policy advice topic work and is a member of the project coordination team. The AE Executive Secretary acts as AE contract manager in liaison with the central project coordination team. The day-to-day engagement in SAPEA is undertaken by the Science Policy team at the Cardiff Knowledge Hub. Louise Edwards is supported by Dr Mildred Foster.
The Cardiff team led the latest evidence review undertaken by SAPEA, on the topic of Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open environment. The review has informed the policy-based Scientific Opinion of the European Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. With the first Working Group meeting taking place at the end of February and regular meetings held throughout the period of the pandemic, this was the first review to be conducted entirely via virtual means. The report was presented to Chair of the Advisors, Professor Nicole Grobert, at the official handover event on 14th December. European Commissioners Gabriel and Sinkevičius were in attendance. There will be an extensive campaign of promotion and outreach throughout 2021. The Hub oversaw a comprehensive systematic review on the European food policy landscape, on behalf of SAPEA. The systematic review was specifically requested by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors and published in March, alongside SAPEA’s Evidence Review Report, Towards a Sustainable Food System. The systematic review involved a novel partnership between methodologists (members of Cardiff’s Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) and Cardiff University Library Service) and subject experts. An advisory panel was assembled to support the review, chaired by Professor Terry Marsden, Director of Cardiff’s Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE) and including Professor Roberta Sonnino, Director of Cardiff’s Research Centre for Urban and Regional Food Systems (SURF).
Full information can be found via the official SAPEA website (https://www.sapea.info/) and also through both the ae-info website [ - http://www.ae info.org/ae/Acad_Main/Activities/SAPEA ] and the Cardiff Hub website [http://aecardiffknowledgehub.wales/
Our intention throughout the SAPEA project is to work with and through the regional knowledge Hubs and with the Young Academy of Europe to ensure maximum opportunity for involvement of our members. We will also establish an outreach forum of other panEuropean organisations to improve linkages and engagement of non-core partner expertise and seek to engage (though our Cardiff Hub) scholars (members and non-members) as experts from the UK and Ireland. From 2022 onwards, the Bergen Hub will also be a linked third party (via the University of Bergen) to the SAPEA plus project.
**European Science Advisory Council (EASAC)** . formed by a number of European Academies, and supported by the Academia Europaea provides EU institutions and other pan-national bodies with fully independent advice on the scientific aspects of public policy.
The Academia was a founding member of this Council and collaborates with our sister Academies in making available our members’ expertise where needed, for the many study groups that are established. The Academia provides a
financial contribution towards the running of the secretariat of EASAC, which is based at the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) in Halle. The Academia covers the costs of participation of the AE Council member and also AE experts participating in specific study panels
[ **http://www.easac.eu/** ]. The AE supports a number of members, who provide their individual expertise to EASAC studies and/or are engaged in the standing committees of EASAC. Professor Don Dingwell (trustee and VP ex o) is the AE delegate to the EASAC governing Council
## **Publications:**
**The European Review 2020** (volume 28) Report by the Editor-in-chief – Professor Theo D’Haen (University of Leuven)
In 2020 the European Review (ERW) went to six issues per volume. AE members had free access to the online version of the journal and to the archive. The Editor-in-chief renewed the editorial Board to include members of the Young Academy of Europe.
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Volume 28 had the following focus issues: February 2020 papers from the 2018 annual conference June 2020 Focus on Thinking Beyond Europe’s Cultural Borders December 2020 Regimes of Memory III
**Open access issues** – supplement S1 Mind the Gap Bridging Secondary and Higher Education Volume 28 - Symposium S1 - August 2020 - from the HERCuLES symposium of 2018. Edited by Professor Svend Erik Larsen (Aarhus) https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798720001210
ERW at Cambridge Core: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-review
**Biology Direct** a publication (now affiliated with the AE) at the initiative of Professor Alex Verkhratsky (Chair of Class C – Life Sciences). Published by Spinger Nature - https://biologydirect.biomedcentral.com/
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## **Section 6: Events provided with AE sponsorship through the Hubert Curien Fund, or patronage in 2020**
**Contextualising Human Diversity in Context** . Published by University of Trieste Press 2020. editor – Professor Cinzia Ferrini (University if Trieste) Electronic version at: www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/30260
**Workshop on Observatory Synergies for Astroparticle Physics and Geoscience ( in collaboration with the European Alliance for Earth Sciences – GEO.8)**
**Evidence for Policymakers: An international conference on generating and sharing evidence and data for improved policymaking** (Supported staff to participate) at the Hague.
**Translational Medicine project** (supported by the Hubert Curien Fund) has been brought to a successful conclusion with the publication of the final report, as a substantial full paper (25 pages), in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. http://aecardiffknowledgehub.wales/2020/05/22/academia-europaea-position-paper-on-translational-medicine-published-in-leadingopen-access-journal/ and https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1532 (Prof. Peter Hegyi)
**The Fund supported the following member initiated proposals that were postponed as a result of the COVID pandemic to future dates.**
**History & Archaeology Section – Hosted at the Wroclaw Hub: ICONOCLASM : PAST & PRESENT ISSUES postponed to October 2021**
**Class of Social and Related Sciences (Hosted at Wroclaw) event Collective Identities, Nations and Social Spheres (postponed to 2021**
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## **AE specific Publications** .
In addition to regular e-newsletters produced by the centre and all of the Regional Knowledge Hubs, The AE published a number of statements on policy issues and issues relating to the status of members in a number of European countries. Statements can be found at:
No annual member directory was published in hard copy in 2020. A new general AE leaflet was printed.
The AE also maintained its corporate website and all Regional Knowledge Hubs maintain their own websites to reflect their own independent programme activities.
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## **SECTION 7: Corporate, Hubs and membership**
## **2020 New members elected**
The trustees approved the recommendation of the Classes and elected new members as follows: Class A1 (Humanities) – 105 new members; Class A2 (Social and societal sciences) – 52 new members; Class B (Natural Sciences) – 110 new members and Class C (Life Sciences) – 94 new members. A full list of 2020 new members, allocated by Class and Section is at Annex 1
The Class chairs responsible for oversight of the nominations process in 2020 were:
Class A1 – Humanities and Arts – Sections A1-A6 [Chair Professor Poul Holm (Trustee)] Class A2 – Social and related sciences – Sections A7 – A10 [Chair Prof .Wittrock (Trustee)]
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Class B – Exact and Natural Sciences – Sections B1 –B5 [Professor Don Dingwell (Trustee)] Class C – Life Sciences – Sections C1 – C5 [Professor Alex Verkhratsky (Trustee)]
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## **Communications**
The Hubs and HQ issued regular electronic newsletters throughout the year. A letter from the President was issued to all members on a quarterly basis. The Graz Data centre maintained the ae-info.org website and both Graz and Wroclaw ensured that member data was updated, including for the new members elected in 2020 All new members were notified of the AE GDPR policy and members were asked to opt-in to that policy.
## **Governance meetings held in 2020**
## **The Trustees, Council and their subcommittees**
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Board of Trustees met virtually on 4 occasions (using the Zoom platform) as follows: April 16, April 17, June 18, and 20 October. All meetings were quorate.
The Board decided to seek the membership’s approval to suspend the physical AGM of 2020. This was carried out via an electronic ballot of all members on a motion. This motion had been approved. The ordinary business of an AGM was then conducted electronically later, and though a series of motions and electronic ballots of all members. The outcomes are reported below.
Individual (virtual) Class meetings (of Section chairs) to decide on recommended new member lists were held on: Class A1 (June 10)
Class A2 (June 11) Class B (June 1) Class C (June 10)
In addition a physical meeting (February) of the new Sponsorship sub-committee met in London. The group is composed of the Treasurer, the President (as Chair), plus Professor Stephen Evans MAE (Cambridge) and Professor Eystein Jansen (Bergen Hub Academic Director)
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## **32nd Annual Business Meeting 2020 (AGM) - suspended**
**The Board of trustees obtained approval of the membership to suspend the 2020 AGM due to COVID-19 restrictions. This was done via an electronic ballot.**
All members had been given advance notice of the Ballots by email (on 21[st] September), stating the reasons for the ballots and the timetable and sequence as follows:
A. Vote number 1: will be a request to approve a proposal to suspend the need for a physical AGM for this year only. Our statutes (see the footnote) need a decision to be taken by elective resolution of members. This has to be done before any other substantive ballots can be taken.
B. Vote number 2. The Board will then invite your votes to approve some normal items of AGM business:
a. A proposal from the Board to adopt the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019
b. A proposal to adopt the trustees (activity) report for 2019 c. A proposal to re-appoint the auditors d. A proposal to set the annual membership fees for 2021
C. Vote number 3. In view of the exceptional times we are all experiencing, the Board have decided to invite the current President Sierd Cloetingh, to remain in post until the end of 2021. This would facilitate a smooth transition to the new incoming President. We are in uncharted territory and there is no provision in statues or regulations for this, but the Board will hope that you the members will understand the need to ensure continuity at this time and hope that you will vote to approve a proposal for this action.
These ballots were open for voting from 26 September to 3 October.
A fourth ballot had been pre-announced for the new President of the Academia Europaea.
MOTION WAS: Following an intensive scrutiny process, the Board adopted the recommendation of the independent search group and are pleased to propose XXXXXXXXXXXXX for your approval.
The incoming President will serve as a ‘President-elect’ from January 2021, and will assume the Presidency at the AGM of 2021 (October). The President will serve for an initial term of three years.
This ballot was open from 6 October to 12 October
The outcomes from all of these ballots were:
## **Motion to suspend the AGM of 2020**
**Motion to adopt the accounts for the year ending 31 December 2019 Motion to adopt the trustees (activity report for the year ending 31 December 2019 Motion to re-appoint the auditors (examiners)**
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## **Motion to set the level of membership fees for the year 2021 (at the 2020 level) Motion to extend exceptionally, the term of the Current President (Professor Cloetingh) to the end of 2021 Motion to accept the recommendation of the trustees to elect XXXX as the new President of the Academia Europaea.**
## **All motions were approved by large majorities**
## **The Membership duly elected Professor Marja Makarow to be the next President of the Academia Europaea.**
It was hoped that a pared back physical AGM might held in Barcelona on 21 October 2021. A number of items of ordinary business may be handled in advance, via electronic ballots of the membership.
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## **Section 8: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Academia Europaea – The Academy of Europe for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees’ must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **I** n so far as the trustees are aware:
- there is no relevant information of which the charitable company's examiner of accounts is unaware; and
- the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the examiner of accounts is aware of that information.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
## **Risk assessment**
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to the operations and finances of the charity and for BREXIT and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate our exposure to these risks. However, the situation will be kept under constant review and any necessary steps taken.
## **Financial Report**
The trustees confirm that suitable accounting policies have been used and applied consistently and that reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates have been made in the preparation of the financial statements for the year 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020. The trustees also confirm that applicable accounting standards have' been followed and that the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The assets are available and adequate to fulfil obligations on a fund - by - fund basis.
The Academia is required by UK law to present its accounts in sterling. A version expressed in Euros could be prepared by converting the figures at the exchange rate for a particular date, but this would not be accurate since transactions are spread across the financial year, during which a range of exchange rates have existed. Any significant foreign exchange impacts are described in the notes to the accounts. The full accounts have been published separately to the this activity report.
## **Reserves policy**
The total funds for the year ended 31 December 2020 was £283,546 [YE 31 December 2019, £105,242]. It is the policy of the trustees to maintain sufficient reserves for the Academia Europaea to continue its charitable activities and in view of this, the trustees aim to achieve reserves equal to approximately six months of operations. A review of reserves policy will be undertaken every year.
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## **Income and expenditure for the period ended 31 December 2020 (summary overview)**
The year was one of continuing progress towards stability. The COVID-19 pandemic and a period of office lockdown, suspension of planned activities over the year all had an impact on the financial position of the AE. Our total income for the year was £401,223. Total expenditure was £254,522. The balance of funds brought forward to 2020 from 2019 was £105,242 . In addition to normal income and expenditure, the accounts also reflect income and expenditures associated to the European Commission SAPEA grant. The AE benefits from overhead associated with our involvement in this project activity. The figures also include subsidies received from the UK government in support of the COVID-19 lockdown and the furlough of one member of AE staff at the London office.
The AE as a charity seeks to operate an effective zero balance budget. We are essentially dependent upon members' donation income, in 2020, this was at £216,360, and life membership payments totalled £20,113. This represented a positive increase over previous years. The Trustees stress to all members the importance of supporting the Academia by making a donation every year, preferably at the recommended level. Without more members making a payment, the AE will not be able to grow the range and type of activity and support for member initiatives that we need to deliver our obligations as a charity. Whilst a voluntary scheme remains our policy, the trustees reviewed this policy and decided to levy a recommended general fee rate, linked to an age-related banding for annual donations, per member. Sponsorship continued to be successful for individual activity, and we thank the Wenner Gren Foundations (Sweden), The Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation (Germany), The Balzan Foundation (Switzerland) and for their support and the support of other sponsors, especially the Caixa Foundation (Barcelona) and our Patron member The German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). The Board continued to recognise the ongoing difficulty in obtaining core financial support from public and private institutions and established a Finance and Sponsorship sub-committee to manage these developments.
The examiner’s accounts for 2020 are filed separately and can be viewed through the Academia Europaea website; the UK government Companies House and the Charities Commission of England and Wales websites respectively.
**Sierd Cloetingh, President On behalf of the Board of Trustees July 2021**
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**Annex 1: Members elected in 2020 and who subsequently accepted an invitation into membership**
**Class A1 – Humanities – Chair: Professor Poul Holm (Dublin))**
|||||**Country**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Full name**||||
|||||||
|**A1**||**History & Archaeology (19)**|**c. Nikita Harwich-Vallenilla**||**Member Type**|
|||Abbattista Guido|Italy||Ordinary|
|||Buda Octavian|Romania||Ordinary|
|||De Graaf Beatrice Albertha|Netherlands||Ordinary|
|||Haynes Ian|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
|||Heinen Armin|Germany||Ordinary|
|||Murgescu Bogdan|Romania||Ordinary|
|||Nickelsen Kärin|Germany||Ordinary|
|||Nyberg Kenneth|Sweden||Ordinary|
|||Platon Alexandru-Florin|Romania||Ordinary|
|||Pollmann Judith|Netherlands||Ordinary|
|||POSADA-CARBÓ Eduardo|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
|||Pro Juan|Spain||Ordinary|
|||RISTOVIĆ Milan|Serbia||Ordinary|
|||Rubiés Joan-Pau|Spain||Ordinary|
|||Tischler Matthias M.|Spain||Ordinary|
|||Turda Marius|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
|||WHITTAKER Helene|Sweden||Ordinary|
|||Winiwarter Verena|Austria||Ordinary|
|||Michael Cook|USA||FOREIGN|
|**A2**||**Classics & Oriental Studies (6)**
|**c. Gerd Haverling**|**Member type**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Fuhrer Therese
|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Marzano Annalisa
|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Németh Michał
|Poland|Ordinary|
|||Shogimen Takashi
|New Zealand|Foreign|
|||Stramaglia Antonio
|Italy|Ordinary|
|||Tsagalis Christos
|Greece|Foreign|
|||||**c. Pier Marco Bertinetto**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Linguistic Studies (21)**|||||
|||||||
||A3||Alexiadou Artemis|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Allen Shanley|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Aloni Maria|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Behr Wolfgang|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Börjars Kersti|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Cuzzolin Pierluigi|Italy|Ordinary|
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|||de Saussure Louis|Switzerland|Ordinary|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Divjak Dagmar|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Fischer Olga|Netherlands|Ordinary|
|||Földes Csaba|Germany|Ordinary|
|||François Alexandre|France|Ordinary|
|||Hansen Maj-Britt|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Haug Dag|Norway|Ordinary|
|||Hellwig Birgit|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Holvoet Axel|Lithuania|Ordinary|
|||Igartua Ugarte Iván|Spain|Ordinary|
|||Nesset Tore|Norway|Ordinary|
|||Spector Benjamin|France|Ordinary|
|||Tatevosov Sergei|Russian Federation|Ordinary|
|||Thornton Anna Maria|Italy|Ordinary|
|||Wurmbrand Susanne|Austria|Ordinary|
|**A4**|||**Literary & Theatrical Studies (18)**|**c. Vladimir Biti**||**Member type**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Aston Elaine|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Benne Christian|Denmark||Ordinary|
||||Borbely Stefan|Romania||Ordinary|
||||Braga Corin|Romania||Ordinary|
||||Corbea-Hoisie Andrei|Romania||Ordinary|
||||Desmarais Jane|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Duprat Anne|France||Ordinary|
||||GILMORE John T.|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Kluge Sofie|Denmark||Ordinary|
||||Leeder Karen|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Meretoja Hanna|Finland||Ordinary|
||||Perloff Marjorie|United States||Foreign|
||||Pittock Murray|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Rimell Victoria|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Rippl Gabriele|Switzerland||Ordinary|
||||Vice Sue|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Vogel Juliane|Germany||Ordinary|
||||Zach Wolfgang|Austria||Ordinary|
||||||||
|**A5**|||**Musicology & History of Art &**
**Architecture (12)**|**c. Laurenz Lutteken**|||
||||Canguilhem Philippe|France||Ordinary|
||||Corrain Lucia|Italy||Ordinary|
||||Cuno James|United States||Foreign|
||||DONIN Nicolas|France||Ordinary|
||||Gancarczyk Paweł|Poland||Ordinary|
||||Geiger Friedrich|Germany||Ordinary|
||||Kelly Barbara|United Kingdom||Ordinary|
||||Richards Annette|United States||Foreign|
||||Rodríguez Ortega Nuria|Spain||Ordinary|
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||||Tunbridge Laura|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Wood Christopher|United States|Foreign|
||||Zoppelli Luca|Switzerland|Ordinary|
|||||||
|**A6**|||**Philosophy, Theology &**
**Religious Studies (11)**|**c. Genoveva Marti**||
||||Beebee Helen|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Hüttemann Andreas|Germany|Ordinary|
||||KALIMI ISAAC|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Miroiu Adrian|Romania|Ordinary|
||||Pacherie Elisabeth|France|Ordinary|
||||Parrini Paolo|taly|Ordinary|
||||Perler Dominik|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Reiss Julian|Austria|Ordinary|
||||Shenker Orly|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Westphal Kenneth R.|Turkey|Ordinary|
||||Ypi Lea|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|**A7**|||**Film, Media and Visual Studies**
**(19)**|**c. Göran Bolin**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Alvares Claudia|Portugal|Ordinary|
||||Bassett Caroline|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Boccia Artieri Giovanni|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Dobek-Ostrowska Boguslawa|Poland|Ordinary|
||||Esposito Elena|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Fickers Andreas|Luxembourg|Ordinary|
||||Gil Isabel Capeloa|Portugal|Ordinary|
||||Grant Catherine|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Hughes Lorna|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Jansson André|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Jensen Klaus Bruhn|Denmark|Ordinary|
||||Kerr Aphra|Ireland|Ordinary|
||||Kleinen-von Königslöw Katharina|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Ling Richard|Singapore|Foreign|
||||Mansell Robin|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Pasquali Francesca|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Pruulmann-VengerfeldtPille|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Söderbergh Widding Astrid|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Syvertsen Trine|Norway|Ordinary|
**Class A2 - Social and Societal sciences: Class chair Professor Bjorn Wittrock (Uppsala)** During 2020 there was a re-organisation of Sections and creation of several new Section groupings. All Class members were invited to select a new or exisiting section. These reported in Annex 2
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||**Full name**|**Full name**|**Full name**|**Country**|**Membership type**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Behavioural Sciences (5)**|||**c. Peter Scott**||
|||||||
||A8||MIKLOSI ADAM|Hungary|Ordinary|
||||Price Cathy|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Roelofs Ardi|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Semenza Carlo|Italy|Ordinary|
||||TSAKIRIS MANOS|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||||||
|**A9**|||**Social Sciences (12)**|**c. Maria Paradiso**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Alasuutari Pertti|Finland|Ordinary|
||||BARBU Daniel|Romania|Ordinary|
||||CONSTANTIN Daniela-Luminita|Romania|Ordinary|
||||Craiutu Aurelian|United States|Foreign|
||||Ellemers Naomi|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Fenster Tovi|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Hughes Jason|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Pates Rebecca|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Rosa Hartmut|Germany|Ordinary|
||||STASZAK Jean-François|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||STOLCKE Verena|Spain|Foreign|
||||Wiener Antje|Germany|Ordinary|
|**A10**|||**Law (10)**|**c. Nina Dethloff**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Antokolskaia Masha|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Friedmann Daniel|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Hörnle Tatjana|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Huber Peter M.|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Kieninger Eva-Maria|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Meier Sonja|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Michaels Ralf|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Schweitzer Heike|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Symeonides Symeon|United States|Foreign|
||||Yu Xiang|China|Foreign|
|**A11**|||**Economics, Business and**
**Management Sciences (25)**|**c. Klaus Zimmermann**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Adam Klaus|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Aumann Robert J.|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Belke Ansgar|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Bevelander Pieter|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Carraro Carlo|Italy|Ordianry|
||||Dabrowski Marek|Poland|Ordinary|
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|||De Toni Alberto Felice|Italy|Ordinary|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Epstein Gil|Israel|Ordinary|
|||Freixas Xavier|Spain|Ordinary|
|||GalorOded|United States|Foreign|
|||GurievSergei|France|Ordinary|
|||Horvath Roman|Czech Republic|Ordinary|
|||Hou Wenxuan|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Konstantopoulos Spyros|United States|Foreign|
|||Koren Miklós|Hungary|Ordinary|
|||MoutinhoLuiz|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
|||NewberyDavid|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
|||NEYMAN Abraham|Israel|Ordinary|
|||Repullo Rafael|Spain|Ordinary|
|||Scazzieri Roberto|Italy|Ordinary|
|||Sentana Enrique|Spain|Ordinary|
|||Sovacool Benjamin|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
|||TsakloglouPanos|Greece|Ordinary|
|||Ventura Jaume|Spain|Ordinary|
|||Weber Martin|Germany|Ordinary|
## **Class B - Exact and Natural Sciences: Chair Don Dingwell (Munich)**
|**B1**|||**Mathematics (23)**|**c. Philippe Michel**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Arnaud Marie-Claude|France|Ordinary|
||||Bogomolov Fedor|United States|Foreign|
||||Bridgeland Tom|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Bridson Martin|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Colmez Pierre|France|Ordinary|
||||Crovisier Sylvain|France|Ordinary|
||||Delbaen Freddy|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Deninger Christopher|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Dolgopyat Dmitry|United States|Foreign|
||||Ekeland Ivar|France|Ordinary|
||||Hausel Tamas|Austria|Ordinary|
||||Kazhdan David|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Lindquist Anders|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Liverani Carlangelo|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Maynard James|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Merle Frank|France|Ordinary|
||||Pandharipande Rahul|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Röckner Michael|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Solovej Jan Philip|Denmark|Ordinary|
||||Süli Endre|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Tarantello Gabriella|Italy|Ordinary|
||||van de Geer Sara|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Vogtmann Karen|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
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|**B2**|||**Informatics (19)**|**c. Schahram Dustdar**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Ailamaki Anastasia|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Ammar Mostafa H.|United States|Foreign|
||||Bronstein Michael|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Cao Jiannong|China|Foreign|
||||Deng Xiaotie|China|Foreign|
||||Giannakis Georgios B.|United States|Foreign|
||||Guo Minyi|China|Foreign|
||||Helal Abdelsalam (Sumi)|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Ilic Marija|Serbia|Ordinary|
||||Kavraki Lydia|United States|Foreign|
||||Lapata Mirella|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||LioPietro|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||OUAKNINE Joël|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Pingali Keshav|United States|Foreign|
||||Plaza Antonio|Spain|Ordinary|
||||Qu Xiaobo|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Saurabh Saket|Norway|Ordinary|
||||Sun Maosong|China|Foreign|
||||Zhang Yan|Norway|Ordinary|
|**B3**|||**Physics & Engineering**
**Sciences (23)**|**c. Pavel Exner**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Aeppli Gabriel|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Amabili Marco|Canada|Foreign|
||||Caldarelli Guido|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Di VentraMassimiliano|United States|Foreign|
||||Falciano Speranza|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Ferrari Andrea|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Horodecki Ryszard|Poland|Ordinary|
||||Lai Ying-Cheng|United States|Foreign|
||||Liew Kim Meow|Hong Kong|Foreign|
||||LosadaIñigo J.|Spain|Ordinary|
||||OTT EDWARD|United States|Foreign|
||||Pachucki Krzysztof|Poland|Ordinary|
||||Rasel Ernst Maria|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Shi Peng|Australia|Foreign|
||||SORNETTE Didier|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Sotomayor Torres CliviaM.|Spain|Ordinary|
||||Van KolckUbirajara|France|Ordinary|
||||Vedral Vlatko|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Voyiadjis George|United States|Foreign|
||||Wagner Hanoch Daniel|Israel|Ordinary|
||||Wang Cheng-Xiang|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||WangZidong|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Shiltsev Vladimir|Russian Federation|Ordinary|
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|**B4**|||**Chemical Sciences (29)**|**c. Graham Hutchings**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Aggarwal Varinder|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Barone Vincenzo|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Bianco Alberto|France|Ordinary|
||||Bukhtiyarov Valerii|Russian Federation|Ordinary|
||||ChampnessNeil|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Chi Lifeng|China|Foreign|
||||Chojnacka Katarzyna|Poland|Ordinary|
||||CLERAC RODOLPHE|France|Ordinary|
||||Guo Zheng Xiao|Hong Kong|Foreign|
||||Hecht Stefan|Germany|Ordinary|
||||HuXile|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Irvine John|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Järv Jaak|Estonia|Ordinary|
||||Kralchevsky Peter|Bulgaria|Ordinary|
||||LECOMMANDOUX Sebastien|France|Ordinary|
||||MannStephen|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||McCulloch Iain|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Mikos Antonios|United States|Foreign|
||||MULLER Sylviane|France|Ordinary|
||||Nicolosi Valeria|Ireland|Ordinary|
||||PERCEC VIRGIL|United States|Foreign|
||||Quack Martin|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||RoldánCuenyaBeatriz|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Ruiz Sabin Eliseo|Spain|Ordinary|
||||Sanders Jeremy|United Kingdom|Foreign|
||||Sommerdijk Nico|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Terasaki Osamu|China|Foreign|
||||Yu Jiaguo|China|Foreign|
||||Zhang Chi|China|Foreign|
|**B5**|||**Earth & Cosmic Sciences (17)**|**c. Paolo Papale**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Agard Philippe|France|Ordinary|
||||Barry David Andrew|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||CHENG Qiuming|China|Foreign|
||||DaviesRoger|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Delgado Hugo|Mexico|Foreign|
||||Gong Peng|China|Foreign|
||||HAWTHORNE Frank|Canada|Foreign|
||||Kaper Lex|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Kögel-Knabner Ingrid|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Liu Junguo|China|Foreign|
||||Ranero Cesar|Spain|Ordinary|
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|||Sinninghe Damsté Jaap S.|Netherlands|Ordinary|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Tackley Paul J.|Switzerland|Ordinary|
|||Tauris Thomas|Denmark|Ordinary|
|||von BlanckenburgFriedhelm|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Yinon Rudich|Israel|Ordinary|
|||Zollo Aldo|Italy|Ordinary|
**Class C – Life Sciences: Chair Alex Verkhratsky; Vice-chair Robert Zorec**
|**Sect.**||**Full name**|**Country**|**Membership**
**type**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**C1**||**Biochemistry & Molecular**
**Biology (22)**|**c. Eva Kondorosi**||
|||Buzás Edit Irén|Hungary|Ordinary|
|||Dixon Ray|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Djinovic Carugo Kristina|Austria|Ordinary|
|||Dumenil Guillaume|France|Ordinary|
|||Erdmann Ralf|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Gao George Fu|China|Foreign|
|||Gebauer Fátima|Spain|Ordinary|
|||GENSCHIK Pascal|France|Ordinary|
|||Gutierrez Crisanto|Spain|Ordinary|
|||Kubista Mikael|Czech Republic|Ordinary|
|||Lingner Joachim|Switzerland|Ordinary|
|||Mergaert Peter|France|Ordinary|
|||Neyrolles Olivier|France|Ordinary|
|||O'Donnell Valerie|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Poole Philip|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Radford Sheena|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
|||Rodnina Marina|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Stewart Adrian Francis|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Tartaglia Gian Gaetano|Italy|Ordinary|
|||Walter Jörn|Germany|Ordinary|
|||YANG YUN-GUI|China|Foreign|
|||Zoran Popovski|Macedonia|Ordinary|
|**C2**||**Cell and Development Biology (5)**|**c. TBC**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||BOUSSO Philippe|France|Ordinary|
|||Gruenbaum Yosef|Israel|Ordinary|
|||Nitschke Lars|Germany|Ordinary|
|||Rabelink Antonius|Netherlands|Ordinary|
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Schier Alexander
Switzerland
Ordinary
|**C3**|||**Physiology and Neuroscience**
**(23)**|**c. Tibor Harkany**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Allan Stuart|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Battaglia Francesco Paolo|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||BENFENATI FABIO|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Cattaneo Antonino|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Cunha Rodrigo|Portugal|Ordinary|
||||DiGregorio David|France|Ordinary|
||||Gegelashvili George|Georgia|Ordinary|
||||Hoehn Mathias|Germany|Ordinary|
||||HOLTMAAT ANTHONY|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||KASPER Siegfried|Austria|Ordinary|
||||Kofler Barbara|Austria|Ordinary|
||||Mothet Jean-Pierre|France|Ordinary|
||||Patel Sandip|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Pekna Marcela|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Petronis Arturas|Lithuania|Ordinary|
||||Piacentini Mauro|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Roska Botond|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Schenck Annette|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Shi Yufang|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Thiel Gerhard|Germany|Ordinary|
||||Ulbert István|Hungary|Ordinary|
||||van Engelen Baziel|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Wedell Anna|Sweden|Ordinary|
|||||||
|**C4**|||**Organismic & Evolutionary**
**Biology (12)**|**c. Christophe Thébaud**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Barta Zoltán|Hungary|Ordinary|
||||Ben Sheldon|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Bruford Michael|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Burt Austin|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||InzéDirk|Belgium|Ordinary|
||||JORDANO PEDRO|Spain|Ordinary|
||||Knapp Sandra|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Le Kang|China|Foreign|
||||Lopez-Garcia Purificacion|France|Ordinary|
||||Memmott Jane|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||TriantisKostas|Greece|Ordinary|
||||Wardle David Albert|Singapore|Foreign|
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|**C5**|||**Clinical and Veterinary Science**
**(23)**|**c. Stephen Holgate**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Aaby Peter|Denmark|Ordinary|
||||Anadon Arturo|Spain|Ordinary|
||||BennChristine Stabell|Denmark|Ordinary|
||||Calandra Thierry|Switzerland|Ordinary|
||||Cox Timothy|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Ekman Inger|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Fleming Lora Elderkin|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Freshwater DawnSylvia|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Guchelaar Henk-Jan|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Hussell Tracy|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||Irvine Alan David|Ireland|Ordinary|
||||Kelly Frank|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||LENZI Gian-Luigi|Italy|Ordinary|
||||Lovell Karina|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||MoffattMiriam Fleur|UnitedKingdom|Ordinary|
||||Rafferty Anne Marie|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN Roberto|Spain|Ordinary|
||||SZEKANECZ ZOLTAN|Hungary|Ordinary|
||||TRACEY Irene|United Kingdom|Ordinary|
||||van HageMarianne|Sweden|Ordinary|
||||Vécsei László|Hungary|Ordinary|
||||Yazdanbakhsh Maria|Netherlands|Ordinary|
||||Nagtegaal Iris|Netherlands|Ordinary|
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## **Annex 2 Trustees, ‘Council’, and Section Committee composition as at 31[st] December 2020**
At the AGM in September 2015, the Regulations were amended to allow the appointment by the Board of a variable number of Vice Presidents (ex officio) to provide flexibility to the President and that serve a VP term limited to that of the President. These changes are within the overall limits set for the Trustees in the Articles of Incorporation and do not impact on the role or seniority of the elected officers. The Articles prescribe a Board made 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 by the membership (at a general meeting); a number of members (appointed by the ‘Advisory Council’ – the Class chairs) and a number of co-opted (by the Board) members. The subsidiary Regulations are used to determine numbers and balance up to the limit of 15. The current formula is: President, elected Vice presidents (up to 2 were approved by AGM in 2012); Treasurer.
In November 2015 the Board approved the designation of several existing Trustees as Vice Presidents ex officio, to reflect new portfolios. In 2020 these were Professor Dingwell (Class Chair); Professor Poul Holm (Class Chair) Professor Bjorn Wittrock (Class Chair) and Professor Ole Petersen. Governance and incorporation documents can be found on the website (www.ae-info.org).
## **Members of the Board of Trustees (at 31[st] December 2020)**
## Elected officers:
The President – Prof. Sierd Cloetingh (Utrecht) from AGM 2014 to AGM 2021 Treasurer - Professor Veijko Milutinovic (elected at the AGM 2018) resigned in 2020, replaced by Prof. Oskar Mencer (UK) as pro tem treasurer until 2021
The Vice President (officio) – Prof. Genoveva Marti to AGM 2021
## Trustees
Ole Petersen (UK) co-opted (to AGM 2020), Vice president ( _ex officio_ ), Deputy Treasurer and Academic Director, Cardiff Hub Theo D’Haen, (B) Editor-in-chief – European Review – (co-opted 2014); retires end of 2021
Poul Holm (IRL) – Class chair – Class A1 (Humanities) co-opted Vice president _ex officio_ ;
Don Dingwell (D) – Class Chair – Class B (Natural Sciences) co-opted Vice president _ex officio_ ; retires end of 2021 Alex Verkhratsky (UK) – Class Chair – Class C (Life Sciences) co-opted retires end of 2021 Bjorn Wittrock (SWE) - Class chair from January 2018 co-opted Vice president _ex officio_ Eva Kondorosi (HUN) from January 2016, co-opted Alain Peyraube (Linguistics) France – from Council retires 31 December 2020 Kirsten Drotner (Film, Media and Visual Studies) Denmark – from Council retires 31 December 2020 Dagmar Coester-Waltjen (Law) Germany – from Council retires 31 December 2020
## **- Academia Europaea Composition of the Advisory Council (at 31 December 2020)**
Following the establishment of the Class structure and the allocation of Sections into the four Classes, the role for a single Advisory Council (hereinafter The Council) meeting only annually and with a very limited function, has been replaced by a variable configuration composed of the four classes. The Section chairs (as members of the Council) are all members of one of the Class committees. Within each Class configuration, each Section chair has a term three years, with the possibility of renewal for one further period of three years. The Class chairs are independently appointed and are also members of the Board of trustees, and therefore they act as the (independent) representative of the Council on the Board. This structure ensures stronger flow of information and consultation between the Board of trustees and the Advisory Council (the four Class committees) than was formerly the case. This structure has also facilitated a greater devolving of responsibility to the Class level than had been possible under the old Council formation.
## **Academia Europaea Section Committees Chairpersons and Committee Members[1]**
At 31 December 2020
## **A CLASS A1**
**Class Chair, Poul Holm (Trinity, Dublin, R of Ireland) holmp@tcd.ie Vice-chair: Professor Göran Bolin, Sweden Goran.bolin@sh.se**
## **A1 History & Archaeology**
Chairperson[2] : Nikita Harwich Vallenilla (until December 2022 not renewable)[4 ] harwich.nikita@noos.fr
University of Paris X-Nanterre, 35 Rue de Noailles, 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Committee[3] : Amalia Polónia, (till end 2022); Olga Katsiardi-Hering (till end 2022), Korine Amacher ( till end 2022, renewable); Maxine berg (til end 2022, renewable), Leonard Blusse van Oud Alblas (till end 2022, renewable); Markus Denzel (till end 2022, renewable); Bogdan Szlachra (till end 2022, renewable); Manuel Lucena-Giraldo ( till end 2022, renewable)
## **A2 Classics & Oriental Studies**
Chairperson: Gerd Haverling (to end of 2022, renewable) gerd.haverling@lingfil.uu.se University of Uppsala, Dept. of Linguistics & Philology
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Committee: Barbara Borg (till end 2022), Gerd Haverling, Eun-Jeung Lee (till end 2022), Alexander Lubotsky (till end 2022), Gianfranco Agosti (till end of 2021, renewable) , Alessandro Bausi, (to end of 2021, renewable), Alexander Vovin (to end of 2021, renewable), Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit (to end 2022, renewable)
## **A3 Linguistic Studies**
Chairperson: Pier Marco Bertinetto (till end 2022, renewable). bertinetto@sns.it
SNS, Pisa, Italy http://linguistica.sns.it/PaginePersonali/Bertinetto.htm
Committee:), Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk (till AGM 2020)), Asifa Majid Vice Chair (first term ends end of 2020, renewable), Nigel Vincent (first term ends end of 2020, renewable), Alain Peyraube (to end 2022, renewable), Angela Ralli, to end of 2022, renewable), Harald Baayen (to end of 2022, renewable).
## **A4 Literary & Theatrical Studies**
Chairperson: Vladimir Biti (to end of 2021) - vladimir.biti@univie.ac.at http://www.ae info.org/ae/User/Biti_Vladimir University of Vienna, Institut für Slawistik, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Committee: César Dominguez, Lucia Boldrini (to end 2020), Susana Onega (to end 2020), Vivian Liska (to end 2020, renewable), Martin Middeke (to end of 2021, renewable)
## **A5 Musicology & Art History**
Chairperson: Laurenz Lütteken (till end 2022) University of Zurich. luetteken@access.uzh.ch - http://www.ae info.org/ae/Member/L%C3%BCtteken_Laurenz
Committee: Christian Leitmeir, Lynda Nead, Raphael Rosenberg, Victor Stoichita, (all till December 2020), Melanie WaldFuhrmann (until end of 2021, renewable), Tanja Michalsky (to end of 2022, renewable)
## **A6 Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies**
Chairperson: Genoveva Marti (till end 2022)
ICREA and Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Filosofia, Montalegre 6, 08001 Barcelona genoveva.marti@gmail.com
Committee: Martin Carrier (to end of 2022, renewable), Cinzia Ferrini (to end of 2022, renewable), Margit Sutrop (to end of 2022, renewable), Timothy Williamson (to end of 2022, renewable), Alex Fidora (to end of 2022, renewable)
**A7 Film, Media and Visual Studies** Chairperson: Göran Bolin (to end 2021, renewable) Goran.bolin@sh.se School of Culture and Communication, Södertörn University, Sweden
Committee: Kirsten Drotner (until end 2021), Daniel Biltereyst (to end of 2020), Maren Hartmann and Fausto Colombo (to end of 2020, renewable), Helena Bilandzic (to the end of 2021, renewable).
## **CLASS A2**
## **Class Chair Björn Wittrock, Uppsala (Swedish Collegium). bjorn.wittrock@swedishcollegium.se Vice-chair: Professor Shalini Randeria, Vienna randeria@iwm.at**
## **A8 Economics, Business and Management Sciences**
Chairperson: Klaus Zimmermann (to end of 2020) klaus.f.zimmermann@gmail.com University of Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Committee: Amelie Constant, Mirjana Radovic-Markovic, Reinhilde Veugelers (all to end of 2021), Andreu Mas-Colell (to end of 2022, renewable), Martin Kahanec (to end 2022, renewable)
## **A9 Governance, Institutions and Policies: Education, Health and Welfare**
Chairperson: Peter Scott (to end 2020) p.scott@ioe.ac.uk https://www.ioe.ac.uk/staff/51229.html
University of London, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK
Committee:, Johan P. Mackenbach, (to end 2022), Ulrich Teichler (to end 2020), Pauli Kettunen (to end of 2022, renewable), Archana Singh-Manoux (to end of 2022)
## **A 10. Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space**
Chairperson: Maria Paradiso (to end 2020, renewable) paradiso@unisannio.it
Department DEMM of Social Sciences. Geography Unit. University of Sannio, Piazza Arechi II, 82 - 82100 Benevento, Italy
Committee: Sture Öberg (to end 2022), Maria Dolores Garcia-Ramon (until end 2020), Alun Jones (to end 2020), . Leo van Wissen (until end of 2022, renewable), Michael Keating (to end of 2022, renewable), Benno Werlen (until the end of 2022, renewable)
**A11 Law**
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Chairperson: Nina Dethloff (to end 2022, renewable) dethloff@uni-bonn.de Faculty of Law, University of Bonn
Committee: Rosa Greaves (until end 2022), Verica Trstenjak (until end 2020), Alain Strowel (until end 2020), Dagmar CoesterWaltjen Vice Chair (until end 2022), Marit Jäntärä- Jareborg ( to end of 2022, renewable), Christina Gonzales-Beilfuss (to end of 2022, renewable), Dieter Gosewinkel (until end of 2022, renewable);
## **A 12. Social Change and Social Thought**
Chairperson: Peter Wagner (to end of 2022, renewable) Peter.Wagner@ub.edu
Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona
Committee: Wolfgang Knöbl (to end of 2022, renewable), Lars Magnusson (to end of 2022, renewable), Marilyn Strathern (to end of 2021, renewable)
## **A 13. The Human Mind and Its Complexity**
Chairperson: Jüri Allik (to end of 2022, renewable) juri.allik@ut.ee Dept. Psychology, Tartu, Estonia
Committee: Kimmo Alho (to end of 2022, renewable), Gian Vittorio Caprara (to end of 2022), Kurt Pawlik (to end of 2022)
## **CLASS B Clas Chair Don Dingwell, LMU Munich. Dingwell@lmu.de**
## **B1 Mathematics**
Chairperson: Philippe Michel (to end of 2022, renewable) philippe.michel@epfl.ch
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Committee: Jean-Benoît Bost (to end 2021, renewable), Martin Hairer (to end 2021, renewable), (Volker Mehrmann (to end 2021, renewable), Jürg Kramer Vice chair (to end 2022, renewable), Amie Wilkinson (to end 2022, renewable), Maria Esteban (to end 2022, renewable).
## **B2 Informatics**
Chairperson: Schahram Dustdar (until end 2022) dustdar@dsg.tuwien.ac.at
TU Wien, Distributed Systems Group, Argentinierstrasse 8, 1040 Vienna. Austria
Committee: Carlo Ghezzi (to end of 2020), Manuel Hermenegildo (to end of 2021, renewable), Onur Mutlu (to end of 2021, renewable), Erol Gelenbe (to end of 2021, renewable)
## **B3 Physics and Engineering Sciences**
Chairperson: Pavel Exner (until end of 2021, renewable) exner@ujf.cas.cz Doppler Institute, Brehova 7, 11519, Prague, Czech Republic
Committee: Michael Peter Kennedy (until end 2020, renewable), Angela Bracco – Vice Chair (until end 2020, renewable), Maciej Ogorzalek (till end of 2020), Minh Quang Tran (till end 2020), Ursel Fantz (until end of 2021, renewable), Nasser KalantarNayestanaki (to the end of 2021, renewable), Elvira Fortunato (to end of 2023, renewable), Peter Zoller (to end of 2023, renewable)
## **B4 Chemical Sciences**
Chairperson : Graham Hutchings (to end 2022) hutch@cf.ac.uk
Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University Cardiff, CF10 3AT UK
Committee: from January 2014 to 2016 (renewable) - Carmen Claver, Janine Cossy, , Joachim Sauer (to be replaced during 2020 – 2022), Bert Weckhuysen (to end 2022), Valentine Ananikov (to end of 2022, renewable), Magdolina Hargittai (to end of 2022, renewable)
## **B5 Earth and Cosmic Sciences**
Chairperson: Paolo Papale (until end 2022). paolo.papale@ingv.it
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Committee: Enric Banda (till end 2020), Tuija Pulkkinen (till end 2021), John Ludden (till end 2021), Gerald Gilmore (till 2020, renewable), Mike Burton (till end 2022, renewable), Todd Ehlers (till end 2022, renewable)
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## **CLASS C**
## **Class Chair, Alex Verkhratsky, Manchester, UK. Alexej.Verkhratsky@manchester.ac.uk Deputy Chair. Robert Zorec, Slovenia. robert.zorec@mf.uni-lj.si**
## **C1 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology**
Chairperson: Eva Kondorosi (to end of 2022, renewable) eva.kondorosi@gmail.com Szeged, Hungary http://www.brc.hu/biochem_symbiosis_and_functional_genomics_unit.php
Committee : Witold Filipowicz (to end 2022), Brigitte GICQUEL (to end of 2023, renewable), Annalisa PASTORE (to end of 2023, renewable), Mart SAARMA (TO END OF 2023, renewable)
## **C2 Cell and Developmental Biology**
Chairperson: To be confirmed
Committee: Meinrad Busslinger, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Elisabetta Dejana (all to end 2021), Anne Ephrussi (to end 2021), Austin Smith (to end 2021), Christine Mummery (to end of2021, renewable)
## **C3 Physiology and Neuroscience**
Chairperson: Tibor Harkany (Stockholm/Vienna) (To end of 2022, renewable) Medical University of Vienna Tibor.Harkany@meduniwien.ac.at
Committee: Marina Bentivoglio (till end 2020), Alfonso Araque (till end 2021), Robert Zorec Vice Chair (till end 2021), Vladimir Parpura (till end 2020), Riitta Salmelin (till end 2020),Barbara Franke (till end 2021), Dmitri Rusakov (to end 2022, renewable), Alexey Semyanov (until the end of 2023, renewable)
## **C4 Organismic and Evolutionary Biology**
Chairperson: Christophe Thébaud (To end 2022) christophe.thebaud@univ-tlse3.fr
UMR 5174 CNRS ‘Evolution et Diversité Biologique’, Université Paul Sabatier, 31 062 Toulouse cedex 4, France
Committee: Per Ahlberg (to end of 2022, renewable); Dianne Edwards (to end 2022, renewable), Andras Baldi (to end 2022, renewable); Louise Fresco (to end 2022, renewable); Mike Hassell (until end 2022, renewable). Richard Bardgett (to end 2022, renewable)
## **C5 Clinical and Veterinary Science**
Chairperson: Stephen Holgate (To end 2021) sth@soton.ac.uk
Sir Henry Welcome Laboratories, University of Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
Committee: Christopher Griffiths (until end 2022), Paul Matthews (until end 2022), Richard Frackowiak (until end 2022), Peter Hegyi (until the end of 2022, renewable, deputy chair),
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**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 of 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 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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Annex 3
## **Academia Europaea | Barcelona Knowledge Hub**
**2020 Annual Report of Activities**
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## **2020 ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES**
## **TABLE OF CONTENTS**
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 3-4 2. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 5-6 3. ANNUAL PROGRAMMING IN 2020 ........................................................................... 7-11 3.1 Seventh Annual AE-BKH Women’s Week 2020 (4 and 5 March 2020) 3.2 Summer Course, “Barcelona Dialogue 2020” (various dates, May – June 2020) 3.3 Concert, “Music by Women Composers” (22 October 2020) 3.5 Disputatio of Barcelona 2020 (19 January 2021)
4. “BUILDING BRIDGES 2020”, THE 32th AE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ................ 12 4.1 Planning meeting in London (11 February 2020) and postponement until 2021
5. HYPATIA PRIZE........................................................................................................... 13-14 5.1 Preparation and call for nominations of the 2nd edition (Life & Health Sciences) 5.2 Selection of the prize winner, Prof. Ilaria Capua, by the International Jury 5.3 Prof. Capua named Member of AE on the President’s List
6. SPECIAL PROJECTS DURING 2020 ......................................................................... 15-16 6.1 Collaboration on the Barcelona Science Plan 2020-2023 6.2 “Symbiotic Life” documentary series
7. EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 17 7.1 Participation in the presentation of the “Living Terrace” of the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum (27 June 2020) 7.2 Attendance at the virtual inauguration of the Budapest Knowledge Hub (9 December 2020)
8. WEB COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT............. 18-19 9. PARTNERS OF THE AE-BKH ...................................................................................... 20
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**2020 ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES**
## **1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY**
## **1.1** Overview
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub (AE-BKH), founded in 2013, is the node of Academia Europaea (AE) in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Its main aim is to promote activities of interest for AE Members in this area and for the scientific community in general, with the end goal of helping consolidate a genuine European area of research, education and innovation.
The AE-BKH office is located at the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC) in downtown Barcelona. Its staff consists of: an Academic Director, Prof. Ricard Guerrero; a Hub Manager, Kimberly Katte; and a Web Master and Social Networking Manager, Rubén Duro. The following organisations from Barcelona/Catalonia are AE-BKH’s partners: the Barcelona City Council, the Government of Catalonia (Universities and Research Secretariat) and “la Caixa” Banking Foundation.
## **1.2** Annual programming in 2020
During 2020, despite facing unprecedented challenges due to restrictions related to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the AE-BKH managed to carry out its annual programming with considerable suc- cess. In many cases, it adapted its activities by either reducing the capacity of in-person attend- ance, in accordance with recommendations of public health authorities, or by completing moving them to an all-virtual environment. As in previous years, many of its activities featured educa- tional and social outreach events open to the general public. These activities included:
- AE-BKH Women’s Week 2020: “Women and cooperation: a symbiotic perspective”
- Summer Course, “Barcelona Dialogue 2020”
- Concert, “Music by Women Composers”, part of the IEC “Music in the Cloister” series
- _Disputatio_ of Barcelona 2020: “Cities, Climate and Pandemics: Reflections from Urban Studies and Environmental Economics.”
## **1.3** Building Bridges 2020
Following the large success attained the previous year, in early 2020, the AE-BKH began preparations for the 32nd Annual Conference of Academia Europaea (AE) and 9th of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE), scheduled to take place in October. However, soon COVID-19 began to wreak havoc on plans for event, prompting the Board of Trustees of the AE to cancel the 2020 conference. New dates were then approved for the following year, which are 19-22 October 2021.
## **1.4** Hypatia Prize
The call for candidates for the second edition of the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize, in the area of Life and Health Sciences, was expected to end on 31 March 2020 but was extended until 31 July 2020, due to COVID-19 and the subsequent state of alarm decreed in Spain. Following deliberations made by the Jury, Italian virologist Dr. Ilaria Capua was unanimously selected as
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prize winner, for her research career conducted at the highest international level, for her leadership in the promotion of open access to genetic information on emerging viruses, and for the social impact that she has made through her contributions to the multidisciplinary concept of “One Health,” encompassing human, animal and environmental health.
## **1.5** Special projects
In 2020, the AE-BKH developed two special projects in collaboration with key partner institutions:
- Collaboration on the Barcelona Science Plan 2020-2023, launched by the Barcelona City Council as a science and university policy with the goal of turning Barcelona into a Euro- pean capital for research and innovation.
- “Symbiotic Life” documentary series, consisting of several short films produced by Science into Images that explore different examples of symbiotic relationships existing in nature, in particular, in microscopic organisms.
## **1.6** External activities
With the goal of consolidating Barcelona as a scientific hub in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, in 2020 the AE-BKH maintained its presence in external activities organised by other academic and scientific institutions. These included:
- Participation in the presentation of the “Living Terrace” of the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum
- Attendance at the virtual inauguration of the Budapest Knowledge Hub
## **1.7** Web communications, social media and digital content
Finally, given the extensive use of online platforms during 2020 to keep its activities accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AE-BKH witnessed an especially strong growth in the audiences reached through its on-line communication tools and social media platforms. In particular, its websites, Facebook and Twitter accounts and ‘Barcelona-in-Action’ digital archive saw a large increase in user activity.
In conclusion, despite facing numerous challenges during 2020 on various levels, the AE-BKH managed to maintain the overall quantity and quality of its programming. The activities carried out position our Hub for continued growth in 2021, which we hope will be a brighter year for all.
**Ricard Guerrero** , Academic Director **Kimberly Katte** , Hub Manager
Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub
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## **2. OVERVIEW**
## **2.1** Presentation
The present Annual Report provides an overview of the activities of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea (AE-BKH) during the year 2020.
## **2.2** Mission and Vision
## **The AE- Barcelona Knowledge Hub**
## **• I ntroduction and area of influence**
**Academia Europaea** (AE) is a pan-European, non-governmental association acting as an Academy. Its members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote education and research. Founded in 1988, it currently has approximately 4,000 Members, leading experts from a variety of different fields including the physical sciences, technology, biological sciences, medicine, mathematics, literature, humanities, social sciences, cognitive sciences, economics and law. The **Barcelona Knowledge Hub** (BKH) is the AE’s branch office for the **Mediterranean and Southern European region** , including Turkey and Israel.
The main goal of AE-BKH is the promotion of activities of interest for the Members of AE in its area of influence, and for the scientific community in general, with **special emphasis on multidisciplinary activities** that include **transversal perspectives of the natural and exact sciences, the social sciences and the humanities** . The vision of AE-BKH is to **help consolidate a genuine European area of research, education and innovation** .
While most activities organised by the AE-BKH have, during its early history, take place in Barcelona, an increasing number of activities has taken place in cities in Spain. This is reflected in the information gathered in the present annual report.
## • **History and main obj ec tives**
In 2012, the Government of Catalonia ( _Generalitat de Catalunya_ ), the Barcelona City Council ( _Ajuntament de Barcelona_ ) and the “la Caixa” Banking Foundation ( _Fundació Bancària ”la Caixa_ ”) created the Barcelona Knowledge Hub (from then on, AE-BKH) to promote activities of the AE in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. These three organisations from Barcelona are partners of the AE-BKH, while the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC) houses and supports the Hub’s office within its central headquarters located in the old city, holding historical ties with local medical and scientific institutions.
In 2013, the AE-BKH began its operations and held its first activities, many of which have, over time, become staples in its annual programming, such as Women’s Week and the _Disputatio_ of Barcelona (see corresponding sections).
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- **Current specific objectives of the AE-BKH include:**
- Increasing the quantity and quality of its programming while maintaining sustainability
- Strengthening collaborations and partnerships with academic and research institutions in its area of influence
- Recognising and supporting excellent research conducted by individual scholars
- Improving the visibility and impact of its actions
## • **Office and staff**
The AE-BKH office is located on the premises of the IEC, a mid-17th century historical building very conveniently located in the centre of the city of Barcelona. Since August 2014, Prof. Ricard Guerrero of the UB, Emeritus, and Adjunct Professor of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, serves as Academic Director. In 2019, Kimberly Katte continued to serve as Hub Manager, over- seeing the daily operations of the Hub and planning and implementation of activities, while Rubén Duro continued to manage the website, digital content, social media, and the audio-visual section (i.e., AEBKH “Barcelona in Action” Video Channel).
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## **3. ANNUAL PROGRAMMING IN 2020**
## **3.1AE-BKH WOMEN’S WEEK 2020 (4-5 MARCH)**
## **Women and cooperation: a symbiotic perspective**
On March 4th and 5th, the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea (AE-BKH) celebrated **AE-BKH Women’s Week 2020** , in commemoration of UN International Women’s Day, and in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Women, Devel- opment and Cultures. Entitled “ **Women and cooperation: A symbiotic perspective** ,” this eight edition of AE-BKH Women’s Week featured women scholars in mathematics, music, biol- ogy, film, architecture and urbanism. It also helped consolidate the initiative as one of the main pillars of the AE-BKH’s annual programming ever since the Hub began in 2013. In line with
similar celebrations around the world, AE-BKH Women’s Week serves, on the one hand, to recognise the important contributions made by women to different fields of human knowledge, and, on the other, to claim women’s rights and promote gender equality.
The programme for this year’s AE-BKH Women’s Week kicked off on Wednesday, March 4th, in Prat de la Riba Hall at the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), with the lecture, “ **The Mathematics of Music** ”, by mathematician and musician Pilar Bayer, Professor Emerita of the University of Barcelona. Prof. Mònica Rius-Piniés, Director of the UNESCO Chair on Women, Development and Cultures, opened the session, while musicologist and ex-General Secretary of the IEC, Romà Escalas, introduced Prof. Bayer and reiterated the strong links between mathematics and music. Representatives from the Catalan Society of Mathematics and the Catalan Society of Musicology were in attendance and thanked by the organisers for their support in communicating the event.
The lecture provided a look at the main mathematic principles underlying music, including those historically used to explain sound, as well as the role of new technologies in music, including the digital treatment of musical creation, reproduction and storage. Prof. Bayer set the tone for her lecture by quoting a letter by philoso- pher and scientist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, to mathematician Christian Goldbach, in 1712: “ _Musica est exercitium arithmeticae_
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_nescientis se numerare animi_ ”. She proceeded to offer historical examples of advancements made by mathematicians alongside similar advancements made by their musical contemporaries, such as Sophie Germain and Clara Schumann, or Lejeune Dirichlet and Felix Mendelssohn. Thus, several mathematical musical concepts emerged at around the same time, respectively, including: harmonic series, and the infinity of prime numbers; the breakdown of sound into harmonic frequencies, and Newton’s contributions to optics; soundwaves, and Euler’s equation; calculus, congruencies, and regular dodecagons, and semitones and circles of fifths; and dynamics systems and melodic lines ending with the tonic. Finally, Prof. Bayer revealed another remarkable musicalmathematical duo: ‘Ludwig’, an algorithm-based software tool, and herself as composer and creator of short musical pieces that were reproduced for those in attendance.
The second activity, the round table, “ **Fifty years of the book Origin of Eukaryotic Cells, by Lynn Margulis** ”, took place on Thursday, March 5th, in Ramon Turró Hall of the Royal Academy of Med- icine of Catalonia. This session was introduced by Mercè Piqueras and chaired by Carmen Chica,
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both AE-BKH collaborators, and featured a panel of renowned women scientists, educators and communicators, including M.Vallmitjana, B.Vendrell, M.Berlanga and C.Puche.
_Origin of Eukaryotic Cells_ , published by Yale University Press in 1970, was the book in which the young biologist Lynn Margulis (Chicago, IL, March 5, 1938 – Amherst, MA, November 22, 2011) first proposed her theory of the symbiotic nature of the ultrastructure of the eukaryotic cell. The book, containing interesting ideas that are clearly argued with an extensive biological background and ample supporting evidence in different organisms, represents the basis of our present knowledge of cellular evolution and of the origin of the organisms presently known as protists. The panel offered a retrospective look at the se-
rial endosymbiosis theory and the book’s reasoning of the lineages of eukaryotic organisms at a time when DNA sequencing was just starting and when techniques commonly used nowadays, such as restriction enzymes or PCR, were unknown. First-hand accounts, including personal anecdotes and excerpts from interviews and documentaries carried out by the panel members themselves, provided a unique look at an extraordinary book by an extraordinary biologist that trig- gered a revolution in the field of evolutionary biology.
Finally, unfortunately the last activity of AE-BKH Women’s Week 2020, **“City Unfinished, a social cooperative initiative exploring Memory and Identity in the Self-Built City”** , had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, as dictated by local public health authorities. A screening of the documentary film, “City Unfinished – Voices of El Ermitaño” (Lima, 2018), was scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 12th, in the auditorium of the Goethe-Institut Barcelona, followed by a debate on the main topics of the documentary film: public space, community building, housing, memory and identity. The debate was to feature journalist and author Bettina Bremme (GoetheInstitut), architect and urban planner Zaida Muxi (ETSAB-UPC) and urban researcher and film director Kathrin Golda-Pongratz (UIC School of Architecture, AE-BKH), with the goal exchanging ideas about the role of public space and housing in the construction of identity in different cul- tures, including our own. The activity will be rescheduled when possible (new date to be an- nounced, when available).
The film, lasting 29 minutes, is based on an investigation of the urbanisation and place-making processes in the neighbourhood of El Ermitaño (Independencia/Lima), in collaboration with British architect John F C Turner, who depicted and theorised about the self-construction of Peru in the 1960s. A rediscovery made in Turner’s files of an historic documentary filmed in El Ermitaño in 1964, and its later return to and screening in the place where it had been filmed, in 2016, helped to activate collective memory and trigger work on a new documentary. “Ciudad Infinita – Voces
de El Ermitaño” (in Spanish, with subtitles in English) seeks to portray the current challenges facing the El Ermitaño neighbourhood as told by its residents. The film reactivates memories of its roots, in particular, of its different identities of migratory origin. The documentary furthermore helps raise awareness of the concerns and efforts of its people, while providing ideas of possible incen- tives for similar initiatives aimed at improving and consolidating neighbourhoods such as El Er- mitaño.
The activities comprising AE-BKH Women’s Week 2020, attended by the general public and academic community, are available on-line at:
**http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/womens-week-2/womens-week-2020/**
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## **3.2 SUMMER COURSE, “BARCELONA DIALOGUE 2020” (VARIOUS DATES, MAY– JUNE)**
“Barcelona Dialogue” is an ongoing collaboration between Northeastern University (NU) in Boston, USA, and the Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub (AE-BKH) for the organisation of an annual summer programme. The main goal of this summer programme is to provide stu- dents with an immersion-based learning experience in the art, architecture and history of Barce- lona, hands-on workshops and cultural visits, and a unique dialog with local creators, designers, and entrepreneurs.
The “Barcelona Dialogue” summer programme was conceived within the educational framework of experiential learning at the root of Northeastern University’s many academic programmes. This philosophy of higher education is based on the pedagogical premise that a complete education requires a diversity of experiences on a global scale that go beyond the boundaries of the traditional campus, drawing from the latent synergies between social progress, innovation and scholarly research.
Prof. Xavier Costa, Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), serves as Faculty Advisor for the programme, while local and invited faculty members, including other MAEs and AE-BKH staff members and collaborators, have also contributed toward the academic content of the programme in previous editions held on-site in Barcelona (2016, 2017 and 2019). Circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic enabled the 2020 edition to be moved on-line, opening up opportunities for exploring the use of technology to help the “Barcelona Dialogue 2020” programme achieve its objectives. Classes were held in a virtual format on various days in May and June 2020.
The following recorded sessions are available on the programme’s website: introductory presentations by Xavier Costa, Faculty Advisor and Member of AE, and by Kimberly Katte, AE-BKH Manager; and two of the 2020 final project presentations by students Emma Laskaris and Kelly Ward.
The AE-BKH looks forward to working with Northeastern University on the next on-site edition of the “Barcelona Dialogue” edition. In the meantime, it welcomes the academic community to view the aforementioned videos, in addition to other on-line tools, at: **http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/home/annual-programming/barcelona-dialogue**
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**3.3 CONCERT, “MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS” (22 OCTOBER 2020)**
On Thursday, October 22, 2020, the AE-BKH collaborated on a special concert entitled “Music by Women Composers,” organised by the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC) in Barcelona, concluding its 2020 “Music in the Cloister” series.
Pilar Bayer, pianist and Professor Emerita of Mathematics at the University de Barcelona, presented a programme featuring a selection of classical and contemporary works written by women composers from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, including music by both renowned and lesserknown names. Prior to playing each piece, she provided a brief look at the composer who wrote it, offering insight into her own unique story and perspective, and usually hidden due to historical or social prejudices. The concert serves as another example of how the AE-BKH strives to harness synergies among the arts and sciences, eliminating barriers among disciplines to embrace all fields of human knowledge. It also serves as an excellent example of ‘herstory’ and scholarship with gender perspective in the field of music.
The concert took place in Prat de la Riba Hall, Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC), Barcelona, with limited in-person capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions, and it was also streamed live on YouTube. The full video is available for viewing at **https://youtu.be/aLpjeZhzoDY** and currently enjoys over 625 views. In addition, a gallery of photos and the programme are available on the AE-BKH website.
Pilar Bayer Isant (Barcelona, 1946) is currently Professor Emerita of Algebra at the University of Barcelona (UB). She was first introduced to music by her father, violinist and saxophonist Marcel·lí Bayer Gaspà (1898–1977). Throughout her education, she combined her studies of mathematics and music. In 1967, she obtained the title of professor of piano at the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory of Music, and in 1968, she received her undergraduate degree in mathematics from the UB, where she obtained her PhD in 1975, becoming Full Professor of Algebra in 1982. She has served as Professor of Mathematics at the UB, the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Cantabria, as well as at universities in Regensburg and Göttingen, Germany. She is a tenured member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Barcelona, and of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. In addition, she is an Emerita Member of the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), in the Section of Sciences and Technology.
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**3.4** _**DISPUTATIO**_ **OF BARCELONA 2020**
## **An annual activity of the Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub**
**The** _**Disputatio of Barcelona**_ **2020. “Cities, Climate and Pandemics: Reflec- tions from Urban Studies and Environmental Economics.”**
Starting in the early twentieth century, rapid urbanisation has become one of the dominant demographic trends of our times, driving the interrelated issues of climate change and public health issues. This year the Academia Europaea – Barcelona Knowledge Hub (AE-BKH) has been a close collaborator of the Barcelona City Council on its recently published Barcelona Science Plan 20202023, outlining strategic municipal policies for bridging science and society in a variety of areas, including the ongoing climate crisis. Thus, in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its widespread social impact, the AE-BKH decided to devote the 2020 edition of its _Disputatio_ of Barcelona annual debates to **“Cities, Climate and Pandemics: Reflections from Urban Studies and Environ- mental Economics”** . The session focused on the essential role of cities in climate change mitiga- tion and in the control of pandemics such as COVID-19. Barcelona, along with other major me- tropolises in the world, provided for an interesting analysis.
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Coordinated and moderated by **Alexander Fidora** , MAE, ICREA Research Professor in the De- partment of Ancient and Medieval Studies, UAB, this debate shed new light on the aforementioned questions by bringing together experts from different fields: urbanist **Kathrin GoldaPongratz** , MAE, UIC Barcelona School of Architecture; and environmental economist **Jeroen van den Bergh** , ICREA Research Professor, ICTA- UAB.
The _Disputatio_ 2020 was held, for the first time ever, in an all-virtual setting, enabling approximately 100 participants from nearly twenty different countries to participate in the session. However, the interactive, multidisciplinary spirit characterising previous _Disputationes_ was not compromised; following the engaging presentations made by the two _disputantes_ , which featured original research findings in their respective fields, a lively question-and-answer section drawing on comments and questions posted by the online audience ensued. This portion of the pro- gramme underlined the need for transversal, complementary approaches to dealing with climate change across world cities, in order for policy to prove more effective.
The _Disputatio_ 2020, originally planned for 18 November 2020, finally took place on 19 January 2021. The event was a great success, in terms of both participation and content. It helped push the interrelated issues of city planning, climate change and pandemics to the forefront of the public agenda, and it posed relevant questions regarding how to tackle one of the most important challenges facing citizens locally and globally.
The entire video of the debate, viewed over 225 times, is available at:
**https://youtu.be/ow3_JXyCKeA**
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## **4. “BUILDING BRIDGES 2020”, THE 32th AE ANNUAL**
## Planning meeting in London (11 February 2020) and postponement until 2021
In the spring of 2020, the Barcelona Knowledge Hub (AE-BKH) had already begun preparations for the **32[nd] Annual Conference of Academia Europaea (AE) and 9[th] of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE),** scheduled to take place in October. In fact, members of the AE-BKH,
including Academic Director Ricard Guerrero and Hub Manager Kimberly Katte, attended a meeting of the Planning Committee at the British Academy in London on 11 February, in order to address key aspects of the conference, including the scientific programme, registration and calendar.
However, COVID-19 quickly burst onto the scene in March, putting plans for travel and events on hold worldwide. As a result, the Board of Trustees of the AE unfortunately decided to cancel the 2020 conference. New dates were then approved for the next year, which are 20-21 October 2021.
We kindly ask you to please mark these dates on your calendars and to check the conference website, **http://www.buildingbridges-acadeuro.org/** , for updates on the format and content of the programme. In light of the rapidly changing situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual alternatives are being planned, however, we hope to be able to host certain activities with limited inperson attendance at the stunning Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB). More information will be available in spring 2021.
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## **5. HYPATIA PRIZE**
## **5.1 PREPARATION & CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – 2ND EDITION (LIFE & HEALTH SCIENCES)**
At the very end of 2019, the Academia EuropaeaBarcelona Knowledge Hub (AE-BKH) announced the Call for Nominations for the second edition of the **Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize** , awarded by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the AE-BKH. This Prize, in the amount of 30,000 euros, recognises an outstanding researcher who has achieved a career of excellence
at the highest international level in Europe and has made a significant contribution toward differ- ent fields of knowledge, as well as a positive impact on society. Although the call was initially expected to close on March 31, 2020, it was extended until July 31, 2020, due to COVID-19 and the subsequent state of alarm decreed in Spain.
The Hypatia Prize will be awarded annually, rotating each year among three major areas of knowledge: Science and Technology (call held in 2018); Life and Health Sciences (call opened in 2019 and closed in early 2020); and Humanities and Social Sciences (call to open in 2021). The winner of the first edition of the prize, devoted to Science and Technology, was Prof. László Lovász, mathematician and President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, for his outstanding career in the field of mathematics and for his contribution to social progress. The present (second) edi- tion of the Prize recognises a research career focused on the **Life and Health Sciences (LHS)** , including other related sciences and technologies giving support to LHS, such as biochemistry, bioengineering, etc. Finally, the third edition (2021) will be dedicated to Humanities and Social Sciences.
The name of the prize, Hypatia, was chosen in homage to Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 355-415), a woman philosopher and scientist who successfully bridged and disseminated all scholarly disciplines known during her time and who, for this same reason, was assassinated by the forces of ignorance and fanaticism.
The Hypatia Prize constitutes one of the main programmes of the **Barcelona Science Plan** , a strategic initiative of Barcelona City Council to promote the research and innovation infrastructures of the city. Its main objective is to consolidate Barcelona as a European capital of research and innovation.
## **5.2 SELECTION OF PRIZE WINNER, PROF. ILARIA CAPUA, BY THE**
## **INTERNATIONAL JURY**
Candidates for the second edition (Life and Health Sciences) of the Barcelona Hypatia European Hypatia Prize, awarded by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the AE-BKH, were nominated by Members of Academia Europaea (AE). They were then evaluated by the five members of the International Selection Jury: Dr. Eva Kondorosi (president), Dr. Paola Bonfante, Dr. Lluís Ferrer, Dr. Cristina Pujades and Dr. Ricard Guerrero (secretary). The jury held a virtual meeting on September 8th to analyse the information provided by nominators, in line with the prize terms and conditions previously published.
After extensive deliberations, the jury decided unanimously selected Ital- ian virologist **Dr. Ilaria Capua** as prize winner, for her research career conducted at the highest international level, for her leadership in the promo- tion of open access to genetic information on emerging viruses, and for the social impact that she has made through her contributions to the multidis- ciplinary concept of “one health,” encompassing human, animal and envi- ronmental health.
As with the previous edition, an award ceremony presided by the Office of the Mayor of Barcelona and attended by members of the academic and scientific community, including AE officials, is under preparation and will feature a distinguished lecture by Dr. Capua. Given the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, the details of this event will be confirmed in early 2021, in agreement with recommendations by the public health authorities.
## **5.3 PRIZE WINNER ILARIA CAPUA NAMED MEMBER OF AE ON THE PRESIDENT’S LIST**
Following her selection as prize winner of the second edition of the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize in September 2020, Dr. Ilaria Capua was named Member of Academia Europaea (AE) on the President’s List in the fall. She will be welcomed into the community of AE scholars at the Building Bridges 2020 conference in October.
## **6. SPECIAL PROJECTS DURING 2020**
## **6.1 COLLABORATION ON THE BARCELONA SCIENCE PLAN 2020-**
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The AE-BKH collaborates with one of its supporters, the Barcelona City Council, on the implementation of the recently released Barcelona Science Plan 2020-2023, a comprehensive science policy with the aim of projecting Barcelona as a European capital of science and innovation. Developed by the Barcelona City Council in conjunction with representatives from Barcelona’s research and innovation ecosystem, the plan is built on four main axes:
1. Consolidating Barcelona as a European capital of science by improving the international visibility of its universities and research centres and by forging alliances with key European cities and institutions.
2. Providing municipal support for research that helps develop innovative, fair and effective solutions to urban challenges.
3. Creating a science culture by and for citizens that encourages citizen participation in sci- ence and promotes access to science education and dissemination.
4. Fostering relationships among science, art, innovation and society, in order to cultivate creative synergies and promote knowledge transfer and innovation among a diverse range of stakeholders.
The plan lays out 15 specific objectives and 51 actions to be taken over the course of the next three years. The Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize, now in its second edition (see Section 1, above), represents one of those actions. The AE-BKH looks forward to continuing to collaborate with the Barcelona City Council on additional actions within the framework of the plan.
The complete plan is available in English at:
**http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PBC-2020-2023_ENG.pdf**
## **6.2 “SYMBIOTIC LIFE” DOCUMENTARY SERIES**
In May, the AE-BKH launched, “ **Symbiotic Life** ”, a new on-line initiative fruit of its partnership with Science into Images, a scientific dissemination project led by biologist and science filmmaker Rubén Duro, who is also the Hub’s webmaster and social media manager.
This initiative consists of several short documentaries on different examples of symbiotic relationships existing in nature, presented in a visually striking format. These videos present rarely seen images of microscopic organisms and are of great academic and research value. However, the general public will also enjoy these educational and entertaining videos, as brief accompanying explanations subtitled in English provide non-experts with the tools necessary for fully appreciat- ing the beauty and scientific interest of the images projected.
Thus, the main objective of “Symbiotic Life” is two-fold: to disseminate scientific research in a novel format, in line with the AE-BKH’s overall mission; and to give support to a distinctive feature of the AE-BKH, which places special emphasis on symbiosis both as a driving concept of evolution- ary biology and as a figurative term to describe the connections between seemingly different ac- ademic fields, such as the natural and exact sciences, the social sciences and the humanities.
The initial five videos included in the “Symbiotic Life” documentary series are:
- **Microbial mats** . Structure, composition and functioning of microbial mats, the first ecosys- tems on Earth, and the driving force for the existence of life on our planet.
- **Earliest Sex** . Conjugation of a protozoan, as an example of one of the first manifestations of sexual activity in the eukaryotic world.
- **Living together** . Gut symbionts of termites as an extraordinary example of how symbiosis among very different organisms such as bacteria, protozoa and animals enables a uniquely efficient use of resources.
- **Living biofilms** . Microscopic life in a biofilm as an example of how the activity of one type of organisms –in this case, bacteria– can create ideal living conditions for another.
- **Beauty and the Beast** . The budding of the common jellyfish as an example of asexual repro-
duction.
All five videos are available for viewing on the AE-BKH “Barcelona-in-Action” channel on Vimeo. ( **http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/home/barcelona-in-action-digital-archive/** )
## **7. EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES**
## **7.1 PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE “LIVING**
## **TERRACE”, BARCELONA NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM (27 JUNE 2020)**
On 27 June 2020, AE-BKH Academic Director Ricard Guerrero participated in the inauguration of the “Living Terrace” of the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum, part of the Barcelona Greenery and Biodiversity Plan for 2020.
Located on the rooftop of the museum, the terrace boasts a surface area of 7,100 m2 for growing herbaceous plants, keeping in mind factors such as wind, the nearby sea, and also the maximum weight limit. It houses vegetation that has adapted to the environmental conditions of the Mediterranean. Seven areas comprise the terrace: a welcome area, with some of the most commonly found species on terraces, as well as air plants (which can live without soil) and climbing plants; three different types of Mediterranean meadows with perennial plants; and three different types of ponds.
The AE-BKH looks forward to collaborating with the “Living Terrace” and other initiatives of the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum.
## **7.2 ATTENDANCE AT THE VIRTUAL INAUGURATION,**
## **BUDAPEST KNOWLEDGE HUB (9 DE- CEMBER 2020)**
On 9 December 2020, AE-BKH Academic Director Ricard Guerrero and Hub Manager Kimberly Katte, alongside over 100 other guests, attended the virtual inauguration of the new AE Budapest Knowledge Hub, the latest addition to AE’s growing number of hubs joining Barcelona, Bergen, Cardiff, Tbilisi and Wroclaw. The new Hub is situated in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences building, from which the event was streamed live.
During the event, Tamás Freund MAE, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Sierd Cloetingh MAE, President of Academia Europaea each gave a welcome address. Professor Cloetingh referred to the opening of the new Hub as a milestone for Academia Europaea. László Lovász MAE, Academic Director of the AE Budapest Knowledge Hub and Former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, delivered an opening address, followed by a series of presentations on four thematic missions of the AE Budapest Hub and scientific lectures.
The AE-BKH wishes the Budapest Knowledge Hub the best of luck as it begins its operations, and looks forward to working together on AE initiatives.
## **8. WEB COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL**
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea (AE-BKH) devotes special attention to its web communications, social media and digital content, as this area serves a double purpose: first, it enables the AE-BKH to promote and share news of its activities in a timely and visually striking way; and second, it permits the AE-BKH to create an international academic community of both AE Members and non-Members in a way that bears in mind their geographic dispersion.
During 2020, the AE-BKH was exceptionally active in this area, as restrictions on in-person activities due to COVID-19 equated with an **increase in on-line activities** . Highlights from the year include: the first all-virtual AE-BKH activities, namely the “Symbiotic Life” documentary series, the Barcelona Dialogue 2020 summer course, and the _Disputatio_ of Barcelona, “Cities, Climate and Pandemics: Reflections from Urban Studies and Environmental Economics”; and also ‘hybrid’ activities featuring both (limited) in-person and on-line attendance, such as the concert, “Music by Women Composers”, streamed live on YouTube. These tools demonstrated their capacity to reach new audiences.
As in the past, scientific communications specialist Rubén Duro continued to serve the Hub as webmaster and manager of digital content, social media, and web communications.
## **8.1 WEB COMMUNICATIONS**
The AE-BKH manages the following websites to communicate information about its activities:
## **AE-BKH institutional website, barcelona.acadeuro.org**
By the end of 2020, the AE-BKH website had a total of **67,901 accumulated visitors** and almost **1,246,339 page views** . This represents an increase of **+41.46%** in the total number of visitors and of **+65.78%** in the total number of page views, with respect to the previous year. During 2020, **44 new pages** were created and **438 updates** made to the AE-BKH website **.**
## **Building Bridges conference website, buildingbridges-**
## **acadeuro.org**
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Building Bridges conference was not held in 2020, thus activity on the **Building Bridges** website was minimal during the year.
## **8.2 SOCIAL MEDIA**
## **FACEBOOK PROFILES**
The AE-BKH manages two Facebook accounts:
## **Barcelona Knowledge Hub** , @ae.bkh
## **Disputatio de Barcelona** , @DisputatioBarcelona
The first one (@ae.bkh) posts information regarding all AE-BKH activities and events, while the second one (@DisputatioBarcelona) is used exclusively to provide information about the annual _Disputatio_ of Barcelona. Thus, the latter has a greatly reduced level of activity as compared to the former, which is limited to the dates surrounding the event.
By the end of 2020, the two accounts together had a total of **344 followers** , representing an increase of approximately **+23.7%** approximately as compared to the previous year. The total audience reached grew from **4,427** to **5,821** during 2020, representing a **+31.5%** improvement.
## **TWITTER PROFILE**
The AE-BKH manages one Twitter account:
## **Academia Europaea** (@ae_barcelona)
During 2020, the aforementioned account had received a total amount of **35,573 impressions** , **630 engagements** and **832 followers** . These data represent increases of **-24.2%** , **+13.5%** and **+5.6%** , respectively, with regards to the previous year.
The table below shows the increase in activity on the AE-BKH websites and social media accounts:
## **8.3 DIGITAL CONTENT**
In terms of digital content, AE-BKH carries out various specific actions. The main two are:
1. **Barcelona-in-Action Digital Archive** , a repository of photographs and videos filmed and edited by AE-BKH. The **Photo Gallery** is located on the AE-BKH website server at **http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/home/barcelona-in-actiondigital-archive/gallery/** , while the **Video Gal- lery** (with 2,400+ views) is on the **YouTube** and **Vimeo** platforms, with links available **http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/home/barcelona-in-action-digitalarchive/video_gallery/** .
During 2020, **11 new videos** were added, five of which comprise the “Symbiotic Life” documentary series, featuring footage of symbiotic relationships involving microscopic organisms.
2. **BarceloNEWS** , the digital AE-BKH newsletter containing news of past and upcoming activities. This publication is also sent by e-mail several times a year to AE subscribers.
During 2020, **6 new editions** were published and distributed on-line at **http://barcelona.acadeuro.org/home/barcelona-in-action-digital-archive/documents/barcelonews/**
## **9. PARTNERS OF THE AE-BKH**
In 2012, the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council and the “la Caixa” Banking Foun- dation decided to become partners of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea (AE-BKH), which was launched the following year.
Since then, the aforementioned institutions have acted as the main sponsors and promoters of the AE-BKH, in order to consolidate Barcelona as a hub of science and innovation in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Their continued support also helps provide the AE-BKH with the stability needed to undertake new activities and to plan for future growth and expansion.
The AE-BKH wishes to express its heartfelt gratitude to its partners.
_For more information:_
Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub
C/ Carme 47. 08001 Barcelona
**barcelona@acadeuro.org http://barcelona.acadeuro.org** Tel. +34-93-2701727
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**Annual Report 2020**
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## Contents
|Contents||
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|Introduction|3|
|**Our mission**|**4**|
|**Our main strategic priorities**|**4**|
|**Strategic areas for the AE-Bergen Hub**|**4**|
|Activities in 2020 - highlights|6|
|History and organisation................................................................................................................ 9||
|**Academic Director and Hub Administration of AE-Bergen**|**9**|
|**AE-Bergen office and contact**|**10**|
|**Advisory Board members in 2020**|**10**|
|**Steering Group members in 2020**|**10**|
|**Terms of reference (TOR) for the Advisory Board**|**10**|
|**Terms of reference (TOR) for the Steering Group**|**11**|
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## **Introduction**
## **By Eystein Jansen, Professor at Department of Earth Science at University of Bergen, Academic Director at Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub.**
2020 turned out to be a different year than envisaged, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic which seve- rely constrained our activities from March and onwards. Most work has been done online and from home offices, and several of our planned events have been cancelled or postponed to 2021. Despi- te this, AE-Bergen has found ways to resume close to normal activities using digital tools.
Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub, Eystein Hansen.
We foresee that the pandemic will influence a large part of 2021 and likely influence acade- mic life in years to come. As digital forms of exchange and communication have replaced physical meetings and shown that it is possible to do without many travels, we will probably converge to a less physical and more digital way of conducting our activities, or hybrids between the two.
The pandemic raises many questions and gives rich and novel data sets for many investiga- tions of our societies, including health care systems, governance, scientific prioritizations and science communication – to name some.
It is already clear that many countries conside- red to be very resilient to disruptions, and with seemingly strong health care systems, have not lived up to such expectations. Others have handled the pandemic surprisingly well, despi- te having health care systems considered to be vulnerable prior to the pandemic. The evidence now at hand underscores the necessity of a renewed discussion on the role of science ad- vice for policy, and the role of politics vs expert opinions in decision-making in crises.
One of the principles underlying the foundation of the Academia Europaea is the need for impartial expert advice to public and private bodies. With over 4000 eminent scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines and cultures as members, the academy can comment on scientific or aca- demic matters independent of any national or organizational bindings and is well suited to offer advice to appropriate bodies in Europe, both in normal times and in times of crisis.
(Bergen, March 2021)
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## **Our Mission**
Our Hub aims to be a catalyst for collaboration, knowledge exchange and ideas to:
• Engage research and scholarship with policymaking in Europe and in the Nordic and Baltic Re- gions, on behalf of Academia Europaea and in close collaboration with national academies of the region.
• Promote excellent research from and about the Nordic and Baltic Region, its surrounding seas, and the Arctic with emphasis on marine and maritime research, sustainability, and the Nordic so- cial model, through scholarly workshops and public events.
• Demonstrate the importance of scientific scholarship and maximise engagement with our mem- bers, policymakers, private and public entities and the wider public.
• Stimulate scientists to accomplish stringent and unequivocal communication and interaction with decision makers, media, and the public.
## **Our main strategic priorities**
Our major framing perspectives are marine and Arctic issues, our cooperation with SAPEA (Scien- tific Advice for Policy by European Academies), and advocacy for establishing independent national science advice mechanisms throughout our region. Our hub will promote sustainability issues in- cluding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing sustainable use of the ocean and marine resources, climate change, energy transformation and policies for the development of governance and welfare, as well as promoting the arctic as a military low-tension area.
We emphasize the importance of collaborative efforts from scholars from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, to solve major human challenges.
2021 will be the first year of our new Strategic Plan, which runs from 2021 to 2024. A more thor- ough outline of the strategic areas of the AE-Bergen Hub, can be found in the Strategic Plan on https://aebergen.w.uib.no/. A concentrated version is found below:
## **Strategic areas for the AE-Bergen Hub**
## **Area 1 - Science-policy interface**
We aim to contribute to evidence reports for science-policy interactions, including to propose future SAPEA topics, and to promote science advice and science di- plomacy in general. The Hub will advocate independent national science advice mech- anisms, comparable to the EUs’ Science Advice Mechanism (SAM). Our advocacy for establishing national independent scientif- ic advice mechanism, will primarily focus on the need for processes providing inde- pendent and transdisciplinary scientific/ knowledge-based reviews, and to clearly separate such reviews from political rec- ommendations.
As outlined in our Strategy Plan, we will organize debates and dialogues on scientific topics rel- evant to policymaking. We will engage with SAPEA and EU’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), including nomination of candidates to SAPEA activities. In addition, we will engage with national mechanisms for science advice to policymakers in our region. We will continue as an active partner of the multi-stakeholder forum Arctic Frontiers.
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## **Area 2 – Promote and showcase excellent research and scholarship**
We will promote and showcase research and scientific excellence within our region and beyond, through various events and communication channels, engaging with our membership base and members of the Young Academy of Europe in our region. We will pose critical research-based ques- tions, contribute to scientific debates, and illuminate scientific breakthroughs and outcomes from meetings and conferences.
From 2021 we will co-organise science lectures with UiB’s Horizon lecture series on a regular basis, highlighting excellent research on cross-disciplinary issues for a broad science-interested public. We will also co-organise events with the Bergen programme-committee of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA).
## **Area 3 –Visibility and regional engagement**
We will increase our visibility in the region and strengthen our engagement with relevant actors and communities (private, public and NGOs). To fulfill our mission, we aim to further develop the Hub’s portfolio of activities and spon- sorships at the inter- section of science and the wider society.
By sharing publica- tions and reports, news items and in- terviews, we aim to make our website an engaging showcase of our activities and engagements. We will establish and update a calendar of activities and events, aiming to attract a broad audience from the academic, public, and private sectors. I addition to in-person events, we will com-
Academic Director Eystein Hansen in our video, first presented during the Arctic Frontiers conference 2021.
municate broadly through webinars, our website, newsletters, and social media channels. We will participate in relevant local forums and arenas that match our priorities, both to increase our visi- bility and to actively seek collaboration with others.
## **Area 4 - Cooperation with national academies in our region and the other AE Hubs in Europe**
We aim to establish good connections to the national academies of our region. In this endeavour we will emphasize AE’s strengths in science advice for policy, its pan-European perspectives, and strong connections to leading European research institutions e.g., the European Research Council, in addition to the thematic areas of our Hub. We aim to strengthen the interaction between aca- demic communities across Europe, starting with collaboration with other AE Hubs. We will engage in inter-Hub meetings to discuss possibilities for e.g., joint events, activities, mutual learning and sharing of resources.
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## **ACTIVITIES IN 2020 - HIGHLIGHTS**
## **January**
- Nomination of candidates to SAPEA working group on Biodegradability of plastics in the open en- vironment.
- Participation at the Arctic Frontiers conference – ‘Power of Knowledge’ in Tromsø.
• Side event at the Arctic Frontiers conference: ‘Science advice for policy: Who asks, who gives, and who listens?’ Jointly organised by UiB, AE Bergen, Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, The Nor- wegian Academy of Science and Letters, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Eystein Jansen was moderator (web recorded).
• Academic Director Eystein Jansen participated by invitation at Arctic Ocean Decade Workshop: Policy-BusinessScience-Dialogue, side event at the Arctic Frontiers Conference. Organised by The Research Council of Norway, Arctic Frontiers, and IOC of UNESCO.
## **February**
- Participation at the national SDG conference in Ber- gen.
• Academic Director Eystein Jansen participated in a workshop on ‘Science advice and Science diplomacy’, side event at the SDG conference. SAPEA/SAM and the MASOS report was presented by Eystein Jansen and SA- PEA working group member professor Jeroen Pieter Van der Sluijs.
• Outreach event: A metal science opera ‘Fish to Mars’. Cultural event for students and participants at the SDG Conference. Initiated and financially supported by AE Bergen.
• Meeting in Bergen with the General Secretary of the Norwegian Technological Academy (NTVA). The aim is to establish a formal collaboration agreement.
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roen Pieter Van der Sluijs at the workshop on ‘Science advice and Science diplomacy’, at the SDG conference. Photo: Eivind Senneset for the University of Bergen.
Signing of a Conference Riga Declaration on cooperation, science and innovation in the Baltic Sea Region.
• Participation in Conference in Latvia: Innova- tion – Power of the 21st century. Organised by the Latvian Academy of Sciences, University of Latvia and Smart Up BSR (Baltic Sea Region).
• Signing of a Conference Riga Declaration emphasizing the need and will for cooperation and strengthening science and innovation in the Baltic Sea Region.
- Second meeting of the Advisory Board (Zoom meeting)
## **March**
• Participation at a preparation meeting for the UN negotiations on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Organized by The Foreign Ministry and UiB.
• Meeting with the State Secretary of The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate na- tional interest/possibility to support cooperation with existing and planned AE hubs in Europe.
• The Hub delivered a written statement in the official hearing of a new strategy for The Norwegian Research Council arguing for a) the need for an independent national science advice mechanism in Norway and b) better funding and more independent mechanisms for evaluation of applications in free research programs.
## **May**
• Nomination of candidates to a SAPEA working group on Energy Transition in Europe.
• Postponed: The Rosendal-seminar for the Steering Group and Advisory Board on strategy and topics on soci- etal/global challenges in need of evi- dence-based reviews, originally sched- uled for May 2020, will at the earliest take place in the autumn of 2021 but more likely in 2022, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
• The Hub established a Norwegian registered not-for-profit- company to be able to organise and coordinate activities e.g. for project management within Horizon Europe, and as a tool to serve the whole membership.
Dag Rune Olsen from our Advisory Board at a panel discussion during the Rosendal Week (Rosendalsveko). Moderator Frøy Gulbrandsen to the right.
## **August**
• Nomination of candidates to SAM (Scientific Advice Mechanism) expert group on ‘How can Europe ensure adequate management of and better preparedness for future epidemics and pandemics in the global context?’. One of the candidates (Rebecca Cox) was a successful nominee.
• Participation at the Rosendal Week (Rosendalsveko), gathering knowledge institutions, business, society, and poli- ticians in Western Norway to brainstorm ideas about climate, energy, and sustain- able resource management.
• Recruitment process of new communi- cations adviser. Nils Olav Sæverås started as communications adviser November 1th.
• Academic Director Eystein Jansen gave a presentation on various aspects of Open Access policies, and the position of the ERC at an Open Acess seminar organised by the Norwgeian Academy of Science and Letters.
## **November**
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October
Professor Rebecca Cox, head of the Influenza Centre in Ber-
gen, was nominated by AE-Bergen for the Independent Expert
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Professor Rebecca Cox, head of the Influenza Centre in Bergen, following the publication of the In- dependent Expert ” Report “Improving pandemic preparedness and management .
## **December**
• Steering Group extended with a new member: Ole Øvretveit, CEO of Initiativ Vest, a regional Think Tank for the WestCoastal area of Norway.
• AE-Bergen Steering Group meeting: One of the main topics was discussion of the hub’s strategy plan, which was approved with some suggested adjustments. Professor Matthias Kaiser held a pre- sentation on ‘Science-policy interface in the COVID-19 era – contours of the academic, political and practical challenges’.
- Participation at the launch event for the new Academia Europaea Budapest Hub.
**January 2021**
- Production of a short video describing the mission of AE, AE-Bergen Hub and SAPEA for the Arc- tic Frontiers
- conference 2021 ‘Building Bridges’ (see below).
- Inaugural meeting of the joint AE-Bergen – Horizon lectures committee.
• Meeting with the Estonian Academy of Science (EAS). Back- ground: The Norwegian Embassy in Tallinn has suggested to hold a conference on Arctic research for the Estonian Polar Research Committee in fall 2020 on the matter to mark both 100 years of diplomatic cooperation between Norway and Es- tonia and the application of Estonia for an observer seat in the Arctic Council. We discussed both the framing of such a confer- ence and other possibilities for cooperation between EAS and AE-Bergen. Planning of the conference is in progress (thus with uncertainties due to COVID-19) involving the Norwegian embas- sy, EAS and AE-Bergen.
## **February 2021**
• Participation at the online conference Arctic Frontiers – ‘Building Bridges’ in Tromsø. AE-Ber- gen was represented by a virtual stand showing our new video (also presented in the main pro-gramme) and AE-strategy documents. Due to limited numbers of side-events compared to non-online conferences, our planned side event on Arctic Ship- ping will take place as an Arctic Frontiers webinar instead, scheduled for April 7thParticipation at the online national SDG conference in Bergen.
Bergen – our beautiful home city.
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## **History and organisation**
Academia Europaea (AE), or The Academy of Europe, is a Pan-European non-for-profit company association of individual scientists and scholars established in 1988. The members are experts and leaders in their own subject areas as recognized by their peers. The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) is independent but affiliated to Academia Europaea.
Academia Europaea operates through its sections and disciplinary classes, but also through a net- work of regional knowledge hubs, so far in Barcelona, Cardiff, Wroclaw, Bergen, Tbilisi, Munich, and Budapest. The Budapest Hub is hosted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, established in December 2020 to support academics, scholars, and independent research in Hungary, facing a challenging political environment.
The AE-Bergen Hub was established in 2014 and hosted by The University of Bergen (UiB) from 2016. UiB sponsors the running of the Hub, including qualified personnel, appropriate spaces and services for its correct operation and full functioning. AE-Bergen is headed by an Academic Direc- tor appointed by UiB, currently AE member (MAE) professor Eystein Jansen (from 2018). The coop- eration agreement between AE and UiB states that the Academic Director, an Advisory Board, and a Steering Group shall ensure strategic direction and activities in line with AE´s purpose and the intentions of the agreement.
## **Academic Director and Hub Administration of AE-Bergen**
Academic Director Professor Eystein Jansen
Eystein.Jansen@uib.no (part time dedication)
Hub Manager Kristin Bakken Kristin.Bakken@uib.no (part time dedication)
Project Manager Trine Steensæth Pedersen Trine.Steenseth@uib.no (part time dedication)
Communication Adviser Nils Olav Sæverås Nils.severas@uib.no (part time dedication)
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## AE-Bergen office and contact
Visitor Address: Muséplassen 1, Bergen
Postal address: The Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub, UiB, Postboks 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway E-mail: AEbergen@uib.no
Website: https://aebergen.w.uib.no
## Advisory Board members in 2020
- Dag Rune Olsen; MAE, Chair, Rector, Professor, Univ. of Bergen, Norway (Medical physics)
- Erland Källen; MAE, Professor, University of Stockholm, Sweden (Meteorology/Climate)
- Marja Makarow; MAE, Professor, Biocenter Finland (Molecular cell biology), President elect of AE
- Björn Wittrock; MAE, Professor Emeritus, Uppsala University and Vice President AE
- Jüri Allik; MAE; Univ. of Tartu, Estonia (Psychology)
- Ole Arve Misund; MAE, Director/Professor Tromsø (Marine and fisheries biology)
- Martin Fernø; MYAE, Professor, University of Bergen (Physics)
## Steering Group members in 2020
- Kjersti Fløttum; MAE, Univ. Bergen (Linguistics)
- Petter Bjørstad; MAE, Univ. Bergen (Informatics)
- Dieter Roerich; MAE, Univ. Bergen (Physics)
- Marit Warncke, CEO Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Svein Sundby, MAE, Professor, Institute for Marine Research, Bergen (Oceanography)
- Anne Gro Salvanes, MAE, Professor, Univ. of Bergen (Marine biology)
- Dag L. Aksnes; MAE, Professor, Univ. of Bergen (Marine biology)
- Sigrid Eskeland Schütz; Professor Univ. of Bergen (Law)
- Matthias Kaiser; Professor, Univ. of Bergen (Philosophy of science)
- Stein Kuhnle; MAE, Professor, Univ. of Bergen (Political science)
- Jessica Jewell; Research scholar/Assoc. prof.,Chalmers Univ/UiB (Energy and Political science)
## **Terms of reference (TOR) for the Advisory Board**
- Formulate an overall strategy for the Hub
- Provide input to the strategic and annual plans of the Hub in terms of meetings, discussions, and events.
- Ensure the development of science advice for policy within the Nordic/Baltic political context.
- Ensure that the Hub is visible and has activities on a Nordic/Baltic scale, including engagement in activities outside
- of the Bergen region.
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- Provide links with international and national academic networks.
• Provide links to AE members and academic environments in the Nordic/Baltic Region and acti- vate these in Hub activities.
## **Terms of reference (TOR) for the Steering Group**
- Develop strategic and annual plans together with the Academic Director and the Hub manage- ment team.
• Develop collaborations and broad linkages with the society of Bergen and Western Norway, such as: The regional academic institutions and research environments, regional and municipal authori- ties and their organisations, regional industry, business environments and industry clusters and the public.
- Link high level academic scholarship with key societal issues, e.g. through the SDGs.
• Stimulate knowledge-based policy development, and actively pursue science for policy options on the national and European levels though existing science for policy mechanisms and other activi- ties, as well as taking part in nominating suitable candidates for such tasks.
• Establish scoping processes to identify policy challenges at the regional, national and/or the Eu- ropean levels that can be enlightened by scientific evidence and advice.
- Propose engagements and opportunities for the Hub in terms of conferences and public events.
- Provide links with international and national academic networks.
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PROMOTING
RESEARCH
EXCELLENCE
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## **INTRODUCTION**
## **Welcome to our Annual Report 2020.**
In the report, we summarise our progress towards meeting the goals we set ourselves for the year. This is the first year of our new Strategic Plan, which runs from 2020 to 2023. When we introduced it, we obviously had no awareness that a pandemic was to arrive in the Spring. Since March, the Cardiff Hub team has been working from home and, with no physical meetings possible, we have had to adapt quickly, developing our online capacity and capability.
On the first of our primary objectives, we have completed work on our third evidence review for the European Commission. The report, _Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment_ , was published by the SAPEA consortium in December. This was the first review to be conducted from beginning to end solely by virtual means rather than physical meetings. The success we have had in fostering a sense of collegiality between members of the expert group has demonstrated that it is possible to collaborate in completely new ways.
Indeed, our willingness to embrace the digital world has become integral to delivering our programme of work. This year, we made the transition from physical to online events, with three major webinars taking place on important topics. One obvious advantage of bringing down barriers of distance and time is that we have been able to attract large international audiences, helping to raise our profile across the world.
Despite the uncertainties that 2021 may bring, we have shown ourselves capable of rising to challenges, and we are developing our sustainability planning with that aim in mind.
I would like to thank members of the Hub Steering Group and, in particular, our first Chair, Sir John Skehel MAE FRS. I am delighted that Sir Mark Walport MAE FRS has become our next Chair, with Sir John continuing to serve as a member of the Group.
## **Professor Ole Petersen**
CBE FMedSci FLSW MAE ML FRS
**Academic Director, Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub**
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**HIGHLIGHTS IN 2020**
**Publication and handover of the SAPEA Evidence Review Report on** _**Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment**_ **, meeting the time schedule agreed with the European Commission**
**Completion and submission of SAPEA’s** _**Sustainability Plan**_ **, the work on which was**
**led by the Cardiff Hub. The Plan is being used by SAPEA to**
**h it f t**
**A successful transition from physical to online events, with three major webinars that attracted a large international audience**
**Further development of the Hub website, with more in- depth content and greater engagement via social media**
**Our achievements are set out in the context of the four priorities in the Strategic Plan 2020-2023:**
1. Continue to play a major role in providing science advice for policymaking
2. Promote excellence through showcasing outstanding research and engaging with our members
3. Build connections with a wider group of stakeholders
4. Aim to achieve ongoing sustainability of the Cardiff Knowledge Hub
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**PRIORITY 1:**
## **Continue to play a major role in providing science advice for policymaking**
Continuing to play a full role in delivering high-quality evidence reviews for policymaking in the SAPEA project and explore other opportunities for providing science advice
The Hub led the latest evidence review undertaken by SAPEA, on the topic of _Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment_ . The review has informed the policy-based Scientific Opinion of the European Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. With the first Working Group meeting taking place at the end of February and regular meetings held throughout the period of the pandemic, this was the first review to be conducted entirely via virtual means. The report was presented to Chair of the Advisors, Professor Nicole Grobert, at the official handover event on 14th December. European Commissioners Gabriel and Sinkevičius were in attendance. There will be an extensive campaign of promotion and outreach throughout 2021.
The Hub oversaw a comprehensive systematic review on the European food policy landscape, on behalf of SAPEA. The systematic review was specifically requested by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors and published in March, alongside SAPEA’s Evidence Review Report, _Towards a Sustainable Food System_ . The systematic review involved a novel partnership between methodologists (members of Cardiff’s Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) and Cardiff University Library Service) and subject experts. An advisory panel was assembled to support the review, chaired by Professor Terry Marsden, Director of Cardiff’s Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE) and including Professor Roberta Sonnino, Director of Cardiff’s Research Centre for Urban and Regional Food Systems (SURF).
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## **Promote excellence through showcasing outstanding research and engaging with our members**
Showcasing outstanding research, particularly by Academia Europaea members, as well as work led by us in projects, for example, SAPEA. We will engage in public debate on topical issues in research, for example, open access, interdisciplinary approaches, research impact, international collaboration, translational research etc.
Producing really engaging online content has been a priority, due to the constraints on physical events brought about by the pandemic. Throughout the year, we have continued to develop our website and social media communications, as well as maintaining traditional formats like the quarterly newsletter, which is sent to the entire AE membership and other key stakeholders.
The website has been a major focus, with the creation of a regular stream of news stories keeping our online homepage fresh and interesting. In particular, we have been collating articles related to COVID-19, written by members of Academia Europaea. Our dedicated COVID-19 page is in the top 5 most popular pages on our website and the series is also featured on AE’s main website.
Our interview series with members of Academia Europaea continues to grow, each interview showcasing their research and exploring views on key issues in their field. In 2020, we published 8 further interviews:
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Professor Barbara Prainsack
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**Professor of Comparative Policy Analysis University of Vienna**
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Professor Yike Guo MAE
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Professor Nils-Eric Sahlin MAE
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Professor Peter Jackson MAE, FBA
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**Baroness Onora O’Neill MAE FBA FRS Member of the House of Lords**
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Professor Martin McKee MAE
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**Professor of European Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine**
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**Chair of the Young Academy of Europe**
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In February, we published a comprehensive event report, _The Future of Research: Assessing the Impact of Plan S_ . The report provides a summary of the talks and discussions that took place at our international symposium, held in collaboration with and hosted by KU Leuven in November 2019.
Everything we feature on our website is the basis for our social media activity. Whilst we undertake some activity on Facebook, Twitter remains our key focus. Our followers have increased significantly this year from 363 to
490. With more followers, we are benefitting from an increasing number of impressions. Our communications via social media successfully raise awareness of the Hub and this in turn drives traffic to the news stories featured on our website and encourages registrations for our events.
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Our concerted efforts to showcase our members’ achievements and promote our work at such a challenging time has resulted in a significantly improved performance in terms of marketing impact, as the table below illustrates.
|**Summary of online marketing impact, comparison between 2019 and**|**Summary of online marketing impact, comparison between 2019 and**|**Summary of online marketing impact, comparison between 2019 and**|**2020. Data from 1st January – 31st December 2020**|**2020. Data from 1st January – 31st December 2020**|
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||Number of visits to the Hub website|7,546|12,986|72.0%|
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||Number of pages viewed on
the Hub website|20,290|28,328|39.6%|
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||Number of new users|5,199|9,893|90.2%|
||Number of impressions|110,833|126,991|14.5%|
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||Number of active user
engagements(e.g. re-tweets, likes)
with the Hub Twitter account|2,254|2,815|24.8%|
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||Number of Twitter followers|363|490|34.9%|
## **PRIORITY 3:**
## **Build connections with the wider group of stakeholders**
Reaching out to and engage with a wider group of Hub stakeholders, including higher education and research institutions, political bodies, academies and the general public.
We started the year with two physical events, both linked to the _Making Sense of Science for Policy_ Evidence Review Report, the work on which was led by the Cardiff Hub.
On 11th February, a well-attended workshop took place at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, to discuss the Evidence Review Report and its implications for policymaking at European and national level. The speakers at the workshop included Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer (then Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors); Professor Ole Petersen (in his capacity as Vice-President, Academia Europaea and Director of the AE Cardiff Hub); Professor Maria Baghramian (SAPEA Working Group) and Professor Peter Halligan (Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales).
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On 30th January, a panel discussion was hosted by the Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE) at Magdalene College, Cambridge University. Speakers at the workshop included Professor Ole Petersen (representing SAPEA and the AE Cardiff Hub), Professor Susan Owens and
Professor Andy Stirling, both members of the Working Group that produced the Evidence Review Report. Following the outbreak of the pandemic, we began making plans for webinars to replace physical events.
In June, the AE Cardiff Hub organised its first ever webinar to support Academia Europaea’s Translational Medicine project. _The Future of Translational Medicine_ attracted an international audience, with almost 300 people from 28 countries participating in the live session. The webinar was sponsored by MDPI and the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Professor Ole Petersen chaired the panel,
which also included Professor Péter Hegyi MAE and Sir Stephen Holgate MAE.
A major international webinar on _Science Advice: What works in a Crisis?_ took place on 16th September as a satellite event of INGSA’s Global Week of Dialogue. Chaired by Professor Ole Petersen and with Sir Mark Walport as discussant,
it featured a distinguished panel of speakers. The event was a collaboration between the Hub, SAPEA, the JRC, the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors and the European Group on Ethics (EGE). Over 240 participants attended the live session from 36 countries and the recording continues to be viewed on YouTube.
A webinar on _Food policy at a time of crisis: What should the future look like?_ took place on World Food Day, 16th October. Chaired by Professor Ole Petersen, the webinar was a collaboration between the Hub, SAPEA, Cardiff’s Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE) and the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. An audience of 160 from 36 countries attended and the webinar is still being viewed on YouTube.
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## **Ensure future sustainability**
Aiming to achieve ongoing sustainability of the Cardiff Knowledge Hub.
In June, SAPEA published its _Sustainability Plan_ , which lays out a roadmap for the consortium’s future development in providing evidence for the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. Overseen by Academia Europaea, the work on the plan was undertaken by the Hub, with an interim report in 2019 and the final Plan in 2020.
We reported last year that the SAPEA project had been extended to end-2021, without additional budget. Over the summer, SAPEA has awarded an extra 600,000 EUR, to be used for science advice activities related to COVID-19. The Cardiff Hub will be able to bid for a share of this budget, in return for undertaking relevant work.
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Academic Director Knowledge Hub Manager Executive Officer Executive Officer (Projects)
Professor Ole Petersen Louise Edwards Juliet Davies Dr Mildred Foster
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## Finance
Under the Cooperation Agreement between Academia Europaea and Cardiff University, the University meets defined salary and non-staff costs. The SAPEA project covers the salary costs of personnel engaged on the project, both in the Hub and Cardiff University Library Services, in addition to associated travel costs.
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## **GOVERNANCE**
The Hub Steering Group plays an important role in shaping the Hub’s future priorities and activities. In 2020, AE Cardiff was delighted to welcome two new members to its Steering Group, Sir Mark Walport and Professor Rudolf Allemann. Sir Mark Walport FRS MAE was the UK’s Government Chief Scientific Adviser between 2013 and 2017 and the Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2017 to 2020. Professor Rudolf Allemann FLSW is Pro Vice-Chancellor of International and Student Recruitment at Cardiff University. In September, Sir Mark Walport was announced as the new AE Cardiff Hub Steering Group Chair, succeeding Sir John Skehel FRS MAE.
The following distinguished scientists and scholars serve on the Group and we thank them for their support:
**Rudolf Allemann** FLSW **Yves Barde** MAE FRS **Nora de Leeuw** FLSW **Dianne Edwards** CBE FLSW FRS MAE **Theo D’haen** MAE **Donald Dingwell** MAE
**Sir Stephen Holgate** CBE MAE **Genoveva Martí** MAE **Colin Riordan** FLSW **Sir John Skehel** FRS MAE (Chair until 16th September 2020) **John Tucker** FLSW MAE Sir Mark Walport FRS MAE (Chair from 16th September 2020)
AE Cardiff Hub Steering Group Meeting, 1st December 2020, chaired by Sir Mark Walport, attended by AE President- elect Marja Makarow
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## **Academia Europaea Tbilisi Knowledge Hub**
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## 1. Organization
## 2. Highlights of 2020
3. Distinguished Seminar Series
4. Workshops and Competitions
5. Management and Resources
The _AE_ Tbilisi Knowledge Hub is operating since 2019 and is hosted by Tbilisi State University. It is headed by an Academic Director, appointed by the Rector of the Tbilisi State University, currently David Prangishvili, MAE. The Academic Director and the Advisory Board ensure the strategic direction and activities of the Hub.
**ALEXANDER TSISKARIDZE**
**DAVID LORTKIPANIDZE**
**DAVID PRANGISHVILI**
**EVA KONDOROSI**
**GEORGE GEGELASHVILI**
**GEORGE SHARVASHIDZE**
**MARJA MAKAROW**
**MERAB KOKAIA**
**MIKHEIL CHKHENKELI**
**ZAAL KOKAIA**
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**www.aetbilisihub.org** Creation and further development of the _AE_ Tbilisi Knowledge Hub website
Inauguration of the project “Gelati Academy – the Medieval Center for Science and Education Amidst Eastern and Western Christianity”
Organisation of scientific-creative competition for children “Draw me a Neutrino!”
Organization of public seminars in the framework of the Distinguished Seminar Series (DSS) using electronic platforms
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In the framework of DSS four public seminars were organized last year aimed at popularization of various fields of science and encouraging the exchange of ideas at “ _The Crossroads_ ” - across the barriers of disciplines, time and space. Due to the pandemic situation, these seminars were conducted online.
On May 26, 2020, the seminar **"The Way to Independence - 102[nd] Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Georgia"** with the participation of Beka Kobakhidze - _Oxford University, Center for the Study of Russia and Eastern Europe (UK);_ Irakli Khvadagiani - _Research Laboratory of the Soviet Past (Tbilisi, Georgia)_ and George Astamadze - _Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)_ . The seminar covered the European historical context of the foundation and the three-year period of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921).
On November 27, 2020, the seminar **"The US Electoral System and The 2020 Elections"** , with the participation of professors and doctoral students of _Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University_ : Teimuraz Papaskiri, Vasil Kacharava, Sofia Kobakhidze and George Labadze, was devoted to the peculiarities and current internal and foreign political processes, the specifics of the electoral system of the US, which creates an important climate in international relations on the example of the countries of the Transcaucasian region.
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## **Distinguished Seminar Series** _**The Crossroads**_
On December 10, 2020, the seminar **"The History of the Georgian Manuscripts"** , with participation of Nestan Chkhikvadze and Maia Matchavariani, _K. Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts_ and Darejan Tvaltvadze, _Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University_ . The seminar has been focused on issues of Georgian cultural heritage, its diversity and European dimensions.
On December 22, 2020, the seminar: **"KM3NeT - European research infrastructure at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea"** ; professor of _Tbilisi State University_ Revaz Shanidze presented a brief overview of the project implemented by the KM3NeT community through the research infrastructure in the Mediterranean Sea, which aims at a comprehensive study of neutrino physics and astrophysics.
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## **“Gelati Academy – the Medieval Center for Science and Education Amidst Eastern and Western Christianity”**
## 3-4 October, 2020
The _Academia Europaea_ Tbilisi Knowledge Hub - in collaboration with _Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)_ and _the Center of the for Eastern Christian Studies of TSU_ – has launched a big project **“Gelati Academy – the Medieval Center for Science and Education Amidst Eastern and Western Christianity”** , with the objective to introduce the Gelati Academy as one of the oldest and most important scientific and educational centers in the Christendom to the wider international community. The project was inaugurated at the special workshop organized by the Hub on October 3-4 in Telavi, the center of Kakheti region.
_Gelati Academy was founded in 1106 next to Gelati Monastery (West Georgia) on the initiative of the Georgian King David the Builder. Here David brought together the most prominent Georgian scholars of that time contributing to the establishment of the Gelati Academy as one of the most important theological-scientific and educational centers of the Christiandom. At the end of the 11th c., after the closing of the Academy of Mangana (Constantinople, Byzantine Empire) and the Seljuk conquest of Jerusalem, according to the King David’s historian, the Gelati Academy became “a second Jerusalem of all the East for the learning of all that is of value, for teaching of knowledge – a second Athens, far exceeding the first in divine law, a canon for all ecclesiastical splendors”. The curriculum of the Academy mainly included the subjects of trivium (geometry, arithmetic, music) and quadrium (three types of philosophy, three types of rhetoric, grammar and astronomy)._
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## **Academia E uropaea C a r diff Knowledge Hub “Gelati Academy – the Medieval Center for Science and Education Amidst Eastern and Western Christianity”** 3-4 October, 2020
Representatives of the following scientific centers and organizations have participated in the workshop organized by the _Academia Europaea_ Tbilisi Knowledge Hub: _Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), TSU Center of the Eastern Christian Studies, TSU Institute of Art History and Theory, Gelati Academy of Sciences, K. Kekelidze National Center of the Georgian Manuscripts, Georgian National Museum, Kutaisi State Historical Museum, G. Chubinashvili National Research Center for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation, V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Kutaisi Historical-Archaeological Reserve of the Georgian Cultural Heritage Protection Agency._
The participants discussed in details the objectives of the project and the subsequent steps of their implementation. The following action plan was identified: The establishment of a braintrust - a group of experts from various fields responsible for scientific content, strategy and implementation of the project; the organization of meetings of this group on regular basis.
_1._ The preparation of series of TV lectures for a broad audience on the significance of the Gelati Academy in the medieval European scientific and educational space;
_2._ The organization in September 2021 in Kutaisi of a specific workshop;
_3._ The organization in June 2022 of an international conference entitled “Gelati – the intellectual center of the medieval Christian World”;
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— on the basis of available studies and their complex analysis — will highlight the impact of the Gelati Academy on the cultural life of the Christendom and on the development of various fields of medieval arts and sciences - history, philosophy, philology, architecture, fine arts and music.
The presentations given at the workshop concerned (1) Excavations on the territory of Gelati Monastery (presenter Roland Isakadze, _Kutaisi Historical-Archaeological Reserve_ ), and (2) Gelati Chant School, illustrated by life performance of church hymns from Gelati Chant School by the choir of the Alaverdi Cathedral (presenter Magda Sukhiashvili, _Tbilisi State Conservatory_ ).
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In collaboration with The Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) - The European research infrastructure, the Hub has co-organized the scientific-creative competition "Draw me a Neutrino", aimed for three age groups of children: children below 12, were asked to draw Electronic Neutrino, for the age between 13-19 the task was to draw Meon Neutrino, and for 20 years and above – the task was to draw Tau Neutrino. On the 4th November 2020, the winners were revealed. Due to the current pandemic situation, the award ceremony attended by 500 representatives from 16 countries was held through an electronic platform.
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Academic Director David Prangishvili, _MAE_ Email: david.prangishvili@tsu.ge david.prangishvili@pasteur.fr
Executive Director (Manager) Sofia Kobakhidze Email: sofia.kobakhidze@tsu.ge
Executive Officer: Maia Matchavariani Email: maia.matchavariani@tsu.ge
Officer: Medea Abramishvili Email: medea.abramishvili@tsu.ge
## **Academia Europaea Tbilisi Knowledge Hub**
Address: 6, Mikheil Tamarashvili Str. Tbilisi, Georgia, 0177 Tel.: 322 250484
www.aetbilisihub.org E-mail: info@aetbilisihub.org
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## Annex 7 Graz 2020 report
## **Introduction**
Academia Europae Graz Information Centre was established in 2010 in an effort to increase the visibility of the Academy and its members. The Graz Information Centre is also responsible for the development and application of the nomination system and membership administration and registration. The AE-Info Server (http://www.ae-info.org, http://www.acadeuro.org) is hosted and operated by ISDS (Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science), Graz University of Technology.
## **Website Tasks**
- Web presentation of the Academy
- Presentations of the members of the Academy and their achievements
- Presentations of the individual sections of the Academy
## **Activities 2020**
- 1977 pages edited
- 1104 documents uploaded
- 90 News items posted
- 20 Events posted
- Generation and posting of membership statistics
- Management and upload of administrative pages (board meeting documents, council meeting documents, AGM documents, etc.)
- Creation of new website areas/(re)structuring of existing website areas
- Changes and improvements of navigation functionalities
- Support of the Knowledge Hubs regarding contact data, statistics, mail lists etc.
- Re-assignment of members from the Social Sciences and Behavioural sections. About 100 members responded and were manually re-assigned to the new sections
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## **Database (technical part)**
The Graz Information Centre maintains and develops the membership database of the Academy.
## **Activities 2020**
- Restructuring of Sections of Class A2
- As a result of this restructuring, all members from section Behavioural Sciences were temporarily moved to section The Human Mind and its Complexity and all members from section Social Sciences were temporarily moved to section Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space.
- All original members from the sections Social Sciences and Behavioural Sciences were contacted and re-assigned to the new sections.
- Academia Europaea Voting Application
- A voting app was implemented on the AE-Info website. So far, 4 ballots have been held, among others:
- the extension of the Presidency of Professor Sierd Cloetingh
- `o` the election of the future President of the Academy
- Email Addresses on Member Pages
- email addresses and the website user IDs were hidden on member pages
- Anonymous access to the AE-Info website: no email addresses are displayed tothe general public.
- For members who are logged in: email addresses of other members will be displayed. (This is a service for the members in search of other colleagues and members.)
- Members can choose if their email address is displayed to other members or not.
## **Database (content)**
The Graz Information Centre updates and administers the membership database of the Academy.
## **Activities 2020**
- Registration of changes in contact data information
- Search for contact data of unreachable members
- Registration of deaths
- 43 deaths registered
- Search for deceased members
- Generation and provision of mail lists for section chairs
- Supply of membership information for section chairs
- Regular database updates sent to London and Wroclaw
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## **Nomination Process**
The electronic “nomination” and “acceptance” workflows operated by the Graz Information Centre support the nomination and acceptance procedures.
## **Activities 2020**
- Adaptation of the nomination/acceptance forms:
- Adaptation of the nomination/acceptance reflecting the changes in Class A2
- Assistance to members concerning the filling in of the nomination files
- 442 nominations registered
- Upload of nominations to the website, update and administration of access rights
- Electronic notification to class and section chairs
- Administration of section assessments
- Mails to 355 elected members
- 351 new members registered
- 1053 member pages edited, upload of photos
- Mails to non-respondents
- Administration of acceptances
## **Technical Support**
The Graz Information Centre hosts the AE-Info server.
## **Activities 2020**
- Control and tests of server
- Improvement of backup strategies for the AE-Info website (setup of a standby backup system)
- Continuous maintenance and update of the server operating system and database management system
- Improvement of the "watchdog system" for monitoring the correct operation of the AE-Info server
- Access to the AE-Info website only possible via secure, encrypted communication (https protocol)
## **Twitter**
The Twitter account of the Academy was created in 2015.
**Activities 2020**
- 1477 Twitter followers by 2020
- 31 tweets and 68 re-tweets posted
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## Staff
Technical Director **Helmut Leitner**
Chief Technical Officer **Robert Hoffmann**
Administrator **Dana Kaiser**
## Contact
Academia Europaea Graz Information Centre ISDS, Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16c A-8010 Graz /Austria Tel: +43 (0)316-8735637 - office@ae info.org
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## **ACADEMIA EUROPAEA WROCŁAW KNOWLEDGE HUB 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT**
## **LECTURE BY PROF. PETER GÄRDENFORS** _**HOW HOMO BECAME SAPIENS**_ **– 12 MARCH, 2020**
On March 12, 2020, Academia Europaea Wroclaw Knowledge Hub, The International Center for Formal Ontology, the Academia of Young Scholars and Artists and Institute of Philosophy of the University of Wrocław organized a meeting, that was a part of the "Philosophical Tuesdays". The keynote speaker - prof. Peter Gärdenfors, member of Academia Europaea, gave a lecture on _How Homo Became Sapiens._
Prof. Gärdenfors is a cognitive scientist whose main area of research is decision theory, philosophy of science and language evolution. He is the author of such books as "Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces", "Conceptual Spaces: Geometry of Thought" and Homo Became Sapiens: On the Evolution of Thinking".
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## **ONLINE CONFERENCE** _**MEDIA (&) LIFE AFTER/DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC**_ **– 26 OCTOBER, 2020**
Academia Europaea Wrocław Knowledge Hub in cooperation with the Institute of Social Communication and Media at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and the Institute of International Studies of the University of Wrocław organized a conference titled "Media (&) Life After / During Covid-19 Pandemic" on October 26, 2020.
Media and social communication researchers from Europe participated in the discussion and presented the results of their research: the topics focused on the present and future of communication and media science in the face of changes brought by the pandemic, as one of the titles summs up: "Pandemic in media and media in a pandemic". Among the topics discussed by the speakers, various analyzes were made: how social distancing was experienced in the digital age; does the media informs or disinforms more nowadays, and what is the current impact on the moods and behaviors.
There was a place for discussion about new features such us ”infodemia”: for the first time in history, news concerning the corona virus were spread viral through _digital mass-self communication_ . Digital ethics was also discussed – how autothorities can track, control and manage relationships and interpesonal interactions during the pandemic.
The eight main speakers at the event were members of the Academia Europaea, from the Film, Media and Visual Studies Section. The expert debate was followed by sessions allocating speeches by 24 scientists on current projects in the field of media science and social communication.
Over 30 speakers from 20 different research centers around the world were present. The event was open for public via the Big Marker platform. 160 participants from over 30 countries participated in the conference. The footage from the event is available at: https://vimeo.com/473492633/8314f9f208
## **WORKSHOP:** _**MEDIATIZATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE: MEDIA AND LOVE**_ **–** _**TRANSFORMATION OF EMOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS**_ **” – 16 NOVEMBER, 2020**
On November 16, 2020, Academia Europaea Wrocław Knowledge Hub and Marie Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin organized a full-day workshop entitled: _Mediatization of everyday life: Media and love - transformation of emotions and relationships_ . The online event took place via the Google Meets platform.
The event was participated by scientists from 5 continents, 12 countries and 20 cities: Poland (Lublin, Olsztyn, Poznań, Wrocław), the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Tillburg), Canada (Toronto, Ontario), Great Britain (Cambridge, Syrracuse), Finland (Juvaskyla), Hungary (Budapest), Algeria (Algiers), Sweden (Orebro), Brazil (Sau Paulo). The workshop was closed to the public - as it was designed as an expert event during which researchers shared results from their research and described the current state of it; discussed on their future development and due to the multitude of opinions, could look wider on the case of media and social communication.
The workshop was started and conducted by Prof. Mark Deuze from the University of Amsterdam.
The event lasted over 10 hours and resulted in a constant discussion with the highest activity of participants - the option of chat and ongoing questioning turned out to be highly effective. The participants declared to submit their articles to the planned post-workshop publication.