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Fatin Aliah Phang (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) I am a Chinese descendant, born in Sarawak, Borneo Island, and access to education – particularly science education – was considered a privilege when I was growing up. Due to racial tensions during the…
Flávia Ferreira Pires (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil) Though my paternal grandmother was a school teacher who loves to read and write poetry, my maternal grandmother could barely read and write. Both grandmothers were from a generation where schooling was…
The GYA Strategic Project The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) launched a new report at an online event with contributions from the lead author, strategic project co-leads, distinguished professors and UNESCO in LAC. See the full programme of the…
The GYA Women in Science Group conducted a survey in 2021 among GYA members on discrimination and harassment at their workplace, led by GYA member Jonas Radl (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) and GYA alumna Shaheen Motala-Timol (Tertiary Education…
In December 2022, more than 15 GYA members and alumni served as panelists and speakers as scientists from around the world gathered at the World Science Forum (WSF) in Cape Town, South Africa, to focus on the social and economic…
A second joint event by the GYA with ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, and STM Publishers took place in November 2022, and looked at ‘IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) in scholarly peer-review’. A workshop…
The Science Leadership Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-SLP) is a capacity-building initiative of the Global Young Academy (GYA). The pilot programme was held in November 2022, with funding primarily from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Global…
In September 2022, the GYA became an early signatory of the European Commission’s “Reforming Research Assessment Agreement” and with this, joined the “Coalition on Reforming Research Assessment” CoARA. CoARA is an initiative of the European Commission, Science Europe and the…
As an Affiliate Member of the International Science Council, the GYA is delighted to announce the appointment of six GYA members and alumni as part of the second cohort of ISC-fellows. At the World Science Forum in Capetown, South Africa,…
Fukuoka Declaration on Actions to Change the Relationship between Society and Science In June 2022, the Global Young Academy (GYA), in collaboration with the Young Academy of Japan, convened its members and alumni along with early-career researchers (ECRs), students, and…
The Triennial Conference of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies took place from 1-3 November 2022, both online and at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, in the US. Co-hosted by the U.S. National Academy…
As a member of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the GYA nominated several of its members to IAP leadership and committee positions. Following an online election in summer 2022, IAP member academies elected the 2022-2024 Governance and at their recent General…