In her speech on assuming office, the Leopoldina’s first female President in its 373-year history, President Bettina Rockenbach, said: “I, along with all members of the Academy, owe great thanks to my predecessor Gerald Haug. He has made the Leopoldina…
From 17-20 February 2025, representatives from Young Academies in Israel, South Korea, Poland, Austria, Germany, the Global Young Academy (GYA), India, and Canada (on zoom) gathered in Berlin for a Young Academies Symposium on “Strengthening Global Scientific Collaboration”, organized by…
Wasim Sajjad was selected as one of the 50 next generation leaders to participate in The spirit of Asilomar and Future of Biotechnology.
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Hiba Baroud received the Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award at the Society for Risk Analysis 2024 Annual Meeting. Read more here.
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In January 2025, the GYA participated in the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue and Third General Assembly of the International Science Council, which was hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Oman, in Muscat, Oman. Over 400…
Updated booklet about the Young Academies “The World’s Young Academies” booklet has been updated by the GYA and published on the occasion of the Muscat Global Knowledge and Third ISC General Assembly. The first edition, published in October 2022, has…
Researchers from the GYA Scientific Excellence working group have published an article in the journal Nature examining the criteria used to measure success in academia (co-authors pictured above). Having carried out a first truly global analysis examining 532 policies adopted…
In 2024, the GYA working group on Biodiversity for Survival via Biomedicine organised a youth project led by group co-lead Shymaa Enany (Suez Canal University, Egypt). Students from high schools and universities in Egypt were invited to contribute to a…
Effective communication is essential for translating complex scientific concepts into accessible knowledge. Recognizing this, the Science and Education for Youth and the Women in Science working groups (WGs) hosted a two-day online symposium entitled “Communication Skills and Science Communication symposium”…
Hussam Hussein published two articles in Science – “Risks of Morocco’s green hydrogen plans” (link available here), and “Preserve Petra and Bedouin rights in Jordan” (link available here).
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Karly Kehoe, in her role as a member of the ISC Freedom and Responsibility in Science standing committee, has co-authored a blog post on the right to science (link here).
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The GYA, in collaboration with the International Research Center for Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), the WYSS Global π Community, and the China International Association for Science and Technology Cooperation, hosted the hybrid event “2024 Global Young Academy…