"to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society"
News
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2012-05-10
At the General Meeting on 11 April 2012 Gert Brodin and Gunnar Malmberg, Professors at Umeå University, Magnus Johannesson, Professor at Stockholm School of Economics, Bo Rothstein, Professor at University of Gothenburg and Kerstin Sahlin, Professor at Uppsala University, were elected members of the Academy.
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2012-04-12
At the General Meeting on 14 mars Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, was elected to the Academy's Class for humanities and for outstanding services to science.
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2012-03-05
At the General Meeting on 18 January 2012 Per Ahlberg, Uppsala University, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Uppsala University, Bernt Eric Uhlin, Umeå University, Sven Widmalm, Uppsala University, Donald E. Canfield, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Stanislav Smirnov, University of Geneva, Switzerland, were elected members of the Academy.
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2012-02-07
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has appointed Professor Barbara Cannon as President, starting on 1 July 2012 for a period of three years.
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Science in society
Two State of the Science conferences and a hearing were held in 2010, which are available as video on demand. The aim was to deepen and systematise our knowledge of trends and socio-demographic differences and our understanding of the connections between school, learning and mental health.
Science in society
Events
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2012-05-21 Symposium:
The symposium is held in honour of Bert Bolin - one of the 20th century world leaders in Atmospheric and Climate Science. What can
climate variations during the past few thousand years tell us
about the sensitivity of the climate system and about the relative
importance of natural and anthropogenic contributions
to the global warming during the past century?
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2012-05-22 Teacher's seminar :
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2012-05-23 Seminar:
What can climate variations during the past few thousand years tell us about the sensitivity of the climate system? The symposium will be webcasted live here and later published as video on demand at http://kvatv.se
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KVATV.se
Watch the entire seminar at KVATV.se
EU Energy Roadmap 2050
Dr. Christian Kirchsteiger, Directorate-General Energy, European Commission, Belgium. Introductions by Prof. Staffan Normark and Prof. Harry Frank, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Education
The Academy has long considered it important to foster the teaching of science and mathematics in Swedish schools. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the Academy has initiated and become involved in many activities seeking to improve school teaching and attract people to learn natural science.
Education
Grants/Funding
Scholarships available for application at present:
Grants/Funding
Prizes
Welcome to The Crafoord Days in Lund 14 to 15 May! On 14 May, two parallel prize symposia (astronomy and mathematics) will be held. The prize lectures and the prize award ceremony will both be held on 15 May.
The Crafoord Prizes
The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 are about the accelerating expansion of the Universe, quasicrystals, that has given us a new understanding of matter, and the art of distinguishing between cause and effect in the macroeconomy.
The Nobel Prizes 2011
Members
At the General Meeting on 11 April 2012 Gert Brodin and Gunnar Malmberg, Professors at Umeå University, Magnus Johannesson, Professor at Stockholm School of Economics, Bo Rothstein, Professor at University of Gothenburg and Kerstin Sahlin, Professor at Uppsala University, were elected members of the Academy.
Members
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien