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International STEMSS Organizations

To get a greater global take on STEMSS subjects, one should visit the national academies, associations and societies of the world. The links below take you to the home pages for national academies and other organizations, many of which are in the language of the country. However, many of these websites have an English version. Social studies topics are found under the "Human Society" topic throughout this website.

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Australia: Australian Academy of Science http://www.science.org.au/

Austria: Austrian Academy of Science http://www.oeaw.ac.at/english/home.html

Belarus: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus http://www.ac.by/

Belgium: Royal Academy of Science, Humanities, and Fine Arts of Belgium http://www.rasab.be/

Brazil: Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias http://www.abc.org.br/

Canada: Royal Academy of Canada http://www.rsc.ca/home.php

Czechoslovakia: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic http://www.avcr.cz/

China: Chinese Academy of Sciences http://english.cas.ac.cn/

Denmark: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters http://www.royalacademy.dk

Finland: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters http://www.acadsci.fi/

France:

Académie des Sciences http://www.academie-sciences.fr/

National Centre for Science Research http://www.cnrs.fr/index.html

Germany: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopaldina http://www.leopoldina.org/

Union of German Academies http://www.akademienunion.de/links/english.html

Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences http://www.mta.hu/

India: Indian National Science Academy http://www.insa.ac.in/html/home.asp

Ireland: Royal Irish Academy http://www.ria.ie/

Italy: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei http://www.lincei.it/

Japan: Science Council of Japan http://www.scj.go.jp/en/index.html

Latvia: Latvian Academy of Sciences http://www.lza.lv/

Mexico: Academia Mexicana de Ciencias http://www.amc.unam.mx/

Netherlands: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences http://www.knaw.nl/english/index.html

New Zealand: The Royal Society of New Zealand http://www.rsnz.org/

Norway: Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters http://www.dnva.no/c26889/index.html

Poland: Polish Academy of Sciences http://www.pan.pl/english/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Russia: Russian Academy of Sciences http://www.ras.ru/indexeng.html

Serbia: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts http://www.sanu.ac.yu/English/SASA.htm

Slovak: Slovak Academy of Sciences http://www.sav.sk/index.php?

South Africa: Academy of Science of South Africa http://www.assaf.co.za/

Spain: Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Madrid http://www.rac.es/0/0_1.php

Sweden: Royal Swedish Academy of Science http://www.kva.se/sv/

Switzerland: Swiss Academy of Science http://www.scnat.ch/

Ukraine: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine http://www.nas.gov.ua/en/Pages/default.aspx

United Kingdom:

British Science Association http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/

Royal Society http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/

Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books http://royalsociety.org/awards/science-books/

United States: Office of International Science & Engineering http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=OISE

World:

European Space Agency http://www.esa.int/esaED/index.html

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/

Science and Development Network http://www.scidev.net/

World Wide Science http://nsdl.org/

The Human Organism
(Psychology, Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Nutrition, Home Economics)

World:

International Nursing & Health Care Organizations http://www.aannet.org/links/

World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/

Human Society
(Knowledge, Data Processing, Religion and Science, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Social Issues, Education, Literature, General Geography and History)

UK:

Ordnance Survey [Great Britain’s national mapping agency] http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/

World:

European Digital Library http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/

The Designed World
(Technology, Engineering, Agriculture)

Canada: Canadian Academy of Engineering http://www.acad-eng-gen.ca/e/home_.cfm

China: Chinese Academy of Engineering http://www.cae.cn/

France: Académie des technologie http://www.academie-technologies.fr/

Ireland: The Irish Academy of Engineering http://www.iae.ie/

Mexico: Academia Mexicana de Ingeniería http://www.ai.org.mx/expresidentes/ex_ami.htm

Russia: Academy of Technological Sciences http://www.atnrf.ru/

Spain: Real Academia de Ingenieria http://www.real-academia-de-ingenieria.org/

United Kingdom: The Royal Academy of Engineering http://www.raeng.org.uk/

World:

International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences http://www.caets.org/

International System of Units (SI) from the Bureau International des Poids et Measures’ (International Bureau of Weights and Measures) http://www.bipm.org/en/si/

The Mathematical World

Canada: Canadian Mathematical Society http://www.cms.math.ca/

China: Chinese Mathematical Society http://www-leibniz.imag.fr/ATINF/Dongming.Wang/CMS/

France: Société Mathématique de France http://smf.emath.fr/

Germany: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung http://dmv.mathematik.de/

Ireland: Irish Mathematical Society http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/ims/

Mexico: Sociedad Matemática Mexicana http://smm.org.mx/wordpress/

Norway: Norsk Matematisk Forenings http://matematikkforeningen.no/

United Kingdom:

British Society for the History of Mathematics http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/resources.html#education

Joint Mathematical Council of the United Kingdom http://www.jmcuk.org.uk/

Royal Statistical Society http://www.rss.org.uk/

World:

European Mathematical Information Service http://www.emis.de/

European Mathematical Society http://www.emis.de/member-societies.html

Links to Mathematical Societies around the World http://math.ca/Community/Canada/

Mathematical & Statistical Associations & Societies http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ctng/maths.htm

General Information

AAAS’ International Programs http://www.aaas.org/programs/international/

Academies and Societies of Broad Scope http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/academies.html#ByCountry

European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering http://www.euro-case.org/

European Digital Library http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/

European Mathematical Information Service http://www.emis.de/

European Mathematical Society http://www.emis.de/member-societies.html

European Science Foundation http://www.esf.org/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/

InterAcademy Council http://www.interacademycouncil.net/

Interacademy Panel on International Issues http://www.interacademies.net/

National Research Council Canada http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/education/main_e.html

Nature [the scientific journal] http://www.nature.com/index.html

Science Careers: International

Americas http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas
Asia/Australia http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/asia_australia
Europe http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/europe

STEM Societies (histories) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/alph_list.html