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the AcADémie: ALWAYS in tUne With itS time
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as of 1 June 2015
Five missions supporting the progress of science
Gathering some of the most eminent French and foreign scientists, the Académie des Sciences is a multidisciplinary assembly with
an open international outlook. It carries out five critical missions:
• encouraging the scientific community;
• promoting science teaching;
• transmitting knowledge;
• fostering international collaboration;
• playing an expert and advisory role.
Its members conduct their work within thematic committees undertaking reflections in close interaction with its statutory governing
bodies, which all have voting rights.
Bodies for decision making and reflection
two sessions of elections in 2013 and 2014
each election is the result of a multistep process that lasts almost one year and involves all the members of the
Académie. With its two sessions of elections in 2013 and 2014
1,2
, the Académie des Sciences has included 27
new members, among which 14
junior members
. Once their elections approved by the President of the French
Republic and the official decree published, the new members of the Académie joined the disciplinary sections
of their choice, within one of the two divisions. the members elected in 2013 were solemnly greeted under the
cupola of the institut de France on 17 June 2014. the members elected in 2014 shall be so on 23 June 2015.
the Plenary Assembly of 18 november 2014 also elected Bernard meunier as Vice President of the Académie
des Sciences and President for 2015-2016. he took office on 6 January 2015, as successor to Philippe taquet
who was President in 2013-2014. the same Plenary Assembly elected Sébastien candel as Vice President
for 2015-2016.
Plenary assembly
(closed-Door committee -
Comité Secret
)
Permanent members of the Academy, corresponding and Foreign
Associate members, spread across Divisions and Sections
division 1
sections
mathematics
Physics
mechanics and computer Science
earth Sciences and Astronomy
intersection of Applied Sciences
select committee
Assembly of the board, delegates
and elect-members of the sections
Board*
President: Bernard meunier
Vice-President: Sébastien candel
Secrétaires Perpétuels:
Jean-François Bach,
catherine Bréchignac
environment
Prospects in energy Procurement
Scientific computing
Space Research
Science and metrology
Developing countries
...
Science education and training
Defence of Scientists’ Rights
Science, ethics and Society
Science and Safety issues
Science history and epistemology
terminology and neologisms
...
standing committees
division 2
sections
chemistry
molecular and cell Biology
Genomics
integrative Biology
human Biology and medical Sciences
intersection of Applied Sciences
delegations*
international Affairs: Daniel Ricquier
Scientific information and communication:Alain-JacquesValleron
education and training: n
interacademic committees