The members of the Junge Akademie Germany have committed themselves to abstain from short-haul flights under 1000km when traveling to workshops and conferences. At the same time, they call on German policymakers to develop binding regulations for the interpretation of…
For the inaugural Global Sustainable Development Report, which was published in 2019, several GYA members were involved in reviewing the final texts (see GYA’s September 2019 news item). The results of the report were being discussed at the UN General…
The 2019 World Science Forum (WSF) brought together over one thousand scientists and scholars, policymakers, society, industry and science communicators to discuss ‘Science, Ethics and Responsibility’ in Budapest, Hungary from 20-23 November 2019. At least one early- to mid-career researcher…
The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) held its 2019 Annual General Meeting in October in Barcelona, Spain, in conjunction with the Academia Europaea general meeting. Meeting participants discussed highlights of the past year, and elected several new Board members. Discussions…
Leading up to the 2019 World Science Forum on the topic of Science, Ethics and Responsibility in Budapest, Hungary, 43 young scientists and scholars from 23 countries participated in a 1.5 day science leadership workshop, co-organized by the Global Young…
The global network of Young Academies continues to grow, from just a handful in 2014 to currently more than 40 across all global regions. With the increasing numbers, the need for a consensus on core principles and values of young…
COAlition S and the Global Young Academy are joining forces to develop a Plan S Monitor Task Force. Plan S is a radical and controversial initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported…
Members of the Global Young Academy’s At-Risk Scholar Initiative participated in the AAAS Science, Technology and Human Rights Conference, from 23-25 October 2019 in Washington, DC, USA. Üzeyir Ogurlu, Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, and GYA member Teresa Stoepler, co-lead of…
At this year’s World Health Summit, which is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health, GYA member and immediate past Co-Chair Tolu Oni (United Kingdom) spoke during the opening ceremony, and several other GYA members -from the…
On 26 October 2019, the First World Young Scientist Summit was held in Wenzhou, China. The meeting was unprecedented in China for its focus on young researchers and scholars, and covered all possible academic areas. Attendees came from over 70…
The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) successfully held their Third Annual International Conference in October 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Considered the largest conference among early to mid-career scientists from academia and industry as well as postgraduate research…
Members from the GYA working group on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction participated in the 2019 Global Development Conference on the theme of “Knowledge for Sustainable Development: The Research Policy Nexus” on 23-25 October 2019 in Bonn, Germany. Working…