The Royal Academy recently elected 15 new members for its Class of Natural Sciences.

Enjoy images from the award ceremony.

A new ALLEA report delves into academia’s impact on the climate through its own operations from the perspective of various stakeholders that play a key role in shaping the academic system. The report goes on to make a series of tailored recommendations to mitigate detrimental effects.

Niels Bohr was the architect behind the world-famous Bohr model of the atom in 1913. But which components underpinned the scientist and his genius? We put that question to the physicist's grandson Tomas Bohr and great-grandson Emil Bjerrum-Bohr when they gave a joint lecture at the Royal Academy on their common ancestor and source of inspiration to mark the annual Research Day (Forskningens Døgn).

Michael Bang Petersen, recipient of The Research Communication Award 2022, presents his three best tips on how to communicate research.

From June 1, The Royal Academy has a new Executive Secretary: Karin Kjær Madsen comes from a position heading the secretariat of The Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy. She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in the field of research policy from, amongst other places, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

A new report by Europe’s National Academies of Sciences (EASAC) provides evidence that a transformation to regenerative agriculture holds promising keys to reducing climate risks while providing the growing world population with food and enhancing biodiversity.

On May 1, Jonas Krog Lind took up the newly created position as Head of Policy and Analysis at The Royal Academy’s Secretariat. Jonas Krog Lind comes from a position as a senior consultant at DEA.

The organizations ALLEA, ISC, IHRN, and UAI have recently released statements in response to the ongoing military incursion by Russia into Ukraine. The statements express a deep concern for the safety of the country, its citizens as well as for the research and academic community in Ukraine.

European Science Academies Caution against Subsidies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

At a symposium at the Royal Academy on 24 February, 14 researchers offered their historical, cultural, and literary interpretations of history's great monarchies. The occasion marked the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Margrethe II, and as Patron of the Royal Academy, the Queen attended a number of the lectures.

Call for nominations of recipients for the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes

Come and take part in a discussion on how we can strengthen science communication in Denmark. The meeting, a joint effort between the Danish Board of Technology and the Royal Academy of Sciences, will be held on 7 February.

The new members of the Royal Academy's Humanities and Social Sciences class have now been announced.

In December, the Royal Academy of Sciences published 8 short films explaining the scientific content of this year's televised Christmas calendar series on TV2. In them, Academy members gave short research-based answers to why our world looks the way it does.

This year, The Young Academy celebrates its 10th anniversary. On December 1st, the occasion was marked by a celebration at the Carlsberg Academy.

Peter Lodahl, Professor of quantum physics and quantum technology at the Niels Bohr Institute and Director of the Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks, is the recipient of this year's Science Award from The Royal Academy for his pioneering basic research in experimental quantum optics.

The members of the 278 years old academy have elected a remarkable person in Danish science as their new Secretary General. Professor Thomas Sinkjær has occupied great posts in governing boards of foundations and is behind the publishing of more than 200 scientific articles.

The Royal Academy hereby call for nominations for the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes 2021. Deadline is May 10th 2021 at 12.00 a.m.

In the course of the next three years, more than 250 scientists will have the opportunity to participate in “the Academy of Communication” (“Formidlingsakademiet”) when the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters this autumn presents a large-scale course on communications. The project is funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation with more than 4 million DKK.

What do mammoths, meteors and the principals of moral philosophy have in common? Each of them is a topic that you can look up on our brand-new publication platform – a public access, free of charge tool that allows you to browse through all of the scientific books and articles published by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters since 1745.

The new President, elected by the members of the Academy, is Marie Louise Nosch, Professor at the University of Copenhagen, historian specialized in ancient Greek history, and textile researcher.

Attempted Solution to a Fundamental Psychobiological Problem

Women, children and family in ancient Palmyra

The Annual Science-policy Meeting

After working for several years in Italy as the director of The Danish Academy in Rome, it is now time for Marianne Pade to return to Denmark where she will take on the job as editor at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Marita Akhøj Nielsen, who has acted as the editor at the Royal Academy throughout the last 12 years, is very pleased to pass on her seat at the editor’s desk to Pade and predicts a bright future for the publishing department of the Royal Academy with Marianne Pade leading the way.

The Niels Bohr International Gold Medal