In cooperation with the International Science Council (ISC), the GYA held an interactive webinar on “Rethinking Human Development” on 7 December 2020. Under the auspices of the GYA’s Science Advice Working Group, GYA member Binyam Sisay Mendisu (UNESCO International Institute…
* Call for evidence 1-30 November 2020 – extended to 31 December 2020 * Survey now available in seven different languages As a vital part of its study on Combatting Academic Predatory Journals and Conferences, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) is…
Considering the relevance and importance of foresight literacy nowadays, the GYA Science Advice Working Group have recently organised and carried out a Workshop on Strategic Foresight for Early-Career Researchers to look at exploring, anticipating, and shaping the future in a…
In October 2020, members of the Global State of Young Scientists Latin America and Caribbean countries (GloSYS LAC) Working Group met to discuss project funding, country selection, the impact of COVID-19 in the everyday life of early-career researchers (ECRs) and…
The Young Academy Finland (YAF) have recently finished their “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” project that aimed at developing new approaches for organising the coordination of knowledge exchange on different science-policy interfaces. The project’s main findings are…
GYA Global Health working group members and members of National Young Academies and similar early to mid-career scientist networks organised and contributed to a New Voices in Global Health session about “Perspectives and responses of young scientists to the coronavirus…
Two cross-sectoral expert roundtables – co-organised by ALLEA, the GYA, and STM – will discuss the future of peer review in an open, digital world and will explore which models can best serve and reward the research community in both…
The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) in collaboration with the GYA organised as part of their outreach programme the fifth in a series of CAYS webinars, entitled “The role of the Young Academies in the development of Africa’’. This…
The National Young Academies from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand joined hands to organise the first-ever young academy International Poster Presentation Competition 2020. In an attempt to explore collaboration between the NYAs as well as arrange something for young…
The GYA Women in Science working group have published “Motherhood in Science – How children change our academic careers“, a collection of 18 fascinatingly personal stories. The publication sheds light on the challenges of motherhood in the science sphere and…
Call for Participants for Science Diplomacy in South Asia workshop, 2020 “Science Diplomacy is the torch that can light the way, where other kind of politics and diplomacy have failed.” To enlighten South Asia with the torch of Science Diplomacy,…
GYA members and young scientists around the globe propose cross-disciplinary solutions in a Conference Statement published following the recent virtual conference “Heal the Earth: Sustainable Development Goals in a Changing World”. With this Conference Statement, the GYA emphasises the need…