Polish Academy of Sciences

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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox organization The Polish Academy of Sciences (Template:Langx, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored national academy of sciences and institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars and a network of research institutes.

It was established in 1951, during the early period of the Polish People's Republic following World War II.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

The Polish Academy of Sciences was established by the merger of earlier science societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, abbreviated PAU), with its seat in Kraków, and the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Science), which had been founded in the late 18th century.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected assembly of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating through its committees, become a major scientific advisory body.

Another aspect of the Academy is its coordination and overseeing of numerous (several dozen) research institutes. PAN institutes employ over 2,000 people and are funded by about a third of the Polish government's budget for science.<ref name=dzu1>Ustawa z dnia 30 kwietnia 2010 r. o Polskiej Akademii Nauk.</ref>

Leadership

The Polish Academy of Sciences is led by a President, elected by the assembly of Academy members for a four-year term, together with a number of Vice Presidents.

The President for the 2019–2022 term was Jerzy Duszyński (his second term in the post),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> together with five Vice Presidents: Stanisław Czuczwar, Stanisław Filipowicz, Paweł Rowiński, Roman Słowiński, and Romuald Zabielski.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 20 October 2022, General Assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences elected Marek Konarzewski to become the new President of the Academy for the 2023–2026 term.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> On 8 December 2022, another session of General Assembly of the Academy elected four Vice Presidents at the recommendation of the President Elect; as such Mirosława Ostrowska, Natalia Sobczak, and Dariusz Jemielniak, and Aleksander Welfe were elected as Vice Presidents of the Academy for the 2023–2026 term.

All the Presidents of the Polish Academy of Sciences to date, by term, are as follows:

Institutes

The PAN-managed Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
PAN's Gdańsk Library

The Polish Academy of Sciences has numerous institutes, including:

Notable members

Aleksander Wolszczan
Leszek Kolakowski
Wanda Leopold

Foreign members

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Wolf Prize winner
K. Alex Müller, Nobel Prize winner

Periodicals

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See also

References

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  • PAN website (click on British flag icon for English-language content)

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