"to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society"

News

Fast-tracking Swedish Environmental Researchers into International Networks – a new secretariat for global environmental and natural resource issues established at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2010-06-15 In cooperation with several Swedish funders of scientific research, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is establishing a new secretariat – the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS) – in order to facilitate Swedish researchers’ participation and leadership in international research programmes about sustainable development.
New foreign members elected to the academy
2010-05-26 At the General Meeting on 19 May Professor Simon K. Donaldson at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, UK, and Paola Eerola, Professor of experimental elementary particle physics at the University of Helsinki, Finland, were elected as foreign members of the Academy.
Staffan Normark elected new Permanent Secretary of the Academy
2010-04-15 On 14 April the Academy decided to appoint Professor Staffan Normark as new Permanent Secretary from 1 July 2010. He will succeed Professor Gunnar Öquist who has held the position since 2003.
Physicist and architect elected to the Academy
2010-04-28 At the General Meeting on 14 April Claes-Göran Wahlström, Professor of Physics and head of Atom Physics division at Department of Physics, Lund University, and architect Johan Celsing were elected members of the Academy.

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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

The fifth International Rubiaceae and Gentianales Conference
2010-09-06 Conference:
Ecohydrology seminar with Stockholm Water Prize Laureates
2010-09-07 Seminar:
Geologins dag 2010
2010-09-11 Science days:
7th International Key Symposium on “Molecular Basis of Applied Biological Therapeutics”
2010-09-12 Symposium: Symposium entitled “Molecular Basis of Applied Biological Therapeutics” will be arranged in honour of Professor Axel Key, who was a member of the Academy, chairman of Karolinska Institutet in the mid 19th century, and a pioneer in clinical medicine.

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Video

Molecular Frontiers symposium: Alternative energy and molecules

Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer as a route to high efficiency solar cells, Alan Heeger

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

The application period for scholarships allocated this autumn will close on 31/8 (scholarships for stay in Japan is available in all disciplines):

Grants/Funding

Prizes

Announcements of this year's Nobel and Economic sciences prizes

Physics: 5 October, 11.45 am at the earliest
Chemistry: 6 October, 11.45 am at the earliest
Economic sciences: 11 October, 1 pm at the earliest
The press conferences are webcasted live and pressreleases, popular science texts and scientific backgrounds will be published here.

The Nobel Prizes

Each year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards many prizes in recognition of distinguished achievements. Mostly to researchers, but sometimes to teachers, writers and translators.

Prizes

Members

At the General Meeting on 19 May Professor Simon K. Donaldson at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, UK, and Paola Eerola, Professor of experimental elementary particle physics at the University of Helsinki, Finland, were elected as foreign members of the Academy.

Members

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