The aim of the Academia Europaea is to promote European research, advise governments and international organisations in scientific matters, and further interdisciplinary and international research. Members are nominated on the basis of sustained academic excellence and demonstrated international distinction. Invitations are made only after peer group nomination, scrutiny and confirmation as to the scholarship and eminence of the individual in their chosen field.
There are more than 5500 members including 88 Nobel laureates, several of whom were elected to the Academia before they received the prize. Members of Academia Europaea are leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.
Busch: “I feel truly honoured that I may join this distinguished group of international scientists. It is a great honour for a simple lawyer.”