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The latest news from the Learned Society of Wales

Science and the Senedd: Research and Innovation in Wales

16 May, 2022
Oliva Harrison, our Chief Executive, will be one of the speakers at this year's Science and the Senedd event. The theme is 'Building Our Future: Research and Innovation in Wales' and will also feature Professor Rick Delbridge FLSW who has been central to our recent series of Innovation roundtables. Read More

Society Welcomes REF2021 Outcome for Wales

12 May, 2022
Wales’ universities are playing a vital role in tackling the many challenges we face today and will face in the future.  That is the conclusion from today’s Research Excellence Framework 2021 [REF2021] results. REF2021 is the UK's system for assessing the excellence of research in UK higher education insti... Read More

Corporations, Accountability & Human Rights: Conference

10 May, 2022
The Learned Society of Wales is supporting a two-day conference (12-13 May 2022) organised by Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics. It will examine the role played by international, regional and national institutions in holding corporations to account for violations of human rights law. Conference d... Read More

Four Honorary Fellows Elected to Learned Society of Wales

3 May, 2022
We’re delighted to announce this year’s new Honorary Fellows. Professor Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE CEng FREng FRS FInstP  Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Julia King, is one of the British women engineers who have reached the top of their profession and are now influential on many fro... Read More

‘I Remember Mariupol’

8 April, 2022
Interesting latest article from one of our Fellows, Professor W. John Morgan: Today, the Russian speaking city of Mariupol is under siege; its citizens the victims of murderous bombardment; homes, schools, university, hospitals, including a maternity ward destroyed; a theatre bombed when sheltering women, children,... Read More

Professor Kenneth Walters, 1934 – 2022

30 March, 2022
It is with great sadness that we heard the news of the passing of one of our Fellows, Professor Kenneth Walters. Professor Walters was a founding fellow of the Learned Society and a highly distinguished mathematician. An obituary will follow. Further reading Professor Kenneth Walters: Profile - Aber... Read More

Academi Heddwch Seeks Speakers for Webinar Series

29 March, 2022
Academi Heddwch is looking for academic speakers to support delivery of a future webinar series on the implications of the war in Ukraine for energy supply, security and international relations. The following are some of the areas for exploration How has the war in Ukraine altered our attitudes to nuclear power ... Read More

Making Light of Mathematics: David Olive Lecture 2022

4 March, 2022
Swansea University is holding the third instalment of its David Olive Lecture Series on 16th March (4pm).  The speaker this year is Professor Sir Michael Berry, Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and FRS Melville Wills Professor of Physics, University of Bristol.  Professor ... Read More