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…
GYA, in partnership with the Young Academy of Japan, organised a science leadership workshop focusing on science advice capacity building for young scientists. It took place in Tokyo, Japan, on 5 November 2018 – prior to the 3rd biennial conference…
On 19 October 2018, the official platform for young scientists in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) region, the ASEAN Young Scientists Network was officially launched in conjunction with the 75th ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology Meeting…
2018 has seen a concerted effort by young and senior academicians to engage with the UN Regional Commissions and with each other on the implementation of the UN SDGs. In doing so, they have identified a wide range of practicable…
On 27 September 2018, Austria’s Young Academy celebrated its tenth anniversary with current and former members at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) in Vienna. Established in 2008 as the “Junge Kurie”, as it was then known, the Young Academy…
Publicly funded research output should neither be hidden behind paywalls nor be a ‘pay-to-publish’ game. This is one of the core tenets of the Position Statement titled ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Implementing Plan S – The View of Young Academies’,…
The Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS), together with the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF) and in collaboration with the Coordinating Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI), co-organised the 2nd SLAYS Open Forum on “Research for…
Members from the GYA Science Advice working group co-organised an Evidence and Policy Summer School together with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), and the International Network for Government Science Advice…