GYA Alumnus Gergely Toldi (University of Auckland, New Zealand) has won the André Mischke Young Academy of Europe Prize for Science and Policy! The Young Academy of Europe Prize is awarded annually to mid-career professionals in recognition of their outstanding…
Tthe GYA’s 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and International Conference of Young Scientists successfully concluded on 19 June. In addition to daily Plenary Sessions and workshops on the topic of “Harmonising Reason with Sensibility”, the Annual General Meeting included the…
Before the GYA 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) online, 31 particpants – mainly newly selected GYA members – met online for a Science Leadership Workshop in May. Throughout the sessions, seasoned GYA members and alumni (see below) joined as mentors….
The GYA’s 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference successfully concluded today, and included the election of a new Executive Committee, To represent and lead them through the upcoming year, GYA members elected leaders hailing from North America, Africa, Asia…
Watch the recording here https://youtu.be/bfP7O-EC8Ws 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…
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…
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…