A Conference on “Sustainable African Cities – Debating current Challenges and exploring future Pathways” took place in Accra, Ghana, in July 2018, hosted by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) and co-organised by the Network of African Science…
The Young Academy of Japan (YAJ) hosted a public symposium on ‘Young Academy’s Thoughts on Cross-disciplinary Social Collaboration Based on Citizen Science.’ YAJ Chair and GYA member Akihiro Kishimura (Japan) gave an opening address and explained YAJ to the audience….
On 11 July 2018, GYA member Shaheen Motala-Timol (Mauritius) and GYA alumnus Fawzi Mohamad Mahomoodally (Mauritius) participated in a seminar on ‘Participatory Research in Health Science’, which was led by Miraj Desai (Yale School of Medicine, USA) and organised by…
GYA member Michael Saliba (Switzerland, pictured at right) became a member of the German Junge Akademie at their annual membership inauguration and get-together in Berlin, Germany, on 30 June 2018. Short 2-minute presentations by the new members this year focused…
GYA members Patrick B Cobbinah (Ghana), Ketcha Armand Kablan Malan (Cote d’Ivoire), Chioma Daisy Onyige (Nigeria) and Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo (Kenya) will represent the GYA at the upcoming conference on ‘Sustainable African Cities’ from 3-6 July 2018 in Accra, Ghana….
The third day of the GYA’s AGM in Pattaya featured a meeting of 12 national young academies, similar bodies and NYA initiatives, including Nigeria, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, Poland, India, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Hungary, Nepal, and Bangladesh. The discussion…
The GYA wishes to thank all young academies who took the time and submitted a proposal to host the 4th Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies (WWMYA) in 2019 in answer to our call. The GYA was very pleased to receive…
Young Academies from all over Europe met in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 23-24 March 2018. The meeting, organised by the Dutch Young Academy, was the group’s largest gathering so far with more than 35 participants representing 17 young academies and…
On 7 March 2018, the GYA participated in a discussion event with regional parliamentarians on “Digitalisation in Science and Society” which was co-organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the German Junge Akademie and the GYA in Magdeburg,…
During the course of 2015, the Israel Young Academy conducted a survey among scholars in Israel in order to understand their main needs. The survey targeted academics who had begun their work on a tenure track during the preceding 10…
The Israel Young Academy hosted the Asian Young Academies Meeting in Jerusalem on 11-12 February 2018 with the theme: “Science and Society: Challenges and Prospects”. Representatives from both the GYA and from a number of National Young Academies participated. As…
The GYA Science + Art working group are pleased to launch a photography competition to bring together art and science. Entitled ‘Visions and Images of Fascination’, this competition is being led by the GYA in collaboration with: the German Young…