Learned Societies

On the age dynamics of learned societies-taking the example of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

In a hierarchical organisation of stable size the annual intake is strictly determined by the number of deaths and a statutory retirement age (if there is one). In this paper we reconstruct the population of the Austrian Academy of Sciences from 1847 to 2005. For the Austrian Academy of Sciences we observe a shift of its age distribution towards older ages, which on the one hand is due to risin...

Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland

The Roles of the Learned Societies in Improving Quality of Life in the context of Globalisation

This manuscript is an adapted text of an address to the Thai Royal Institution during the 'International Conference for the Celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King's 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary'. There are many problems facing the world in the context of increasing globalization. "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." The Old Testament (Leviticus 19:18), reminds ...

Official Year Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland

This well-known annual is the eighteenth issue, ! and during this period it has earned the reputa! tion of being an accurate and concise review of the history, organisation and conditions of membership of the various scientific aud learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland. It is compiled from data furnished bv the societies themselves, and each year chronicles the work done by each societ...

Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland