The Global Young Academy and ALLEA have started a strategic partnership to foster closer ties between the two organisations. The partnership, formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding, capitalises on the diverse expertise and experience of both organisations. ALLEA, as the...
GYA Executive Committee member Yoko Shimpuku (Kyoto University, Japan) addressed the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on 11 February 2020. Yoko introduced her research on midwifery education in Tanzania, the...
On the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Global Young Academy, led by its Women in Science working group Co-Leads, Shalini Arya (EEL USP Lorena, Brazil) and Roula Inglesi-Lotz (University of Pretoria, South Africa), joins...
The GYA working group on “Trust in (Young) Scientists” has attracted a grant from the Volkswagen Foundation for its video project on “Science ∞ Society: Video tutorials on science ethics and science communication”. The project will be carried out in...
The GYA is honoured to announce that Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai has accepted the Executive Committee’s invitation to join the GYA Advisory Board. Mrs Obo-Nai, an engineer and business leader who is the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, is well-known...
The educational board game Expedition Mundus teaches 12-year olds to think like a scientist. It has been used by many Young Academies in the past few years, and has been translated into several languages. Now, a more digital version, serving...
The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) was established in 2019, with the kind support of the Cameroon Academy of Science (CAS). As their very first activity, CAYS organised an international conference on “Young Scientists: Mainspring of Development and Innovation...
The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientist (SLAYS) has conducted a community outreach programme on coast conservation. The issue of marine habitat destruction and pollution is a serious threat to Sri Lankan coastal biodiversity. Being an inherent treasure trove of...
On 13 December 2019, The National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Benin, together with the Academy of Young Scientists of Benin and the American Society for Microbiology held the first National Camp for Young Scientists of Benin. Young...
On 11 December, the GYA working group Trust in (Young) Scientists offered a two-hour webinar on “Science communication through blogs and video blogs”, organised by the group’s co-lead Lisa Herzog (Netherlands). GYA members and alumni, as well as members from a...
Before the year 2019 closed, the Swiss Young Academy was officially established, with support from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. This support provides young academics in Switzerland with the opportunity to call attention to their particular concerns. The...
From 1-4 December 2019, the 4th ASEAN Science Leadership Programme (SLP) was held in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The SLP was jointly hosted by the ASEAN Young Scientists Network, Center for Youth Development and International Cooperation (CYDECO), Ministry of Science and...
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