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New methods to study health inequalities require investments in data infrastructures, European academies report says
Monday, 15 November 2021A new generation of scientific methods are helping to better understand health inequalities in Europe, but investments in data infrastructures are required to make use of its full potential for informing policymaking,...
World academies launch an action plan to combat both climate change and biodiversity decline
Friday, 22 October 2021The new IAP Statement ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity: Interlinkages and policy options’ highlights that climate and biodiversity policies are currently insufficiently connected and addressing climate change and...
The Mediterranean and Middle East regions are “hotspots” for climate change-related health risks
Thursday, 14 October 2021The new workshop report “Tackling the effects of climate change on health in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions” includes assessments from the region and recommendations for policy-makers and the scientific...
Research Bureaucracy: Celtic Academies Alliance response
Thursday, 14 October 2021Working in partnership with the Learned Society of Wales (LSW) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the RIA has responded to the UK independent review of research bureaucracy. The response was prepared by a working group...
Climate and Biodiversity Crisis: 16 Critical Fields for World Leaders to Act Upon to Safeguard Human Civilisation
Tuesday, 24 August 2021The urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises requires closer coordination between UNFCCC and CBD
Call for Proposals: Wolf Prize 2022
Wednesday, 18 August 2021In accordance with the Wolf Prize principle of rotation, candidate(s) for the 2022 prize can be nominated only in the following five fields: Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Agriculture, and Architecture.
World academies’ put regenerative medicine opportunities and challenges in the spotlight
Wednesday, 4 August 2021A new IAP Statement highlights medical opportunities in addressing the causes of disease and warns against the misuse of regenerative medicine technologies – also when it comes to the proposed use of stem cells to...
Watch: Learning from Covid 19 How Science Can Help Build Global Resilience
Friday, 9 July 2021British Embassy Glencairn Conversations, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy.
Call for Nominations of experts to take part in a SAPEA Working Group on ‘Strategic crisis management in the EU: Improving EU crisis prevention, preparedness, response and resilience’
Thursday, 8 July 2021The main question to be addressed is: ‘’Based on a broad and multidisciplinary understanding, how can the EU improve its strategic crisis management?’’
Publication of SAPEA report on 'A Systemic Approach to the Energy Transition in Europe'
Tuesday, 6 July 2021Energy transition needs to accelerate urgently, says EU’s Scientific Advice Mechanism.