מקום: האקדמיה הלאומית הגרמנית למדעים לאופולדינה, האלה (זאאלה), גרמניה
מועד: 4-6.11.2026
The Role of Academies in the Co-Evolution of Science and the State
Workshop at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle (Saale), 4–6 November 2026
What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and state power? How have academies of sciences shaped – and been shaped by – political authority, governance, and societal expectations? How have these institutions mediated between science and the scientists, on the one hand, and the state, on the other? These questions lie at the heart of the workshop The Role of Academies in the Co-Evolution of Science and
the State, organized by the European Academies Research Initiative (EARI).*
While individual European academies have been studied extensively, a genuinely international and comparative perspective remains underdeveloped. EARI addresses this gap by making academies
themselves the object of historical and systematic inquiry. By better understanding their own pasts and institutional roles within Europe and beyond, academies can more effectively reflect on and fulfil their
contemporary responsibilities toward politics and society.
The workshop focuses on the development of modern sciences and the emergence of modern state institutions as mutually constitutive historical processes. Academies often operated at the boundary between autonomy and authority – between independent knowledge production and official state functions – and can thus be understood as boundary organizations mediating science, governance, and society.
We invite paper proposals that engage with these themes from historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
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