The Egyptian Young Academy of Science (EYAS) and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research &Technology organised the 1st International Conference on Woman in Science Without Borders (WISWB) 2017 from 21-23 March 2017 in Cairo, Egypt. GYA alumna Amal Amin Ibrahim…
In March 2017, GYA member S. Karly Kehoe (Canada) attended the Refugee Scientists: Transnational Resources workshop in Trieste, Italy. She was there as a representative of the GYA Global Migration and Human Rights working group and spoke about the work…
GYA’s new office opening reception held on 27 January was an opportunity to connect GYA and its office to the new surrounding in Halle, Germany. Prof. Hacker, President of the Leopoldina, joined us for the opening remarks and provided a…
The 1st Asian National Young Academy (NYA) Meeting, entitled “Advancing Synergies in Asian NYAs”, took place from 15 – 16 December in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was the first of its kind to connect the majority of Asian NYAs with…
GYA member and co-chair of the Open Science Working Group, Koen Vermeir, attended a conference on Open Access and the Evaluation of Research: Towards a New Ecosystem. The conference, which took place on 13 and 14 October 2016 in Toulouse,…
Shamsun Nahar Khan, member of the Executive Committee of the GYA, organised and facilitated a workshop for children aged 10-12 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop was held on 18 June 2016 at Rayer Bazar School, an education institution for under-privileged…
On 1 April 2016, the GYA and the Young Academies of Europe released two statements on Open Data and Open Access. The statements will be presented to the European Commission by GYA member Sabina Leonelli together with Rianne Letschert and…
GYA members Dimitry Maslov (Russia) and Ivana Gadjanski (Serbia) completed a YSAP funded mission titled: FabLab and 3D Future: Serbia-Russia cooperation at the 2016 FABelgrade conference in Belgrade, Serbia. The objective of this interaction was to promote digital fabrication techniques…
Dedicated to encouraging knowledge transfer, Young Scientist Ambassador Program (YSAP) fosters GYA members to serve as scientific ambassadors between developed and developing countries. The latest activity led Ghada Bassioni (Egypt) to the Netherlands, where she conducted an outreach activity to…
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) has published a report titled “Working with Big Ideas of Science Education” on 16 March 2015. The report addresses concerns that the science curriculum in many countries is overloaded and over-detailed, frequently accompanied by assessment that…
The EU is currently consulting on the Science 2.0 approach, which discusses ways of developing research in Europe and making it available. In preparation for the fourth workshop on Science 2.0 validation, the GYA has developed a position paper and…
This year five GYA members were selected to participate at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions which was held in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 10 to 12 September 2014: Ivana Gadjanski (Serbia), Maite Martinez-Aldaya (Spain), Vanny…