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The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) in collaboration with the GYA organised as part of their outreach programme the fifth in a series of CAYS webinars, entitled “The role of the Young Academies in the development of Africa’’. This…
The National Young Academies from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand joined hands to organise the first-ever young academy International Poster Presentation Competition 2020. In an attempt to explore collaboration between the NYAs as well as arrange something for young…
Our world is changing faster than ever before. Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global changes, growing in complexity, generate high uncertainty affecting all policy areas. For future-oriented policymaking, governments must think strategically about the future and prepare themselves…
In September, the S20 (an engagement group of the G20 established in 2017) was hosted by Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the chairmanship of Anas Alfaris. The theme for S20 in 2020 is “Foresight:…
The first-ever online meeting of Young Academies from around the world took place on 22 September 2020. The meeting was the largest gathering of young academies so far, with almost 70 representatives from over 40 young academies and initiatives (see…
The GYA, together with 18 European and associated young academies, has signed an open letter to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and national governments to raise concerns over cuts to Horizon Europe funding from 2021 onwards. The letter,…
GYA Executive Committee member Mohamed Elhadidy (Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt), along with GYA member Maha Nasr (Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt) and GYA alumni Adewale Adewuyi (Department of Chemical Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria) were part…
Young Academies from all over Europe met online on 4-5 July 2020. The meeting was hosted by the Junge Akademie (Germany), who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. The online meeting saw the highest number of participation ever, bringing…
On the occasion of the GYA International Conference for Young Scientists, which takes place online in July 2020, the GYA working group on “Science + Art = Peace and Justice“, led by its co-lead Sergey Kostyrko (Russia) and former co-lead…
Workshop description: Open Science is a global movement that plays out in many different ways at the local level. Indeed, countries and regions have very different Open Science aspirations, cultures, infrastructures and regulations. In this workshop, we will discuss how…
During its General Assembly on 10 June 2020, the Global Young Academy signed DORA, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. DORA is a global initiative that aims to reform the way in which scientific research is evaluated. Currently, most…
The Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), the High-Level Advisory Group that advised the European Commission on how to develop Open Science between 2016 and 2020, has produced its final report, “Progress on Open Science: Towards a Shared Research Knowledge System”…