New Leadership Elected
On 10 May 2018 during the 8th Annual General Meeting in Pattaya, Thailand, the members of the Global Young Academy elected a new leadership body to represent the organisation and lead it through the upcoming year.
The new leadership team has members from Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Australia, and consists of seven female and four male early-career researchers. Tolu Oni (UK) and Connie Nshemereirwe (Uganda) were elected as Co-Chairs. You can get to know the entire team here.
Trust in (Young) Scientists GYA incubator at ALLEA’s General Assembly 2018
Following a call by the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), GYA Members Lisa Herzog (Germany) and Robert Lepenies (Germany) and GYA alumnus Martin Dominik participated in a video competition on “Trust in science”.
Members of the Trust in (Young) Scientists incubator group wrote a statement, composed during the AGM, titled “Trust in Science – A Young Scientists’ Perspective”, addressed to ALLEA’s working group on Truth, Trust and Expertise.
Read the entire news article here.
Welcome GYA New Members 2018!
The Global Young Academy is pleased to welcome 45 new members to its ranks. All new members were inaugurated at the opening of the 8th International Conference of Young Scientists and GYA Annual General meeting in Pattaya, Thailand on 8 May. Read more about 2018’s new members here.
News
Trust in (Young) Scientists GYA incubator enters video competition
24 May 2018DIY-Biology Working Group provides policy recommendations to the United Nations
24 May 2018Young Scientist Ambassador Programme builds connections at Burapha University, Thailand
17 May 2018GYA Co-Chair Tolu Oni speaks at UNESCO’s international Day of Light
Upcoming Events
ASSAf-TWAS-AAAS Regional Workshop on Science Diplomacy
21/05/2018 - 25/05/2018, All Day Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria,IAP regional SDG meeting, the Americas
29/05/2018 - 30/05/2018, All Day Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City,World Social Science Forum 2018
25/09/2018 - 28/09/2018, All Day Kyushu University, Higashi-ku Fukuoka,AGM 2019: Anniversary conference and meeting.
29/04/2019 - 03/05/2019, All Day Leopoldina, Halle, Germany, Halle,