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New Leadership Elected

On 10 May 2018 during the 8^th 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.