In December 2025, the GYA Executive Committee (EC) participated in the third Hong Kong Science Summit on “Converging Knowledge, Inspiring Future”, organised by the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences together with the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, where they…
Over 10 GYA members and alumni contributed actively at the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Conference and General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt, some of them in IAP leadership positions. GYA Co-Chair Yensi Flores Bueso (University College Cork, Ireland) moderated, and Executive Committee…
The GYA joined leading international science organizations at the IAP Triennial Conference in Cairo, Egypt, to spotlight the critical role of early-career researchers (ECRs) in addressing and navigating the world’s interconnected crises. In the panel titled “Empowering Early-Career Researchers in…
GYA members Anh-Duc Hoang (RMIT University Vietnam) and Fun Man Fung (University College Dublin) participated in the second Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education (GSoLEN) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in December…
A GYA delegation were special guests at the 15th ASREN Annual Conference (EAGE25), held under the theme “Uniting Minds” and attended by more than 200 participants from around the globe. This engagement underscores the proactive collaboration between the GYA and…
The 2025 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Daniel Schwab (U.S. Department of Energy) and Antonia Morita Iswari Saktiawati (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) for their project “Global Science Talent Index (GSTI)”. Global Science Talent Index (GSTI) The…
When I joined the Global Young Academy in 2022, I knew I was stepping into a network of excellence; but I couldn’t have anticipated how profoundly it would shape the trajectory of my career. My first Annual General Meeting (AGM)…
Open Science First Fridays 7 November The GYA’s Open Science group is organizing Open Science First Fridays – a series of discussions on current topics impacting Open Science. This month’s event on 7 November at 14:00 UTC is titled “Can…
The GYA played an active role in the Fourth United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference, held in October at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. The event gathered policymakers, funders, and researchers to advance Open Science as…
In October, several GYA members and alumni represented the GYA at two major gatherings in Japan: the Tsukuba Conference and the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum, both focused on how science can advance trust, inclusion, and sustainability in…
The GYA and INYAS release Position Statement from the 2025 International Conference of Young Scientists In June 2025, together with the meeting’s hosts, the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), the GYA held an International Conference of Young Scientists…
In September 2025 I had the privilege of participating in the Science 20 (S20) Young Scientists Meeting, representing the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and the GYA. The gathering brought together early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) from across…