Each year the Royal Academy elects new members within two areas and this year the Humanities and Social Sciences class will welcome 10 additional researchers.

Founded back in 1742 the Royal Academy endeavours to strengthen the position of science in Denmark and promote interdisciplinary understanding. This includes, for example acting as a collaborative body and meeting place for prominent researchers from all areas of basic scientific research. As a result the Royal Academy elects new members to one of the organisation’s two areas: the natural sciences, and the humanities and social sciences. In May this year the latter area will welcome new members.

In 2023, similar to recent years, there is a high degree of professional diversity among those selected. Their research areas range from architecture and language to media and economics. This professional diversity aligns well with the Royal Academy’s objective to create interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. There is an equal number of men and women among the ordinary members, just as research institutions throughout the country are represented.

The following individuals have been inducted into the Royal Academy:

Ordinary members:

• Professor Anja Bechmann

School of Communication and Culture – Media Studies, Aarhus University

• Professor Anders Engberg-Pedersen

Department of Language, Culture, History and Communication, University of Southern Denmark

• Associate Professor Karen Gram-Skjoldager

School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University

• Associate Professor Ravinder Kaur

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen

• Professor Claus Thustrup Kreiner

Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

• Professor Rasmus Mariager

The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen

• Professor Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

Institute for Architecture and Technology, Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation

• Professor Stuart James Ward

The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen

The Royal Academy’s ordinary members comprise Danish citizens and foreign nationals with permanent residence or permanent employment in Denmark.

Corresponding members:

• Professor Martin Mulsow

Gotha Research Centre, University of Erfurt

• Professor Sverker Sørlin

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

The Royal Academy’s corresponding members comprise foreign nationals who do not meet the requirement of permanent residency or permanent employment in Denmark.

When new members are again elected in 2024 the natural sciences will be represented.

Read guidelines for Royal Academy selection process, or view and search the list of current members of the Royal Academy.

If you have any questions about the selection process, please contact programme consultant Trine Hagerup at th@videnskabernesselskab.dk or +45 3149 2316.