Our General Secretary, Alan Shore, recently represented the Society at a meeting of the world’s learned academies in Philadelphia. Below you can read about his trip.
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Our commitment to excellence
2 September, 2019
In August, thanks to the work of our staff, we received the quality mark from the Charity Excellence Framework.
This mark offers demonstrable evidence to funders and other stakeholders of our... Read More
Lowri Cunnington Wynn wins the Gwerddon Prize
21 August, 2019
Dr Lowri Cunnington Wynn of Aberystwyth University’s Department of Law and Criminology was this year’s recipient of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlathol’s Gwerddon Prize. The prize was awarded during the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol reception at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol on Wednesday 7 August.Read More
WISERD Poster Prize Winner
16 August, 2019
The Fellowship Nomination and Election Cycle is now open. The deadline for nominations is 14 October 2019. See here for further details
The Society at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
30 July, 2019
This year’s national Eisteddfod is taking place 3-10 August. The Maes this year is Llanrwst in Conwy County.
The Society is hosting and supporting events throughout the Eisteddfod, which you can read about below. A number of our Fellows are also getting involved with the Eisteddfod in various ways, which are outline... Read More
Professor Alan Guwy: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
2 July, 2019
To mark the announcement of our 2019 cohort of Fellows, earlier this year we invited some of those elected to reflect on their career to date.
Below, you can find details of one such Fellow.
LSW collaborates with the British Academy on Childhood project
27 June, 2019
On 25 June 2019 we co-hosted a British Academy Roundtable at the University of South Wales.
The workshop was held to review a draft policy document that has been drawn up as a part of the British Academy’s Childhood Project, which seeks to review the policy landscape across the UK in terms of how UK and devolved g... Read More
Net-zero carbon Wales 2040: A vision of the future
26 June, 2019
On 25 March 2019, we held a workshop with the Royal Society entitled “Net-zero Carbon Wales 2040: A vision of the future”.
The event brought together expertise from academia, government and industry to consider how science and the assets of Wales could be harnessed to develop the country as a world leader in low... Read More
Learned Society of Wales welcomes 48 New Fellows
1 May, 2019
Forty-eight individuals have joined us at the Learned Society of Wales as newly elected Fellows. Our new Fellows have contributed to the world of learning as researchers, academics, and professionals – and all come with a strong connection to Wales.
As Wales’ National Academy, at the Learned Society of Wales we... Read More