Our Cardiff Hub has published its Annual Report for 2025, its final report before closing at the end of the year.
We take the opportunity to take stock of the Hub’s ten years, to celebrate all it has achieved and to look forward to Cardiff University’s continuing role in the European Scientific Advice Mechanism.
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Posted 10th October 2025. For more information contact aecardiffhub@cardiff.ac.uk
Professor Péter Hegyi MAE, Director of the Academia Europaea Budapest Hub, has been awarded the Robert F. Pitts Lectureship at the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Congress 2025.
Academia Europaea is proud to announce that 25 of its Members have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants in the latest round of funding.
The ERC has allocated a total of €721 million in its latest Advanced Grant competition. These grants are among the most competitive in Europe, supporting established research leaders with a proven track record of significant achievements. Out of 2,534 proposals, 281 outstanding researchers from across Europe were selected for funding, 25 of whom are Members of Academia Europaea:
Academia Europaea Cardiff is taking action to support Ukrainian researchers facing scientific isolation due to war. In collaboration with Odesa National Medical University, we are launching a pilot initiative to connect Ukrainian PhD students with academic mentors across Europe.
The first five years of the 2020s have seen policymakers wrestling with major challenges, including the global pandemic, international military conflicts and significant political and economic uncertainty, as well as the escalating impacts of climate change.
What lessons have we learned from recent crises in terms of how science advice mechanisms perform? What remains to be done to strengthen our science advice ecosystems, infrastructures, processes and practices to deal with what lies ahead?
This webinar, held on 13th May, was a side event to the European Scientific Advice Mechanism 2025 Conference, Building bridges: shaping Europe’s science-for-policy-landscape.
We were delighted to welcome back some of the international panel who debated this topic with us in 2022, alongside new experts and perspectives:
Professor Pearl Dykstra MAE, Professor of Empirical Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam and former Deputy Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
The European Chapter of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA), held its inaugural conference on 31st March and 1st April 2025 at Queen’s College Oxford.
The event marked an important milestone in the expansion of INGSA, a global network dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practice in science advice.
In early March 2025, Nobel laureates Serge Haroche and Ferenc Krausz MAE visited Ukraine to deliver academic lectures and demonstrate solidarity with the nation’s academic community and the people of Ukraine. They presented a Nobel Appeal endorsed by 131 Nobel laureates globally, from a wide range of disciplines.
On 4th March, they held a symposium titled 100 Years of Quantum Physics in the shelter of Kyiv National University, highlighting how curiosity-driven research in quantum physics has led to groundbreaking discoveries and technologies. The following day they travelled to Kharkiv and visited a secondary school that housed one of the first underground educational facilities in Ukraine. Most children in the Kharkiv region have been out of school for more than 5 years due to the pandemic and subsequent war, and the students expressed gratitude for the opportunity to continue their education in person.
The delegation also toured the School of Physics and Technology and an abandoned residential area in northern Kharkiv, both severely damaged during the initial stages of the full-scale invasion. These visits underscored the profound impact of the conflict on educational institutions and residential communities. Throughout their visit, Professors Haroche and Krausz observed the resilience and determination of the Ukrainian people in defending their freedom and democratic values amidst ongoing aggression.
Published 28th March 2025. For more information contact AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk
Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) covers a range of technologies that have the potential to cool the Earth’s climate. SRM is therefore the subject of intense and controversial debate around whether it might provide a means to tackle global warming and the devastating impacts of climate change.
Three major reports have recently been published by the European Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) and the European Group on Ethics (EGE). Between them, they set out the evidence and present policy recommendations on SRM to the European Commission.
At this event held on 2nd April and hosted by Insights Wales, Louise Edwards, Manager of the Academia Europaea Hub at Cardiff University, shared her experiences of coordinating the evidence review work on SRM for the Scientific Advice Mechanism.
Updated 3rd April 2025. For more information contact AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk
This webinar, held on 11th March, considered the options on SRM technologies and potential impacts.
Following the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s recent reports on Solar radiation modification, we have held a series of webinars considering the issues around SRM. In the third webinar of the series, we examined the options on SRM technologies, the potential risks and impacts, and the prerequisites for possible deployment. It was attended by nearly 100 participants.
Key points
Dr Simone Tilmes provided background by looking into why SRM is being researched, what the proposed technologies are, along with potential scenarios and strategies for the use of SRM
Dr Gabriel Chiodo looked at one SRM technology option, stratospheric injection (SAI), its potential effects and limitations
Professor Johannes Quaas examined another option, cloud brightening, as well as limited-area SRM. He considered the prerequisites related to modelling, detection and monitoring.
The Deputy Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, Professor Naki Nakicenovic, outlined the policy recommendations made by the Group in its Scientific Opinion, particularly as they relate to technologies and possible deployment. Dušan Chrenek, Principal Adviser at DG CLIMA at the European Commission, gave his response to the presentations.
There was very lively discussion through the online ‘Chat’ between a highly engaged audience and members of the panel.
Explore our collection of interviews, featuring Members of Academia Europaea and colleagues connected with the Academy, as they offer insights into critical research topics.
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