Monday, 15. April 2013 - The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the French Académie des sciences are set to collaborate even more closely in future. Today in Paris, Leopoldina President, Prof. Jörg Hacker, and the President of the French national academy, Prof. Phillipe Taquet, signed a cooperation agreement consolidating the already close ties between the two institutions.
Thursday, 28. February 2013 - The InterAcademy Panel (IAP) has elected Professor Volker ter Meulen as one of its two co-chairs at its General Assembly in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The former Leopoldina President and the second re-elected co-chair Professor Mohamed H.A. Hassan, former President of the African Academy of Sciences, will lead IAP, an association of over 100 scientific academies from all over the world, for the next three years.
Joint press release by the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg and the Leopoldina
Monday, 28. January 2013 - A growing number of infections worldwide are caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics – and ever fewer effective antibiotics are available. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to treat infected patients successfully. In the statement, “Antibiotic Research: Problems and Perspectives”, which was published today, the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina list eight recommendations that show ways to prevent the further spread of antibiotic resistance and to develop urgently needed antibiotics.
Wednesday, 14. November 2012 - The working meeting of the project team “The History of the Leopoldina” from Humboldt University Berlin and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has as its central concern the interrelationships and the interdependencies that existed between the distinguishing ideologies of the 20th century and the science academies of the time. The sessions, operating under the title “Science Academies in the Era of Ideologies. Political Upheavals – scientific challenges – institutional conformity,” will take place between 22 and 24 November 2012 at the Leopoldina in Halle.
Monday, 12. November 2012 - Violence is escalating in Syria, and it is also targeted at doctors and other people caring for the wounded. The Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is helping doctors and medical staff in the country as well as calling for basic human rights to be upheld. In cooperation with a large number of university hospitals in Germany, the HRC is organising medical assistance for seriously wounded Syrian medical personnel. Doctors at University Hospital Tübingen recently began treating a Syrian paramedic who lost a hand and received other serious injuries while attempting to deliver medical supplies to the civilian population in the town of Ranqus.
Monday, 12. November 2012 - In late October, Italian scientists have been sentenced for supposedly not having warned sufficiently against the severe earthquake of L'Aquila 2009. On occasion of this verdict, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the French Académie des sciences publish a statement concerning the handling of risks situations by scientists.
Wednesday, 17. October 2012 - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, and TRIESTE, Italy — To encourage researchers around the world to adhere to universal science values and ethical behavior, a new report on responsible science has been issued by the InterAcademy Council and the IAP – the global network of science academies. The report is the first product of the IAC and IAP's project on scientific integrity, initiated in response to several major trends reshaping the research enterprise, including the increasingly global and interdisciplinary nature of science, its heightened role in policy debates, and the continued emergence of high-profile cases of irresponsible research behavior in many countries.
Joint press release by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Jacobs Foundation
Monday, 15. October 2012 - The myths and legends about birth rates and fertility have been confronted with the facts now that the interdisciplinary academy group “A Future with Children – Fertility and Development of Society” has published its findings. As demographics have changed, the question of whether people will decide to have children in the future urgently arises – but scientists do not see the number of children as being of primary importance but rather the quality of life for both children and parents. That is the final conclusion of an informed analysis undertaken by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The Jacobs Foundation made this research project possible through a subsidy of 1.25 million euros. The scientists´ recommendations identify what changes need to be made in our society in order that parents and children will be content with their lot – both today and in the future.
Saturday, 22. September 2012 - On September 21st, in the run-up to the Academy´s Annual Assembly in Berlin, the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences´ Senate confirmed the psychologist Ursula M. Staudinger (Bremen) for a second term of office as Vice-President of the Leopoldina and elected the engineering scientist Professor Sigmar Wittig (Karlsruhe) as the new Secretary of Class I (Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Engineering). He replaces the physicist Professor Herbert Gleiter (Karlsruhe), who did not stand again as a candidate due to commitments resulting from foreign assignments.
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