I am honoured to have been elected to Academia Europaea and proud to be part of this institution promoting international collaboration between European scholars and scientists. Science truly is a team effort and this recognition reflects the contributions of the many talented and generous mentors, colleagues, staff and students with whom I have worked over the past 35 years and also the autistic young people and their carers who have contributed to our studies. I am grateful to be able to raise the profile of much-needed research into autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions across Europe through this election.
Professor Tony Charman, Emeritus Professor Clinical Child Psychology
06 May 2026
Professor Tony Charman elected to Academia Europaea
Professor Tony Charman, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the IoPPN has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea, a group of outstanding scientists and scholars.
Professor Tony Charman, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at King's IoPPN has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea, a group of outstanding scientists and scholars.
The Academy is a European association for leading experts in science, education and research. Membership is awarded to individuals that have demonstrated ‘sustained academic excellence’, invited by existing members only and judged during a peer review selection process.
Professor Charman’s research aims to better understand development and mental health in autism and the clinical application of this work via screening, diagnostic, intervention and family history studies. He is an Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers and over 30 book chapters.
Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea is an academy of humanities; law; the economic, social, and political sciences; mathematics; medicine; and all branches of natural and technological sciences around the world. It focuses on research for public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages.
The aim of the Academy is to promote European research, advise governments and international organisations in scientific matters, and further encourage interdisciplinary and international research. It’s members – some 6000 currently – are eminent, individual scientists and scholars who cover the full range of academic disciplines.
IoPPN experts who are also members of Academia Europaea:
- Professor Terrie E. Moffit, Professor of Social Development
- Professor Francesca Happé, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research
- Professor Kate Tchanturia, Professor of Psychology in Eating Disorders
- Professor Christopher Shaw, Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics
- Professor Peter Goadsby, Director of NIHR Clinical Research Facility & Professor of Neurology
- Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Prof of Developmental Psychology Psychiatry & Neuroscience and Deputy Lead of the Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Theme at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
- Professor Andrew Pickles, Professor of Biostatistics and Psychological Methods
- Professor Gemma Modinos, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
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Emeritus Professor in Clinical Child Psychology