Events: UNESCO

We warmly invite you to join us at the Science Summit of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) during our online event titled “Young and Global – A perspective on today’s challenges in science,” which will explore how research and scholarship can be pursued based on inclusiveness at the global level. The session will take place on 15 September 2022 from 14:00-17:00 UTC, and will include over 15 GYA members and alumni discussing Open Science, North-South and South-South collaborations, the...

Scientific quality assurance and thus, ensuring scientific integrity, is necessary in the entire scientific process: from setting the agenda to the study design, from collection and processing of data to the publication and interpretation of results. Ensuring Scientific Integrity has individual as well as systemic requirements. It touches upon ethical as well as technical questions. This global digital exchange of ideas and experiences on scientific integrity for stakeholders from UNESCO-related networks and science policy, organised by the UNESCO and the...

Join the Global Young Academy, Inter American Institute for Global Change Research, and National Science Policy Network's Science Diplomacy Committee on Friday, October 29th from 4:00-5:30 pm CDT as we jointly host a learning opportunity and happy hour social. The event will explore the current challenges and experiences of early career researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean, aiming to highlight key experiences this demographic faces as they navigate their careers. Additionally, it will also provide participants the opportunity to connect with one another over...

The International Day of Light will consist of coordinated activities on national, regional and international levels. Activities will be planned so that people of all ages and all backgrounds can gain an appreciation for the central role of light in science and culture, and as a cross-cutting scientific discipline that can advance sustainable development. The inauguration featuring Nobel Laureates and leaders in areas of education, industry, design and lighting will take place on 16 May 2018 at UNESCO headquarters in...