Topics are suggested by the academies themselves or are assigned to EASAC by European institutions like the European Commission and European Parliament. Statements over the past three years have focused on a range of issues including synthetic biology, concentrated solar energy, biodiversity and ecosystem services, the effects of climate change on infectious diseases, and the groundwater situation in southern Europe. For more information about EASAC, visit www.easac.eu.

EASAC Head Office at the Leopoldina

In 2010 EASAC moved its head office from the British Royal Society to the Leopoldina. Since then, the Leopoldina has provided substantial support for many EASAC activities. Members of the Leopoldina are represented in its three steering panels (advisory committees for energy, environment and biosciences) as well as in all of EASAC’s working groups. Attended by members of the EU national academies EASAC events often take place at the Leopoldina. At EASAC’s tenth anniversary celebration on 7 November 2011, Federal Minister Annette Schavan gave an official speech in the Palace of the Academies in Brussels.

The EASAC office is responsible for organising and setting up the meeting agendas for all of EASAC’s committees, advisory and working groups. The office also works closely with IAP, the global network of science academies, whose European affiliation is performed by EASAC. The office also works with EU politicians and in this regard is supported by an EASAC office in Brussels, which is hosted by the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium.