On August 29, the AIA NRW Academic Board held its selection meeting. Once again this year, the Academy received a large number of excellent applications. This year’s call for applications focused on the topic of “Comprehensive Security.” The number of applications received nearly doubled compared to last year.

We would like to thank all our Advisory Board members—Akosua Ampofo, Maris Andzans, Beatrice Heuser, Karl-Heinz Kamp, Robert Litwak, Carlo Masala, Assaf Moghadam, Jaclyn Neo, Angelika Nußberger, Ulrich Schlie, Melanie Sisson, and Christian Wiermer—for their outstanding support during the selection process. Special thanks go to Mikko Huotari for chairing the meeting and for his trusting and professional collaboration.