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Senate elects Onno Oncken to the Presidium
Regina T . Riphahn re-elected Vice-President for Class IV
The Leopoldina Senate met for its regular meeting in Halle ( Saale )/ Germany on 22 September before the Annual Assembly .
At the m e e t - ing a decision was made to admit a new member to the Leopoldina Presidium . Onno Oncken ML ( Potsdam / Germany ) was elected as the new Secretary
Vice-President for Class IV : Humanities , Social , Behavioural and Cultural Sciences for a second five-year term . The members of the Presidium are elected by the Senate , their term of office is five years , and re-election is possible once .
The Senate represents the interests of Leopoldina members before the Presidium . Its members are the elected Senators of the 28 Leopoldina Sections , representatives of members from Austria and Switzerland and five representatives of major scientific organisations ( ex officio Senators ) and five ad personam appointed Senators . ■ JB
Regina T . Riphahn was re-elected Vice-President , Onno Oncken is a new member of the Presidium . Images : Markus Scholz | Leopoldina , GFZ
of Class I : Mathematics , Natural and Technical Sciences . He succeeds Sigmar Wittig ML ( Karlsruhe / Germany ), who could not be re-elected after two terms in office . In addition , Regina Riphahn ML ( Nuremberg / Germany ) was re-elected
Annual Assembly 2023
The status and the function of laws
The topic “ Law ( s ): Rules of Reality – Rules for Reality ” is the focus of the Annual Assembly 2023 of the Leopoldina . The proposed content came from Section 28 of the Leopoldina and will be prepared by Andreas Kablitz ML , Konrad Samwer ML and Andreas Voßkuhle ML . The starting point will be the question of the status and function of laws . Following on from this , the different scientific cultures represented at the Leopoldina will be discussed with each other in a productive way . The Annual Assembly will take place from 28 to 29 September in Halle ( Saale )/ Germany – which means that the conference will end on a Friday for the first time . The final event will be a panel discussion moderated by Andreas Voßkuhle .
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Annual Assembly 2023
“ GLOBAL HEALTH ” IN THE FOCUS AT ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 2022
“ Global Health : From health services to climate change and social justice “ was the main topic of the Annual Assembly 2022 of the Leopoldina . The scientific coordination was carried out by the veterinarian and microbiologist Lothar H . Wieler ML , Senator of the Global Health Section , together with Susanne Hartmann ML and Thomas Mettenleiter ML . “ The ultimate goal of global health is to improve the health and equal opportunities of all people worldwide . This requires the cooperation of many disciplines ,” said Leopoldina President Gerald Haug at the opening of the conference , which was attended by about 300 delegates . Over four sessions the social , economic , political and ecological aspects of health were presented and discussed .
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Images : Anna Kolata , Markus Scholz | Leopoldina