The Science Academy, Türkiye’s Academic Freedoms Report 2023-2024 is now published!
To read the report on the state of Academic Freedoms in Türkiye for the 2023-2024 period please click here.
Bilim Akademisi – Science Academy, Türkiye’s Support for IHRN’s Statement
The Executive Board and The Commission on Academic Freedom and Human Rights of Bilim Akademisi – Science Academy, Türkiye endorse the statement presented below by the Executive Committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) about the “serious challenges facing scientists and researchers in the United States.” You can access IHRN’s statement via the relevant link.
Given the global impact of US science, restrictions on evidence-based research and academic freedom in the United States will affect the welfare of humanity in matters ranging from public health to the recognition and challenges of the climate crisis. The detrimental policies of the …
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.
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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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 …
ALLEA “The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity” 2023 revised edition
ALLEA released the 2023 revised edition of “The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity” which reflects the latest views of the research community on good research practices.
Please click here European-Code-of-Conduct-Revised-Edition-2023 to read the latest version.
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
Bilim Akademisi supports IHRN Executive Committee Statement
The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) is an alliance of more than 90 honorary societies that defends the fundamental rights of scholars worldwide and supports academic institutions under threat. We, the members of the IHRN’s Executive Committee, strongly condemn the ban against women’s participation in higher education in Afghanistan announced this week by the Taliban’s acting Minister of Higher Education. Denying women access to education is a gross violation of fundamental international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
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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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 …