2022 Arab-Germany Young Academy membership call
The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) Call for Membership Applications 2022 is now open.
The AGYA promotes research cooperation among outstanding early-career researchers (3-10 years after PhD) from all disciplines who are affiliated with a research institution in Germany or any Arab country. The AGYA supports interdisciplinary projects by its members in various fields of research, science policy, and capacity building.
More information about the academy and the membership application process is available here.
The application deadline is 10 April 2022.
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Young scientists and European science advice
In March, the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters co-organised a seminar on the roles young scientists can play in European science advice. With the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) becoming an official partner of the new SAPEA+ project in Europe, now is an important moment for young scientists to explore the formal, and less formal, avenues for getting involved in science advice.
Read more in their March 2022 newsletter.
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The Young Academy of Europe turns 10
The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2022. As part of their celebrations, they are organising a Lecture Series each month, and in March, GYA members David Fernandez Rivas (University of Twente, The Netherlands) and Manuel Fernandez-Götz ( University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), who are both also YAE members, spoke at the YAE’s 10th Anniversary Lecture Series.
David presented his research on novel needle-free injection techniques, and Manuel discussed his work on approaching urban challenges from a deep-history perspective.
The YAE’s key achievements in the past decade are discussed in this article for FEBS Societies by YAE Chair Gemma Modinos and YAE Board Members Katalin Solymosi and Anna Kuppuswamy.
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Science and art exhibition by Belgian Young Academy
In 2020, the Belgian Young Academy’s working group on Art and Science published a book titled “OVERLAP – the No Man’s Land between Art and Science”, which provides a contemporary state of the art overview of the multitude of practices on the border – or in the overlap – between art and science.
Building on this publication, beginning in 2021 the group organised a travelling exhibition in various Belgian cities, which will close in April 2022 with a finissage in Hasselt, Belgium.
To watch a trailer, register to attend the finissage, and to learn more about the exhibit visit their website here.
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Swiss Young Academy projects in 2022
The Swiss Young Academy have decided on their work programme for 2022. They will continue working on their 2021 projects on Learning from COVID-19 Fake News, on Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes, and on Precarious Working Conditions in Swiss Academic Institutions, as these continue to be highly relevant and topical.
Additionally, the “Fostering Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Change” project has been started in early 2022.
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Joint Conference of the InterAcademy Partnership and the world’s Young Academies
We are pleased to announce the InterAcademy Partnership IAP Triennial Conference and Worldwide Meeting of the Young Academies.
The theme of the meeting will be, “Inclusive Excellence: Harnessing knowledge for sustainable societies”.
The meeting is hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and co-organised by IAP, the Global Young Academy, NAS, RSC, the RSC College, and the NAS New Voices Program.
The meeting will take place 1-3 November 2022, online and at Biosphere2, Arizona, United States, in a hybrid format.
For any further queries about the joint meeting, please contact Anna-Maria at the GYA Office.
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National Young Academy of Nepal (NaYAN) newsletter
The newest edition of NaYAN”s newsletter features news on their Annual General Meeting, endorsements of national and international initiatives, and activities and achievements of NaYAS members. You can download their March newsletter here.
