Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens will become the first woman President of the Learned Society of Wales.
Dame Elan will take up the position in May 2026, as the Society celebrates its 15th anniversary. The Society is Wales’ National A... Read More
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The Society Fellows bringing a Welsh view to European debates
2 October, 2025
Wales’s voice will be heard at an important European level after three Learned Society of Wales Fellows were appointed to task forces with ALLEA, the Federation of European Academies.
ALLEA’s ta... Read More
Developing our impact in partnership with the Williamson Trust
24 September, 2025
Assessing the Learned Society of Wales’ impact and effectiveness is the aim of a new freelance impact practitioner, who will work on an ambitious programme of work for the Society over the next year.
Leon Quinn’s role at the LSW will be d... Read More
Strong Welsh presence on REF29 panels
8 September, 2025
Twenty-six Learned Society of Wales Fellows are among the forty-six academics from Wales named as members of the Research Excellence Framework 2029 panels and sub-panels, which are the expert review bodies that asse... Read More
LSW grant scheme reopens to build on growing success
The renewal of a partnership with Academi Heddwch Cymru, Wales’ peace institute, shows the growing importance of our Research Workshop Grant (RWG) scheme, which relaunches for ... Read More
‘Pathways to Peace’: success and renewal
24 July, 2025
Our successful research grant scheme has, over the past year, supported for the first time projects with a focus on developing a better understanding specific issues relating to peace. The results have been excellent... Read More
In memory of John Heywood Thomas FLSW
23 July, 2025
9 November 1926 - 6 April 2025
John Heywood Thomas was one of the most accomplished theologians of his generation. Having been based in four universities: Durham, Manchester, Nottingham and the University of Wales, he establi... Read More
New Honorary Fellows offer powerful messages
15 July, 2025
The risks we face from environmental changes in the Arctic and Antarctica, and the need to listen to marginalised communities were the messages delivered by two of our new Honorary Fellows last month
Professor Jane Francis, who is Director of... Read More
LSW at the Eisteddfod 2025
19 June, 2025
We are going to have a strong presence at this year's Eisteddfod in Wrexham. Here are the events we are running as well as the events that some of our Fellows are involved in.
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LSW Colloquium 2025: Prioritising the needs of ECRs
18 June, 2025
Next month’s third LSW annual Colloquium for early career researchers will run over two days for the first time in a sign of its growing importance in Wales’ research environment.
