The latest edition of GYA connections magazine is now available! The themed articles in Connections issue 10 examine “Leadership”, and explore the issue from various angles, including articles titled “Leadership skills in the scientific workforce”, “Leading during the COVID-19 pandemic:…
Watch the recording here https://youtu.be/I6N1X-j5izwBelow are some impressions from the Opening Ceremony of the GYA’s International Conference of Young Scientists “Harmonising Reason with Sensibility: Regenerating science for an inclusive and sustainable future”, which kicked off on 14 June and runs…
Watch the recording here On 13 June, the Science Advice for Policy-making Workshop was held in collaboration between the GYA and the Young Academy of Japan. INGSA and INGSA-Asia provided mentors for this workshop, including Binyam Sisey Mendisu (Vice President…
The Global Young Academy is pleased to welcome 39 new members to its ranks. All new members were inaugurated at the opening of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13 June 2022. The GYA new member cohort includes representatives…
On 3 June, Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands) of the GYA Trust in (Young) Scientists working group moderated a GYA Annual General Meeting Public Satellite Session titled “SCISO – Behind the scenes of a project”. Panel members included Lisa…
The GYA Rainbow working group presents a series of posters portraying LGBTQ+ scientists. The posters feature notable LGBTQ+ research leaders and their contributions at multiple levels. The Rainbow group plans for this poster exhibition to be a starting point…
Young Academies from all over Europe met in Brussels, Belgium, on 10-12 May 2022. The meeting, organised and hosted by the Belgian Young Academy, brought together representatives from 21 young academies and academy initiatives; some representatives joined online. The GYA…
by GYA Executive Committee member Anna Harris (University of Maastricht, Netherlands) (Note: Many thanks to GYA Senior Communications Officer Jim Curtiss for his collaboration on this post.) Facing a paywall A few years ago while I was precariously positioned…
The 2022 call for applications for the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications should be submitted by Sunday, 3 July 2022. This grant scheme, introduced at the GYA’s 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), seeks to support…
Since 2014, more than 200 young scholars and scientists have taken part in GYA-supported capacity-building science leadership programmes or workshops. These Science Leadership Programmes (SLPs) and Workshops aim to nurture future science leaders, offering training in collective leadership skills and…
The GYA’s Science Advice Working Group recently unveiled the the Science Advice Resource Centre, a platform that features peer-reviewed articles on governmental science advice, science policy, science diplomacy, and science communication by and for early-career researchers (ECRs). The platform is…
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…