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The election is carried out by the Council and the General Assembly of the Academy following a vote and nomination by the respective class. The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities elects its members from across Germany and from abroad. Anyone who has distinguished themselves through significant academic achievements may be appointed as a member. The Academy comprises 182 full members across five classes, including 33 in the Humanities Class.
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), formerly the Prussian Academy of Sciences, is Germany’s capital city academy. Its history is shaped by 82 Nobel laureates. It was reconstituted as a reform-oriented working academy in the wake of German reunification and has been continuously developing its profile since 1993 within the context of an open, digitally and globally networked scientific community. It is thus a young academy, yet at the same time stands in a tradition stretching back more than 325 years. Committed to the ideal of ‘Theoria cum praxi’ of its founder Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the BBAW sees itself as a laboratory of the Enlightenment; following in the tradition of members such as Immanuel Kant, Albert Einstein and Lise Meitner, it assumes responsibility for the common good and, through its scientific work, promotes dialogue between science and society. It is one of the state’s central institutions for social and political consultancy, one of its largest research institutions in the humanities, and a central hub for exchange on an equal footing between science, politics, business and society. The network of members forms the core of the Academy. It comprises outstanding representatives from all disciplines who bring their expertise together within the Academy in an interdisciplinary and international context.
