The U.S. New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently launched storytelling and networking initiatives. The storytelling initiative aims to help bridge the gap between the public and scientists, while the networking initiative aims to help young scientists leverage their…
A new report from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) – the global network of over 140 science, engineering and medical academies – is designed to mobilise its members and the growing number of young academies around the world to engage with…
On 24-26 March, the Group of Seven (G7) Academies Meeting was held in Paris, France to finalise the joint statements that will be submitted for recommendation to the governments of the G7 nations, which will meet in Biarritz, France, in…
The launch of the Hungarian Young Academy (HYA) was announced on 7 May 2019 during the Annual General Meeting of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) in Budapest, Hungary. Preparations to establish the HYA had already started in 2017, with…
The third day of the GYA’s Annual General Meeting in Halle, Germany, featured a meeting of representatives from 27 national young academies (NYAs), similar bodies and networks and NYA Initiatives, including from countries such as India, New Zealand, Israel, Germany,…
GYA members Benjamin Hennig (Iceland), Abdalhadi Alijla (Sweden) and Simon Elsässer (Sweden) participated in the first Baltic and Nordic Young Academies joint meeting in March 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Young Academy of Sweden and aimed at deepening…
The German Junge Akademie held its 2019 spring meeting at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in March 2019. Junge Akademie members usually meet three times a year to work on current projects, develop new activities and to vote…
On 22 February 2019, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the creation of the Young Academy of Spain, an institution that will represent young scientists and promote new approaches to solve problems of national and international importance. GYA alumni Javier…
On 9 January 2019 the symposium titled ‘Present and Future of Science in Chile’ was held in Santiago, Chile. The event, sponsored by the Embassy of Canada in Chile and the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, brought together more than 200…
Congratulations and welcome are in order for two new national young academies that have recently been created, both of them in Africa. The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) held its inaugural meeting in October 2018, while in early November…
Representatives of ten African National Young Academies (NYAs) had the opportunity to meet and engage with each other at the Académie nationale des sciences, arts et lettres du Bénin (ANSALB) in Cotonou, Benin, in November 2018. This informal meeting focussed…
At the end of October 2018, Die Junge Akademie (Germany) held its Autumn Plenary Session at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. Just one day before, the CEU announced its move to Vienna due to recent developments within…