Daron Acemoglu on Technology and the Future of Work
An interview conducted by Meg Murphy with The Science Academy Member Prof Daron Acemoglu on technology and the future of work can be found here.
BAGEP 2018 Applications Now Open
A top priority for the Science Academy is encouraging the youth to engage in good science, and rewarding the best examples. In order to choose and reward the best young academics and to support them in conducting new studies, an award program was initiated in the year 2013 and its fifth edition was held this year. Science Academy runs this program not with government funding, but with the support of the society at large.
The award-winning young academics are granted 15,000 TL per year for a period of two years to support them in their research. The objective here is to reward …
New Members of the Science Academy (December 2017)
The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 2.12.2017.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Takhmasib Aliev – Physics – Middle East Technical University
Ayşe Çağlar – Anthropology – University of Vienna
MEMBERS
Şermin Genç – Biology- Dokuz Eylul University
Murat Karaçorlu – Ophthalmology – Istanbul Retina Institute
Bülent Mengüç- Business Administration – Kadir Has University
Aydoğan Özcan – Physical and Wave Electronics – UCLA
Sinan Özeren- Geology – İstanbul Technical University
ALLEA Statement on the Patentability of Inventions Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells
ALLEA publishes statement on the patentability of inventions involving human embryonic stem cells in Europe.
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Celal Şengör Awarded the Arthur Holmes Medal & Honorary Membership of EGU
The Science Academy, Turkey member Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör was awarded the 2018 Arthur Holmes Medal & Honorary Membership of European Geosciences Union.
He will receive the medal at the EGU 2018 General Assembly, which will take place in Vienna on 8–13 April.
Here’s a list of all prize winners in 2018 and the list of past Arthur Holmes medal winners can be seen here.
EASAC’s Statement on Homeopathic Products and Practices
EASAC, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council published a statement on homeopathic products and practices.
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Science Academy’s full membership to ALLEA confirmed
The Science Academy has been admitted as a full member of ALLEA, the ALL European Federation of Academies, in the General Assembly of ALLEA held on Sep. 4 2017, in Budapest.
The Science Academy will continue to uphold academic principles in Turkey and contribute increasingly to ALLEA projects and working groups where our members were already active since our associate membership in 2014.
The Science Academy Report on ACADEMIC FREEDOMS – 2016-2017
The Science Academy’s third report on the situation of academic freedoms in Turkey is released. Please click to read the report
Please follow the links for the 2015 Report and 2015-2016 Report.
The Science Academy Endorses “European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity”
The Science Academy endorses all value judgements and findings of ALLEA (All European Academies) regarding good research practices and violations of research integrity, as stated in its “European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity” in 2017.
Statement of the Science Academy about the Ban on Wikipedia in Turkey
Blocking access to an encyclopedia that is used as a reference material at every level of education, and thus severing a channel of access to information deprives our society from information and open debate. Such an approach seriously undermines Turkey’s image in the 21st century.
Please click to read the Science Academy’s statement about the ban on Wikipedia in Turkey.