Jörg Vogel elected to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

"It is an extraordinary pleasure and honor for me to be elected to the largest and one of the most research-oriented German state academies," Jörg Vogel expressed his delight, "and, at the same time, it is a pleasant duty for me to contribute to this community of academics."
Becoming a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Bavaria. According to the statutes, members must have contributed to a "significant expansion of knowledge" in their field through their research in order to be admitted. Self-application is ineligible.
For top researchers in Bavaria, this association of scholars is an important interdisciplinary platform. Synergy effects and impulses for new research topics arise in this network. Like hardly any other institution, the Academy facilitates encounters, exchange of experience and cooperation across disciplinary boundaries and generations.
THE BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) is the largest as well as one of the most research-oriented and oldest of the eight state academies in Germany. It conducts innovative long-term research, connects scholars across disciplinary and national boundaries, contributes its scientific expertise to politics and society, promotes young scientists and is a platform for dialogue between science and the public. Full members of the BAdW have their residence or place of work in Bavaria. They are entitled to vote and regularly attend meetings at the Academy.