Events: TWAS

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

GYA EC member Sandra López-Vergès (Panama) and Research Assistant for the Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Africa project, Matt Keane, will participate in a regional conference for young scientists, co-organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in a partnership with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliates Network (TYAN) and its Latin American and Caribbean Representation (TWAS-LACREP). The meeting will be a multidisciplinary international meeting bringing together talented young scientists to discuss their scientific work, and the constraints...

GYA member Theresa Obiekezie (Nigeria) will attend this course, which is sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy. Given the growing role of science and technology in international relations, AAAS and TWAS established a partnership in 2011 focused on science diplomacy training and engagement between the global North and the South, including our annual summer course on science diplomacy. This course will expose participants...

The inaugural regional training workshop on science diplomacy, organised by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), The World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will be held in South Africa, from 21 to 25 May 2018. This training workshop is designed for young scientists (below the age of 40) living and working in sub-Saharan Africa and whose research and wider engagement has brought them into...