Events: GYA (co-)organised

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the GYA held its first virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2020. The International Conference of Young Scientists, on the topic "Heal the Earth: Sustainable Development Goals in a Changing World" was also held virtually four weeks after the AGM, and addressed ongoing global problems in panels on health, diminishing resources, higher education in times of crisis and science communication and engagement. Meeting Outcomes Conference Statement: GYA Conference Statement 'Heal the Earth'. Conference website...

The World Economic Forum on Africa (link) meeting is being held in Cape Town from the 4 - 6 September 2019. In partnership with the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), the GloSYS Africa team and GYA will host a WEF affiliates breakfast session on the 6th of September 2019. Three of the GloSYS Africa champions (Abdeslam Badre, Anna Coussens and Fridah Erastus) will facilitate the session, and while the remaining two...

The GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative is holding an Academic Interdisciplinary Research Leadership Workshop, co-hosted by Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and the GYA, from 4-7 September 2019 at Wolfson College, UK. Over 20 UK-based at-risk scholars and researchers will participate. The purpose of the workshop is to preserve the research potential of outstanding at-risk or refugee academic researchers, by supporting their academic integration and imparting the practical skills needed to succeed in their new higher education environments. The GYA is also collaborating...

The 4th Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies (WWMYA) took place from 31 July - 2 August 2019 in Da Nang, Vietnam, hosted by the Vietnam Young Academy (VYA) and co-organised by the Global Young Academy (GYA). The meeting was kindly hosted at Duy Tan University, who were also supporting the organisation of this meeting. Theme: Young Academies for Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Societies Programme The 2019 WWMYA brought together representatives from existing and from newly-establishing young academies from all over...

International Conference of Young Scientists & Anniversary Annual General Meeting of the Global Young Academy 29 April – 3 May 2019 | Public days: 1 – 3 May 2019 | Halle (Saale), Germany, at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The GYA Anniversary International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting celebrates the 10th anniversary of the GYA. Recognizing that the GYA thrives from the activities of its 200 members and builds on the work of its over...

The GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative is collaborating with the EU Joint Research Centre to offer the first of two planned training workshops for early-career at-risk scholars and researchers in 2019. The two-day workshop will address the European research landscape, different career paths, including within the JRC, funding, mentoring programs and practical career skills.

Members from the GYA working group on Do-it-yourself Biology will participate in the second CILAC Forum (Latin America and Caribbean Open Science Forum) in Panama in October 2018, by organising a panel session on the “Do-it-yourself biology movement in Latin America as a driving force of innovation and entrepreneurship”. The Global Young Academy (GYA) and the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) will convene a diverse group of interdisciplinary young scientists, from across the world, to participate in the CILAC conference, and in...

The 2018 Evidence and Policy Summer School in Laxenburg, Austria is organised by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), in collaboration with the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) and the Global Young Academy (GYA). The workshop will focus on the role of population and migration for sustainable development in the European Neighbourhood. In a world flooded with information making sense of and communicating knowledge, or evidence, is highly challenging. Evidence-informed...

The GYA has nominated 5 members and 3 representatives from national young academies or academy initiatives to attend Sustainable African Cities from 3-6 July 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), will be hosting the conference. Besides developing a visionary outline for the future development of African cities, the conference...

The 2018 conference, focusing on the theme: Forever Young? Sustainable and healthy longevity through science and technology took place in Pattaya, Thailand from 7 to 11 May 2018. GYA members from over 50 countries, distinguished members of the GYA advisory board, senior scientists, government and NGO actors, and science administrators from around the world attended this meeting to work together on the goals of this global organisation. Pictures from the event can be viewed on the GYA Flickr site: GYA AGM...

With close to 250 million international migrants, and almost 70 million refugees and many more displaced persons worldwide, the topic of newcomer integration into host societies has become a pressing issue of our time. In the wake of the recent influx of refugees in Europe, private individuals often have stepped up to support the well-being of refugees in multiple ways: they welcomed strangers upon their arrival, donated money, clothes or furniture, and dedicated their time and energy to support newcomers...

‘Perspectives on Open Science’, an international workshop on Open Science convened by GYA Co-Chair Moritz Riede (UK) and GYA Open Science Working Group co-lead Koen Vermeir (France) will be held on 20 March 2018 in Oxford (UK). The workshop is being co-organised by the GYA and Maison Française d’Oxford. Theme: Open Science is currently undergoing major changes. From an activist movement promoting the open sharing of scientific results it has transformed into the dominant framework in European science policy. On...

The GYA Women in Science Group co-organised a 22-24 March CIFAR Women in Science Leadership Workshop titled ‘Fostering diverse and inclusive leadership in academia’, which took place as a pre-event to the 2018 Global Gathering of the Next Einstein Forum in Kigali Rwanda.

The 3rd Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19-21 July 2017, hosted by the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and co-organised by the Global Young Academy (GYA). The meeting was a great opportunity for representatives from NYAs and similar bodies to exchange ideas and expertise, discuss successful Young Academy activities and think about future networking and cooperation both on a global and regional levels. Regional outbreak sessions on specific issues also formed...

The 2017 GYA Conference took place in Aviemore, Scotland, from 15 to 19 May 2017, and focused on ‘Social Justice in a Rapidly Changing World’. The International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the annual key event of the Global Young Academy. Young researchers from over 40 countries met with local young and senior scientists, government and NGO representatives, as well as science administrators from around the world to work together on the goals of this...

The 2nd Africa Young Academies Regional Conference entitled “Empowering the Next Generation of Scientists in Africa” took place from 24-26 October 2016 in Mauritius. It brought together representatives from all existing National Young Academies (NYAs) in Africa, as well as NYA Initiatives and young scientists from the other countries in the NASAC network together with the NASAC member academies. The meeting was organised by the Global Young Academy with support from the University of Mauritius and The Mauritius Academy of...

The 2016 conference theme was ‘Bridging Worlds Through Science’. The meeting took place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands from 25 to 29 May 2016, hosted by the TU Eindhoven. 95 GYA members from 33 countries, and distinguished guests representing a range of scientific, diplomatic and policy positions, attended. More information about the conference can be found in the 2016 AGM and Conference Report. Pictures from the event can be viewed on the GYA Flickr site: AGM 2016

Co-organised by the Global Young Academy and the Young Academy of Sweden, the Second Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies was a great chance to meet and exchange experience and discuss successful Young Academy activities. The representatives of participating National Young Academies discussed and planned future networking and cooperation both on a global and regional level. Moreover the programme included a joint conference with the European Commission’s in-house science service, Joint Research Centre (JRC) on 17 November 2015, where the participants...