Academic Management#

The scholarly interests of the Academia are managed through a class and section structure.

On election, all members are assigned to a section. At the present time there are twenty-three academic sections covering:

• History & Archaeology; Classics & Oriental Studies; Linguistic Studies; Literary & Theatrical Studies; Musicology and Art History; Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies; Film, Media and Visual Studies

• Economics, Business and Management Sciences; Governance, Institutions and Policies; Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space; Law; Social Change and Social Thought; The Human Mind and its Complexity

• Mathematics; Informatics; Physics; Chemical Sciences; Earth and Cosmic Sciences; Engineering

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Cell and Development Biology; Physiology and Neuroscience; Ecology and Evolution; and Basic and Clinical Translational Sciences

Each section has a committee of its members to provide a focus for interaction with members. The chairs of the section committees are de facto members of the Council of the Academia Europaea. Each Class has a Chair to coordinate the assessment process and develop the membership structure and composition policy in consultation with the Council and on behalf of the Board of Trustees. Policy for the election of Class Chairs.

Section committees operate under rules of procedure and terms of reference.

Each section has the responsibility for assessing potential new members of the Academia and for developing activities of relevance to that domain.

For the purposes of nomination and election of new members to the Academy sections are grouped into one of four Classes. These are: #

• Class A1 - Humanities and Arts Class Chair: Poul Holm, Deputy Class Chair: Göran Bolin

• Class A2 - Social and Related Sciences Class Chair: Björn Wittrock, Deputy Class Chair: Shalini Randeria

• Class B - Exact Sciences Class Chair: Paolo Papale

• Class C - Life Sciences Class Chair: Éva Kondorosi

Each Class has a Chair to coordinate the assessment process and develop the membership structure and composition policy in consultation with the Council and on behalf of the Board of Trustees.

See also how to become a member.

Documents

• The current list of Section Chairs and committee members (effective from 1st January 2025, updated 2nd June 2025)

• Section Committees: structure, management, objectives

• Policy for the election of Class Chairs

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