Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of learned societies, grouped by country and sorted by date of foundation. Table of contents 1 International 2 United Kingdom 3 United States 4 Useful links International International Council for Science (ICSU) The International Council for Science is the unifying international body covering all major areas of science. Both national scientific academies and the various scientific unions are members of ICSU. The national academies typically delegate responsibilities for the various areas of science to appropriate national bodies; in like manner, the various scientific unions are typically made up of a number of International Associations. International Social Science Council (ISSU) International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS) The above organisations play a role in their respective areas parallel to that of ICSU for science. International Council of Onomastic Sciences International Union of Psychological Science International Association for Applied Psychology International Association for Research in Economic Psychology United Kingdom Royal Society of London, 1645 Society of Antiquaries of London, 1707 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1780 Linnean Society of London, 1788 Geological Society of London, 1807 Royal Astronomical Society, 1820 Zoological Society of London, 1826 British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1831 Ethnological Society of London, 1843 Anthropological Society of London, 1863 Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 1901 British Psychological Society, 1901 English Place-Name Society, 1923 Experimental Psychology Society, late 1940s Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, 1950s Ergonomics Society United States American Psychological Association American Association for the Advancement of Science Animal Behavior Society Psychonomics Society Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics American Psychological Society Useful links The Scholarly Societies project offers comprehensive lists of scholarly and learned societies worldwide, their contact details, and their internatonal relationships. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.