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Published volume by ALLEA President and Vice-President on the role of Academies in Europe, 16 December 2011, Amsterdam
16-12-2011
ALLEA President Jüri Engelbrecht and Vice-President Nicholas Mann publish a volume on the history and role of Academies in rejuvenating and advancing science in Europe.
The volume comprises a number of essays by the ALLEA President and Vice-President in which they highlight some of the unique functions of Academies in promoting science and education in Europe and elsewhere. Among the many topics dealt with, essays touch on the potentialities for collaboration and division on labour between the various science organisations in Europe, as well as on the solidarity between Academies and the scientific communities they represent, and the shared ambition to identify and nurture excellence in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. N. Mann expands on an earlier publication (Annual Report 2009) in which a detailed account of the various activities of Academies in support of young researchers was given (Young Academies etc.). Next to two more essays that illustrate the scientific interests of Engelbrecht and Mann, there is a selected list of some of the more important science policy speeches given by the President in the course of the last years of their presidential tenure.
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The Sum of the Parts: ALLEA and Academies