The 2019 World Science Forum (WSF), with a focus on ‘Science, Ethics and Responsibility’, will celebrate 20 years of science diplomacy. The meeting brings together thousands of scientists and scholars with policymakers, society, industry and science communicators. Plenary speakers nominated…
The Junge Akademie (Germany) has announced the winners of its “Celebration Rituals” competition, which looked at how the successful completion of a doctorate/PhD degree is celebrated. The Academy’s working group on “Pro-Motion”, playing on the German term for getting your…
Young academies from the Nordic and Baltic countries have published a joint statement on gender equality in academia. The statement grew out of the first Nordic-Baltic meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, in March 2019. The statement’s purpose is to identify…
Inspired by and in conjunction with the Finnish EU Presidency, the Young Academy Finland have started to gather information from European young academies on their science-policy interface activities. This work is done under the new “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers”…
The National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS) Pakistan celebrated 10 years of success on 14 August 2019. The foundation of NAYS was laid in August 2009 by dedicated young scientists of Pakistan, who aimed to provide a platform to utilise…
On 8 August, GYA members from Japan Wataru Iwasaki and Yoko Shimpuku met the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe, and the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Mr Takuya Hirai, to report the recommendations from the…
The Fourth Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies took place in Da Nang, Vietnam, from 31 July – 2 August 2019, hosted by the Vietnam Young Academy (VYA) and co-organised by the GYA. Representatives from more than 30 young academies from…
The Fourth Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies takes place in Da Nang, Vietnam, from 31 July – 2 August 2019, hosted by the Vietnam Young Academy (VYA) and co-organised by the Global Young Academy (GYA). Representatives from more than 30…
Executive Committee member Sandra Lopez-Verges (Panama) represented the GYA recently at the 4th National Meeting of the Affiliate Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 24-26 June in Fortaleza, Brazil. Alexander Birbrair (Brazil), a new GYA member and a member…
The Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2019 has been awarded to GYA alumna Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh (Vietnam) for her achievements in the field of nanomaterials. She will be awarded a medal and a monetary gift at her lecture in…
The National Young Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB) began its journey on 16 June 2019, with its public launch during its first Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS), University of Dhaka. The NYAB…
The Young Academy of Sweden co-hosted a symposium on “How do we assess scientific quality?” together with The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 23 May 2019. Prominent speakers from key research funders – both nationally and internationally – and…