The latest edition of GYA Connections magazine is out now. The themed articles in the current issue examine ‘Inclusiveness’ from various aspects. Articles include ‘Precarity vs. academic inclusiveness’, ‘Better equity for women without further disadvantaging others?’, and ‘The dichotomous reproduction…
A paper on medicinal plant extracts by GYA member Alexander Kagansky (Russia) and alumna Vidushi Neergheen-Bhujun (Mauritius) has just been published in ActaNaturae (Vol. 11/1). Vidushi and Sasha teamed up with colleagues from the Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok, the…
*in deutscher Sprache unten As part of this year’s annual general meeting of the Global Young Academy (GYA) at the Leopoldina in Halle, we – 200 early career scientists and scholars from around the globe – invite the public to…
The first skills training workshop for early-career at-risk scientists and scholars in the context of the GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative was held in collaboration with the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) from 9-10 April, in Ispra, Italy. The two-day workshop…
WAS: Internationaler Workshop für Kinder am Krokoseum – Wie ensteht Energie (Solarzellen aus Beerensaft machen); Expedition Mundus (Erkundungsspiel) WO: Krokoseum, Franckesche Stiftungen, Franckeplatz 1 WANN: Montag, 29 April 14:00-17:00 FÜR WEN: Kinder 7-12 Jahre (Eltern können gerne dabei sein) ANMELDUNG…
GYA Executive Committee member and former co-lead of the Open Science working group Koen Vermeir (France) represented the GYA at the European Commission’s Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) meeting in Bucharest, Romania, on 11 April 2019, where the future of…
In recognition of its growing influence in the global science community, the Global Young Academy (GYA) has been named a full member of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the global network of 138 academies of science, engineering and medicine. The official…
Two GYA members spoke at the third IAP Science for Poverty Eradication Committee (SPEC) Conference, which took place from 27-29 March 2019, in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference addressed the topic ‘How Can Science and Technology Contribute to…
The 2019 call for applications for the GYA North-South Interdisciplinary Project Grant is now open! Applications should be submitted by Sunday, 16 June 2019. This grant scheme, introduced at the AGM 2014, seeks to support the development of small-scale, innovative,…
GYA Executive Committee member Koen Vermeir (France) was an expert at a meeting of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors of the European Union. Koen co-founded the GYA Science Advice Working Group and has been active as an expert and…
#FridaysForFuture began in August 2018, after 15-year old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish Parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing…
The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) brought together its 2019 cohort – excellent researchers from across Africa, from 22-27 March 2019, in one out of a host of workshops leading up to the launch of the new Future Africa campus…