Announcements – Bilim Akademisi

Feza Gürsey Honorary Member Edward Witten will give a keynote speech at the Istanbul Stringy Meeting

Science Academy Feza Gürsey Honorary Member Edward Witten will give an online keynote speech at the Istanbul Stringy Meeting.

Taking place between 24 and 26 December at the Department of Physics, Boğaziçi University, the event aims to bring together young scientists working in the field of theoretical and mathematical physics.

The event, to which many international academics are invited, will discuss recent developments and advances in the fields of physical mathematics, supersymmetric gauge theories, non-perturbative quantum field theories, AdS/CFT correspondence.

For detailed information and registration, please click on the following link.

By İlke Candar|03/12/2024|Comments Off

Our member Daron Acemoğlu won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics

Our member Daron Acemoğlu won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Our member Daron Acemoğlu, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

The Nobel Prize, given for their work on “the formation of institutions and their impact on prosperity,” is considered one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the field of economics.

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By İlke Candar|14/10/2024|Comments Off

The Results of BAGEP 2024 have been announced!

Initiated by the Science Academy, Türkiye and supported by individual and institutional investors, the results of the Science Academy Young Scientists Award Program (BAGEP) 2024 have been announced.

Forty-two new awards are added to the 435 awards given since 2013 with the aim of identifying, rewarding and supporting young academicians in conducting new studies.

We congratulate the young academicians who won BAGEP 2024 award. Please click here for the names.

Our award ceremony will be held on Saturday 27 April 2024 at Koç University. Please click here for the program.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our …

By İlke Candar|25/04/2024|Comments Off

The Science Academy Statement on the Latest Developments at Boğaziçi University (July 2023)

Please click to read the English translation of The Science Academy Türkiye – Bilim Akademisi Executive Board’s statement on the latest developments at Boğaziçi University. The statement was originally announced on August 01, 2023.

By Yaprak Özışık|18/08/2023|Comments Off

Bilim Akademisi Report on Academic Freedoms 2021-2022

Please click here to read the Science Academy report on Academic Freedom in Turkey 2021-2022.

Please follow the below links for the previous years’ reports.

By Yaprak Özışık|21/02/2023|Comments Off

The Declaration of Bilim Akademisi (the Science Academy, Türkiye) on the Higher Education Council’s Decision on Distance Education

Please click to read The Declaration of Bilim Akademisi (the Science Academy, Türkiye) on the Higher Education Council’s Decision on Distance Education.

By Yaprak Özışık|16/02/2023|Comments Off

New Members of the Science Academy (December 2022)

The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 14.12.2022.

HONORARY MEMBER

Sanjit K. Mitra – University of California,

MEMBERS

Ziyadin Çakır – Jeoloji – İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Cem Ersoy – Bilgisayar Mühendisliği – Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Seda Ertaç – Ekonomi – Koç Üniversitesi

Ece Göztepe – Hukuk – Bilkent Üniversitesi

Ali Hortaçsu – Ekonomi – The University of Chicago

Aylin Yener -Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği – The Ohio State University

Kübra Doğan Yenisey – Hukuk – İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

By Yaprak Özışık|24/12/2022|Comments Off

Statement in support of Celal Şengör, published by the The Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi), Turkey

Please click to read the statement in support of Celal Şengör, published by the The Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi), Turkey

The statement was originally announced on September 05, 2022.

By Yaprak Özışık|08/09/2022|Comments Off

European Research Council Funding for Tolga Mete Duman and Ömer İlday

The Science Academy, Bilim Akademisi members; Prof. Tolga Mete Duman of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Ömer İlday of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, the Neuroscience Program and UNAM have had their projects selected for funding under the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation funding program, after submitting proposals in response to the European Research Council (ERC) 2021 advanced grant call. The total budget for the two projects will be nearly 5 million euros.

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By Yaprak Özışık|28/04/2022|Comments Off

Science Academy, Turkey – Statement regarding the Military Attack of Russia on Ukraine

The Science Academy, Turkey, strongly condemns the military attack of Russia on Ukraine, a sovereign and democratic state, violating all rules of international law and causing unprecedented harm to the basic tenets of the United Nations Charter. The Preamble of the Charter states its objective as ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights […] of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice …

By Maral Sahin|07/03/2022|Comments Off