Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Pontifical Academy

Also known as: Päpstliche Akademie der Sozialwissenschaften (Deutsch) / Pontificia Academia de Ciencias Sociales (español) / Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze Sociali (Italiano) / 宗座社會科學院 (中文) / 教皇庁社会科学アカデミー (日本語) / Pontificia Academia Scientiarum Socialium (latine)

Address: Casina Pio IV, 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.88.14.41

Associated with: Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

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History

1994.01.01: Established as Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (English) / Päpstliche Akademie der Sozialwissenschaften (Deutsch) / Pontificia Academia de Ciencias Sociales (español) / Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze Sociali (Italiano) / 宗座社會科學院 (中文) / 教皇庁社会科学アカデミー (日本語) / Pontificia Academia Scientiarum Socialium (latine)

Documents: (x 17)

Present Officials

President (2023.03.20 – ...):

Sr. Helen Alford, O.P. (61)

Chancellor (2022.04.04 [2022.06.06] – ...):

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio

Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Vice-Chancellor (2019.08.31 – ...):

Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò (63)

Priest of Milano (Italy)

Vice-Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Chaplain of His Holiness

Past Officials

President:	Prof. Stefano Zamagni (2019.03.27 – 2023.03.20)
President:	Prof. Margaret Scotford Archer (2014.04.12 – 2019.03.27)
President:	Prof. Mary Ann Glendon (2009 – 2014.04.12)
President:	Prof. Mary Ann Glendon (2004.02.26 – 2008)
President:	Prof. Edmond Malinvaud (1994.01.01 – 2004)
Chancellor:	Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (83) (1998.10.05 – 2022.04.04)
Chancellor:	Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. (1997.07.01 – 1998.10.05)
Chancellor:	Msgr. Renato Dardozzi (1994.01.01 – 1997.07.01)

Last updated on 2026.04.11