THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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EASAC report released: Towards an International Plastics Treaty

Friday, 2 February 2024

Systemic failures are driving rapid growth in production, consumption and leakage of plastics in the marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments, shows a new EASAC Commentary. The summary of the latest scientific...

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Open Consultation on Innovative Outputs in the Humanities

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

The ALLEA Working Group E-Humanities has launched an open consultation concerning draft recommendations on recognising digital scholarly outputs in the humanities.

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Event Report on International Reflections on STEM Education

Thursday, 2 February 2023

An event report has now been published summarising the key take-aways from the recent symposium “International Reflections on STEM Education”. 

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Call for Applications: The British Academy-Royal Irish Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium 'The Future'

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

The Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy are inviting applications from early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences for grant funding to attend a research collaboration symposium on the broad...

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Building an ERA that fosters Academic Freedom and Excellence

Thursday, 29 September 2022

In a new statement, the Royal Irish Academy as a member of the ALLEA European Research Area Working Group sets priorities for building a new European Research Area (ERA) and for implementing the Policy Action Points...

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SAPEA Call for Nomination of Experts: Towards Sustainable Food Consumption

Wednesday, 3 August 2022

SAPEA are seeking experts to sit on a new SAPEA Working Group on ’Towards Sustainable Food Consumption’.

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2022 IAP Young Physician Leaders (YPL) Programme - Call for candidates

Friday, 17 June 2022

The InterAcademy Partnership is seeking candidates for the 12th IAP Young Physician Leaders Programme to be held on 13-18 October 2022 in conjunction with the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, 16-18 October 2022.

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Call for applications: European fund for displaced scientists

Thursday, 26 May 2022

ALLEA is officially launching the call for applications for the European Fund for Displaced Scientists (EFDS). This call pertains to Funding Line 1 of the EFDS, set up to support academic institutions in Europe that are...

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Planned execution of disaster medicine scholar Ahmadreza Djalali must be halted immediately

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

The Royal Irish Academy expresses grave concern for the well-being of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish scholar of disaster medicine, who is at imminent risk of execution.

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Towards Climate Sustainability of the Academic System in Europe and Beyond

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

The academic system is not exempt from imperatives to transition to climate sustainability, new report from European Academies claims

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