The Global Young Academy has published a full report on its 2021 online International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting on the topic “Trust in Science”. The report leads with a message from the GYA Co-Chairs, and includes…
Together with the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research and the National Science Policy Network‘s Science Diplomacy Committee, the GYA hosted a joint learning opportunity and happy hour social event to explore the current challenges and experiences of early…
by Felix Moronta Barrios, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ICGEB, Italy. 21 October 2021 During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, we have already seen terrorist attacks, financial crashes, new authoritarian governments, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, the…
In 2020, the GYA became an Affiliate Member of the International Science Council (ISC). The ISC strives to be the global voice for science, and promotes science as a global public good. The online General Assembly (GA) in October 2021…
The 2021 Tsukuba Conference took place in September 2021 as a hybrid event with more than 3,000 registered participants from over 60 countries. In cooperation with the Young Academy of Japan, GYA member and past Executive Committee (EC) member Yoko…
The second online meeting of Young Academies from around the world took place on 30 September 2021. The meeting was the largest gathering of young academies so far, with more than 70 representatives from 50 young academies and initiatives (see…
The working group on Science + Art = Peace and Justice have published a CD compilation for their project on “The Aesthetics of Biodiversity”, which was curated by the group’s former co-lead, the late Sasha Kagansky, and current co-lead Sergey…
For the 2021-22 funding period, GYA members will continue to be active in 17 working groups and three Incubators within the three GYA Themes of Science & Society, Research Environment, and Science Education and Outreach. The GYA Rainbow incubator has…
“Trust in Science” was the overarching topic of the GYA’s 2021 online annual International Conference of Young Scientists, where young scientists from around the globe discussed the repercussions and importance of fostering trust in science when it comes to pressing…
by Catherine Beaudry, founding member of the GYA and Associate Professor at the Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department of École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. We live in unprecedented times. Around the world, some are coming out of confinement, some are…
GYA Interdisciplinary Grant 2021/22: Young Researchers and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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