What are we?-CORE Academy

What is CORE Academy?

Advancing Knowledge for Humanity

The International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities (CORE Academy) is an independent, non-profit, and merit-based scientific organization, originally incorporated in Hong Kong. The Academy is committed to supporting international, cutting-edge, and interdisciplinary research across all fields of knowledge; to recognizing excellence in science and scholarship; and to fostering global academic cooperation for the benefit of humanity.

International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities

What are we?

CORE Academy brings together a rapidly growing network of scholars, including Fellows, Corresponding Fellows, Junior Fellows, Members, and CORE Partners from around the world. As of 2025, the Academy counts over 200 elected Fellows and more than 500 members across more than 50 countries and regions.

Our Fellows come from diverse cultures, nationalities, intellectual disciplines and professions around the world. They were selected for their eminence in their respective fields—including the natural sciences, engineering and technology, mathematics and the formal sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts—and, in particular, for their original contributions to the advancement of knowledge.

Fellows’ Directory

What we do

CORE Academy fellows, members, and partners collaborate to champion academic excellence, foster scholarly cooperation, encourage cultural exchange, and support interdisciplinary and pioneering research. They are committed to promoting science and the dissemination of knowledge worldwide for the betterment of humanity.

Beyond its role as a scholarly organization dedicated to advancing knowledge, promoting academic cooperation, and recognizing scholarly excellence, CORE Academy also strives to:

1. Serve as a global platform where scholars can seek academic collaborations, present new findings, engage in scholarly debates, explore new ideas, and develop innovative solutions to pressing real-world problems.
2. Act as a research organization that provides scientific advice and expert knowledge to countries, governments, academic institutions, and policymakers on a wide range of issues, thereby contributing directly to the public good.
3. Build and support research infrastructures—including CORE Scientific Centers, joint institutes, laboratories, and affiliated research institutes—that advance both theoretical inquiry and practical scientific outcomes, while also fostering the translation and application of scientific discoveries into societal benefit.
Through these missions, the Academy seeks to bridge disciplines, cultures, and communities in order to advance knowledge for humanity.

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2024–2025 in Preview

In 2024–2025, the Academy accelerated its global impact through strategic partnerships, research infrastructure, and a growing international community:

· Launched the CORE Global Partnership Program, building a worldwide network of scientific collaboration, and advanced this network in 2025 through high-level engagements and new partnerships across Eurasia.
· Signed more than 30 cooperation agreements (including MoUs) with leading scientific institutions worldwide, including the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratories of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, international learned societies and associations, and United Nations–affiliated scientific organizations.
· Established two new CORE Scientific Centers, creating hubs for interdisciplinary research and innovation.
· Expanded collaboration in frontier areas of AI and digital transformation through the establishment of CORE AI Centers and partnerships with relevant institutes and laboratories.
· Welcomed approximately 80 new Fellows and members, further diversifying and strengthening our global scholarly community.
· Celebrated the global recognition of our community, including Fellow Philippe Aghion receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Prof. Carlos Nobre FCAcad speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the Committee on Forestry and World Forest Week (COFO 2024)

CORE Academy Signs Cooperation Agreement with the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in Baku (2024)

Prof. Artem Oganov FCAcad appointed to the Academy's Academic Committee (2025)

Prof. Daya Reddy's Acceptance Letter for His Election as a Fellow of CORE Academy (2025)

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Research Institutes and CORE Scientific Centers