Higher education systems worldwide face a common set of challenges, including enhancing educational quality, improving graduate employability, strengthening international recognition of qualifications, and preparing students for an increasingly interconnected world. While educational policies must ultimately reflect national priorities and local…
The College for Life Sciences at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin is inviting excellent early career researchers in the life and natural sciences, medicine, and psychology to apply for fellowships in the 2027/2028 academic year. Designed for postdocs and other researchers…
The Global Young Academy’s Annual General Meeting in Bremen, Germany, concluded on a high note, sparking new interdisciplinary collaborations, welcoming 33 new members, setting the organization’s strategic course, and electing new leadership. This year, GYA members elected a diverse Executive…
The GYA is pleased to introduce its new member cohort, all of whom will be inaugurated at the opening of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 30 June 2026 in Bremen, Germany. The 33-member cohort includes representatives from 26…
The European National Young Academies (ENYA) Meeting 2026 took place on 27–29 May in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together representatives from young academies across Europe to strengthen collaboration and advance shared priorities. Participants came from 24 young academies and similar organisations…
The 2026 call for applications for the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications from GYA Members should be submitted by 03 August 2026. This long-standing GYA grant scheme, introduced in 2014, seeks to support the development of…
What if playing a game could help save the planet? This question drives the €3 million Horizon Europe project Games Realising Effective and Affective Transformation (GREAT), which is pioneering the use of dilemma games to transform citizen engagement with climate…
A team of GYA members and alumni has published a new review paper in the journal Life Sciences. The article, “Host-focused immunity, metabolism, and diagnostic innovation for precision control of tuberculosis globally,” presents a forward-looking analysis of tuberculosis (TB) research,…
A team of GYA members and alumni has published a new peer‑reviewed paper in the Journal of Evidence-based Medicine that brings together traditional knowledge systems and advanced scientific innovation to address one of the world’s most persistent infectious diseases: tuberculosis…
GYA member Mohammad Hosseini (Northwestern University, United States) and GYA Co-Chair Yensi Flores Bueso (University College Cork, Ireland) together with GYA Advisory Board member Véronique Kiermer (Chief Scientific Officer of PLOS), along with other luminaries in Open Science, have co-authored…
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) launches its Introduction to Responsible Research Assessment Course. This online, self-paced course provides an approachable, entry-level curriculum for anyone at any career stage and in a variety of roles to learn about responsible research…
The Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI) have announced that registrations are now open for their annual Science-Policy Summer School: “Science and Policy for Environmental Action”, taking place from 22-26 June 2026 at the University of Geneva. This program brings together early-career…