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The second online meeting of Young Academies from around the world took place on 30 September 2021. The meeting was the largest gathering of young academies so far, with more than 70 representatives from 50 young academies and initiatives (see…
The working group on Science + Art = Peace and Justice have published a CD compilation for their project on “The Aesthetics of Biodiversity”, which was curated by the group’s former co-lead, the late Sasha Kagansky, and current co-lead Sergey…
For the 2021-22 funding period, GYA members will continue to be active in 17 working groups and three Incubators within the three GYA Themes of Science & Society, Research Environment, and Science Education and Outreach. The GYA Rainbow incubator has…
“Trust in Science” was the overarching topic of the GYA’s 2021 online annual International Conference of Young Scientists, where young scientists from around the globe discussed the repercussions and importance of fostering trust in science when it comes to pressing…
by Catherine Beaudry, founding member of the GYA and Associate Professor at the Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department of École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. We live in unprecedented times. Around the world, some are coming out of confinement, some are…
The 2021-22 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Paulina Carmona-Mora (University of California-Davis, USA) and Bernardo Urbani (Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), and project co-applicants Sandra López Vergès (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama), Iwona Janicka…
The second GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held from 9 – 11 September, hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. The in-person workshop, aiming to support the career development of outstanding early-career at-risk scholars and scientists, was…
In early September, the 2021 INGSA International Conference on Science Advice to Governments took place as a hybrid meeting. The conference with the theme “INGSA2021: Build Back Wiser: Knowledge, Policy and Publics in Dialogue” focused on improving our understanding of…
The GYA has signed an agreement to support the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022 (IYBSSD), organised under the aegis of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The purpose of IYBSSD 2022 is to…
GYA Declaration of Support for Afghan Scholars The members and alumni of the Global Young Academy (GYA) urge governments, universities and scientific organisations to take immediate action to secure the lives and careers of Afghanistan’s scholars and students. A particular…
The GYA joins higher education associations, networks, and academies to endorse an urgent appeal by Scholars at Risk Europe to European governments and European Union institutions to take immediate action to secure the lives and careers of Afghanistan’s scholars, students,…
The Academy of International Affairs (AIA) North Rhine-Westphalia officially opened on 25 August 2021 in the presence of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, and other illuminaries. For this occasion, the AIA held its first Summer Academy from…