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30 June 2020

After many months of planning for a 2020 GYA in-person Annual General Meeting (AGM) and International Conference of Young Scientists in Kolkata, India, COVID-19 began to make its way around the world. With varying degrees of shutdowns, lock-downs and travel…

23 June 2020

Workshop description: Open Science is a global movement that plays out in many different ways at the local level. Indeed, countries and regions have very different Open Science aspirations, cultures, infrastructures and regulations. In this workshop, we will discuss how…

22 June 2020

During its General Assembly on 10 June 2020, the Global Young Academy signed DORA, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. DORA is a global initiative that aims to reform the way in which scientific research is evaluated. Currently, most…

15 June 2020

The Global Young Academy’s first-ever virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) successfully concluded on 12 June, and included the election of new leadership. To represent and lead them through the upcoming year, GYA members elected leaders hailing from South America, Africa,…

8 June 2020

The Global Young Academy is pleased to welcome 40 new members to its ranks. All new members were inaugurated at the opening of this year’s electronic Annual General Meeting (e-AGM) on 8 June 2020. The 2020 new GYA members represent…

8 June 2020

EC member Michael Saliba (Germany) and GYA alumnus Javier García-Martínez (Spain) organised a webinar on “The Future of Energy: A Global Conversation” to launch the GYAEnergy Initiative on 5 June 2020. Modern society, as we know it, was only possible…

2 June 2020

On 14 May 2020, members of the GYA organised a webinar in Spanish titled “COVID-19 in Latin America, perspectives from young scientists”. This event brought together six Latin American natural scientists – all members of the GYA – to discuss…

29 May 2020

Since 2018, the GYA has organized 2-day science leadership workshops for its newest members in connection with its Annual General Meetings. The workshops, based on the Africa and ASEAN science leadership programmes, give participants space to reflect together on how…

29 May 2020

The Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), the High-Level Advisory Group that advised the European Commission on how to develop Open Science between 2016 and 2020, has produced its final report, “Progress on Open Science: Towards a Shared Research Knowledge System”…

28 May 2020

Call for New Voices in Global Health at the World Health Summit 2020 The GYA is looking for 4–6 contributions from its members, and members of National Young Academies (NYAs), on “Perspectives and responses of young scientists to the coronavirus…

28 May 2020

Science and medical academies from the G-7 countries and seven additional academies, including the Global Young Academy (GYA), have issued three joint statements to advise the G-7 process, and to inform ongoing policy-making and public discussion. The three joint statements…

28 May 2020

On 27 May 2020, the Young Academy Finland (YAF) and the Belgian Young Academy co-organised a webinar on “The Future of Independent Science Advice in the EU Ecosystem: How to make sure that research synthesis reports are read?”. The event…