Academia Europaea Cardiff is taking action to support Ukrainian researchers facing scientific isolation due to war. In collaboration with Odessa National Medical University, we are launching a pilot initiative to connect Ukrainian PhD students – qualified medical professionals – with academic mentors across Europe.
Join our meeting this May, chaired by our Hub Director Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS ML MAE, to hear directly from representatives of Odessa National Medical University and the PhD students seeking academic support in the areas of medicine and health. Through short talks and personal stories, they will share their challenges, aspirations, and the crucial role international collaboration can play in sustaining Ukrainian medical research.
Our speakers include:
This is a chance to make a real difference. Show your support, stand with Ukraine, and discover how you can play a vital role in mentoring and supporting Ukraine’s next generation of medical professionals.
Supported by Cardiff University.
To attend, please contact Juliet Davies at DaviesJ89@cardiff.ac.uk, and you will receive the joining details for the meeting.
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?
Join us for this webinar, which is free and open to all. It is a side event to the European Scientific Advice Mechanism 2025 Conference, Building bridges: shaping Europe’s science-for-policy-landscape.
We’re delighted to welcome back some of the international panel who debated this topic with us in 2022, alongside new experts and perspectives:
This event is organised and hosted by Academia Europaea Cardiff and SAPEA, in partnership with UPEN.
A ceremony was held on 12th April 2025, at Al-Ahliyya Amman University (AAU), Jordan, to confer Honorary Distinguished Professorships upon three Members of Academia Europaea.
The recipients were:
Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS MAE – Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Professor Peter Hegyi MAE – Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Professor Shahrokh Shariat MAE – Medical University of Vienna, Austria
The awards were presented during the First International Honorary Professors Symposium hosted by AAU, at which each of the three honourees also delivered an Inaugural Lecture. The ceremony was attended by senior members of the AAU leadership, including Professor Sari Hamdan, President of the University, and Professor Ahmad Hamdan, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. The event celebrated not only the individual achievements of the honoured professors but also the strengthening of academic ties between Jordan and leading European institutions.
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.
A collaboration between Academia Europaea and Cardiff University