Researchers from the GYA Scientific Excellence working group have published an article in the journal Nature examining the criteria used to measure success in academia (co-authors pictured above). Having carried out a first truly global analysis examining 532 policies adopted…
In 2024, the GYA working group on Biodiversity for Survival via Biomedicine organised a youth project led by group co-lead Shymaa Enany (Suez Canal University, Egypt). Students from high schools and universities in Egypt were invited to contribute to a…
Effective communication is essential for translating complex scientific concepts into accessible knowledge. Recognizing this, the Science and Education for Youth and the Women in Science working groups (WGs) hosted a two-day online symposium entitled “Communication Skills and Science Communication symposium”…
The GYA, in collaboration with the International Research Center for Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), the WYSS Global π Community, and the China International Association for Science and Technology Cooperation, hosted the hybrid event “2024 Global Young Academy…
In December, the CILAC 2024 (Foro Abierto de Ciencias de Latinoamérica y el Caribe – CILAC), the premier science and technology policy for Latin America and the Caribbean, provided a prominent platform for the work and ideas of the Science…
Editor’s note: The following speech was delivered by immediate past Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana) during the World Science Forum 2024 in Budapest, Hungary, during the Parliamentary Session on the closing day. “Dear…
2025 Letten Prize call for applications Are you a young researcher working within the fields of health, development or environment in any aspect of human life? Then apply to the Letten Prize, which is open to researchers under the age…
The 2024 World Science Forum was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 November, where leading scientists, decision-makers from the world of politics, industry, representatives of the civil society and the media from all over the world gathered to engage in…
Two GYA members were invited to pitch science-media projects at the Industry Days of Documentary Campus, which took place in connection with the science-media Silbersalz Festival fin Halle (Saale), Germany. Tomislav Meštrović (University North, University centre Varaždin, Croatia) and Encieh…
In October 2024, the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) celebrated 10 years of empowering researchers as thought leaders to drive scientific progress across Africa and beyond. The two-day event took place on the Future Africa Campus in Pretoria, and brought…
Several GYA members were honored to take part in the Falling Walls Science Summit 24, including Antonia Morita Saktiawati (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia), who won in the Women’s Impact Award category for her work helping to make Tuberculosis screening more…
Six GYA working groups have collaborated on the GYA Statement “Young researchers and scholars’ proposals for action for a sustainable present and future” unveiled at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The various working groups that…