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| Erwin Schrödinger Society | |
|---|---|
| Name | Erwin Schrödinger Society |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
| Region served | International |
| Leader title | President |
| Leader name | Otto Bauer |
Erwin Schrödinger Society The Erwin Schrödinger Society is an international learned society named after physicist Erwin Schrödinger that promotes research in theoretical physics and related fields. It serves as a hub for scholars linked to institutions such as the University of Vienna, Max Planck Society, CERN, Institute for Advanced Study, and Princeton University. The Society organizes conferences, publishes journals, and fosters collaborations among scientists affiliated with organizations like the Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and European Research Council.
Founded in 1985 by researchers with ties to the University of Vienna, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Society emerged during a period of expanding international cooperation exemplified by institutions such as CERN and projects like the Large Electron–Positron Collider. Early supporters included figures associated with Max Born, Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, John Bell, David Bohm, and Louis de Broglie-inspired traditions. The Society held inaugural meetings at venues including the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Hofburg, Imperial College London, and the IAS campus, and engaged researchers from University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, University of Göttingen, University of Heidelberg, University of Edinburgh, University of Tokyo, University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. Over decades its leadership roster has featured academics affiliated with the Royal Institution, Sackler Institute, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Perimeter Institute, Institute Laue–Langevin, and the Paul Scherrer Institute.
The Society's mission emphasizes support for foundational work in quantum mechanics associated with figures such as Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, and Werner Heisenberg, while connecting to contemporary centers including CERN, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, and DESY. Core activities mirror practices at organizations like the Royal Society, National Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and European Molecular Biology Organization: organizing symposia akin to Solvay Conference-style meetings, awarding fellowships similar to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and hosting workshops in partnership with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Physics. The Society runs annual conferences with keynote speakers drawn from Princeton University, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford University, and University of Cambridge.
Membership includes scholars from institutions such as the Austrian Academy of Sciences, British Academy, National Academy of Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Polish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. The governance structure features a board with representatives previously affiliated with Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society, CERN, European Space Agency, UNESCO, and the OECD. Committees mirror models from the American Physical Society, Institute of Physics (United Kingdom), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and German Physical Society and include sections devoted to areas connected with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, and Australian National University.
Research promoted by the Society spans topics related to works by Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac, Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, John von Neumann, Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Emmy Noether. The Society publishes peer-reviewed journals and proceedings comparable to titles from Nature Publishing Group, Springer, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press. Its periodicals feature contributions from scholars at MIT, Princeton University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Caltech, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, École Normale Supérieure, Scuola Normale Superiore, Humboldt University of Berlin, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and Sorbonne University. Monographs and edited volumes have been cited alongside works from Cambridge University Press, Elsevier Science, Springer-Verlag, and World Scientific, and the Society curates a preprint repository used similarly to arXiv by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Educational programming targets audiences connected with Gymnasium, University of Vienna, Vienna University of Technology, London School of Economics, University College London, ETH Zurich, Polytechnic University of Milan, University of Padua, University of Bologna, and secondary schools participating in initiatives like European Space Education Resource Office collaborations. Outreach events have been held at venues including the Natural History Museum, London, Science Museum, London, Deutsches Museum, Musée des Arts et Métiers, and the Technisches Museum Wien, and partnered with organizations such as European Organization for Nuclear Research and European Physical Society. Public lectures have featured speakers associated with Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, Lisa Randall, Sean Carroll, Carlo Rovelli, Sabine Hossenfelder, Neil Turok, and Brian Greene.
The Society administers awards named in the spirit of prizes such as the Nobel Prize in Physics, Wolf Prize in Physics, Dirac Medal, Crafoord Prize, Max Planck Medal, Lorentz Medal, Heineman Prize, Shaw Prize, Buckley Prize, and Breakthrough Prize. Recipients have included researchers linked to Cambridge University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Caltech, Imperial College London, École Polytechnique, University of Tokyo, Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Seoul National University. Honorary memberships and medals have been conferred on individuals associated with the Royal Society, Academia Europaea, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Indian National Science Academy.
The Society maintains collaborations with major research centers and funding agencies including CERN, Max Planck Society, Perimeter Institute, Kavli Foundation, Simons Foundation, European Research Council, National Science Foundation, European Commission, DFG, Wellcome Trust, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Australian Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and John Templeton Foundation. Institutional partners span universities and laboratories such as University of Vienna, ETH Zurich, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermilab, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Category:Learned societies