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| World Academy of Art and Science | |
|---|---|
| Name | World Academy of Art and Science |
| Abbreviation | WAAS |
| Formation | 1960 |
World Academy of Art and Science is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1960 that brings together distinguished individuals from diverse fields to address global challenges. The Academy convenes scholars, practitioners, and public figures associated with institutions such as Harvard University, Oxford University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and collaborates with bodies like United Nations agencies, World Health Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Its membership has included figures linked to Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, John von Neumann, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kofi Annan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dag Hammarskjöld, and thinkers connected to UNESCO General Conference, Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Templeton Prize laureates.
The Academy emerged during the Cold War era amid exchanges between intellectuals associated with Albert Einstein's circle, Niels Bohr's Copenhagen gatherings, and initiatives by figures connected to Carnegie Corporation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Early assemblages featured personalities tied to Princeton University, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Caltech, and research institutes like Brookings Institution, RAND Corporation, and Salk Institute. During the 1960s and 1970s the Academy engaged with dignitaries linked to United Nations General Assembly, League of Nations legacy, Paris Peace Accords, SALT I talks, and cultural forums involving Pablo Picasso, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Noam Chomsky, Bertrand Russell, and scientists associated with Manhattan Project. In later decades interactions expanded to include figures from European Union institutions, African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and national academies such as Royal Society, Académie française, Academia Brasileira de Letras, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Indian National Science Academy.
The Academy's stated aims link to thought leaders from Isaiah Berlin, Hannah Arendt, Amartya Sen, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, Paul Samuelson, Joseph Stiglitz, and activists tied to Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Lech Wałęsa. Objectives involve convening individuals associated with United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Trade Organization, International Labour Organization, and scholarly networks like American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Max Planck Society, CERN, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Chatham House. The mission emphasizes interdisciplinary synthesis reflected in work related to Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement, Millennium Development Goals, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and dialogues influenced by authors such as Jared Diamond, Yuval Noah Harari, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, and Carl Sagan.
Governance structures mirror models used by World Economic Forum, International Olympic Committee, European Commission, and national academies like National Academy of Sciences (United States), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Conseil National de la Recherche. Leadership roles have included chairs and fellows interconnected with universities such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard Kennedy School, London School of Economics, Yale Law School, and policy institutions like Council on Foreign Relations, International Crisis Group, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam International. Advisory boards draw on experts from NATO, ASEAN Regional Forum, G7 summit, G20, BRICS, APEC, and specialized agencies including International Atomic Energy Agency and World Meteorological Organization.
Programs have addressed topics resonant with thinkers and practitioners linked to Noam Chomsky, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel Huntington, Amartya Sen, Thomas Piketty, Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, Elinor Ostrom, and policy debates framed by Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Lisbon, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Geneva Conventions. Activities include symposia with participants from Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Wharton School, London Business School, and collaborations with International Telecommunication Union, World Intellectual Property Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Skoll Foundation, and Wellcome Trust. Working groups have considered issues paralleling research at Salk Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Broad Institute, Allen Institute for Brain Science, and public debates featuring commentators from The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Die Zeit, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Membership comprises distinguished individuals akin to fellows of Royal Society, American Philosophical Society, Academia Europaea, and officers who have served in roles within United Nations Secretary-General offices, European Parliament, US Congress, UK Parliament, Indian Parliament, Japanese Diet, and national cabinets. Members often are authors published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, Elsevier, and have affiliations with research centers such as Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Imperial College London, Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Tokyo, and think tanks like Heritage Foundation, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Cato Institute, and Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The Academy issues publications and convenes conferences drawing contributors from journals and publishers such as Nature, Science, The Lancet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Affairs, The Economist, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, New England Journal of Medicine, and conference venues tied to United Nations Headquarters, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Palais des Nations, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Munich Security Conference, Aspen Ideas Festival, TED Conference, Davos, and regional forums like African Union Summit and ASEAN Summit.
Funding sources and partnerships have paralleled relationships with philanthropic organizations and institutions like Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Carnegie Corporation, MacArthur Foundation, European Commission Horizon 2020, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Science Foundation, European Research Council, and collaborations with corporate partners associated with Siemens, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Apple Inc., Amazon (company), and multinational consortia including Siemens AG, Schneider Electric, and Siemens Healthineers. The Academy's network extends to partnerships with national academies, intergovernmental organizations, universities, and private foundations active in initiatives such as Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement implementation.
Category:International learned societies