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Jack Dongarra and his team have earned a 2026 R&D 100 Award for Fenix, an open‑source software enabling large‑scale computations to resume after failures. Joint‑developed with Sandia National Laboratories, this is Dongarra’s fifth R&D 100 recognition. LASA has congratulated the team.
Afsheen Raza, LASA Foreign Member, received the Outstanding Achievement in Rare‑Disease Researcher Award at the 2026 Fifth MENA Congress for Rare Diseases held in Abu‑Dhabi. As Associate Professor and director of Abu Dhabi University Cancer Research Institute, she was honoured at the three‑day event focused on rare‑disease science and treatment. LASA congratulates Dr Raza on her achievement.
Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Member of LASA, has published a new book examining the historical development, present challenges and possible future direction of liberal democracy.
A new study co-authored by LASA Member Kristian Skrede Gleditsch examines how escalation dynamics influence the eventual scale and severity of civil and interstate wars.
A new study co-authored by LASA Members May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser provides new insight into how the brain dynamically directs its internal navigation system towards behaviourally relevant information.
A new working paper co-authored by Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Member of the Luxembourg Academy of Sciences and Arts (LASA), examines how perceptions of economic performance can influence public attitudes towards democratic, populist and authoritarian political systems.
Professor Xiaoli Li, Foreign Member of the Luxembourg Academy of Sciences and Arts (LASA), has been recognised in Singapore’s 2026 National Day Awards with The Long Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Setia).