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The GYA is honoured to announce that Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai has accepted the Executive Committee’s invitation to join the GYA Advisory Board. Mrs Obo-Nai, an engineer and business leader who is the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, is well-known…
The educational board game Expedition Mundus teaches 12-year olds to think like a scientist. It has been used by many Young Academies in the past few years, and has been translated into several languages. Now, a more digital version, serving…
The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) was established in 2019, with the kind support of the Cameroon Academy of Science (CAS). As their very first activity, CAYS organised an international conference on “Young Scientists: Mainspring of Development and Innovation…
The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientist (SLAYS) has conducted a community outreach programme on coast conservation. The issue of marine habitat destruction and pollution is a serious threat to Sri Lankan coastal biodiversity. Being an inherent treasure trove of…
On 13 December 2019, The National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Benin, together with the Academy of Young Scientists of Benin and the American Society for Microbiology held the first National Camp for Young Scientists of Benin. Young…
On 11 December, the GYA working group Trust in (Young) Scientists offered a two-hour webinar on “Science communication through blogs and video blogs”, organised by the group’s co-lead Lisa Herzog (Netherlands). GYA members and alumni, as well as members from…
Before the year 2019 closed, the Swiss Young Academy was officially established, with support from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. This support provides young academics in Switzerland with the opportunity to call attention to their particular concerns. The…
From 1-4 December 2019, the 4th ASEAN Science Leadership Programme (SLP) was held in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The SLP was jointly hosted by the ASEAN Young Scientists Network, Center for Youth Development and International Cooperation (CYDECO), Ministry of Science and…
The members of the Junge Akademie Germany have committed themselves to abstain from short-haul flights under 1000km when traveling to workshops and conferences. At the same time, they call on German policymakers to develop binding regulations for the interpretation of…
For the inaugural Global Sustainable Development Report, which was published in 2019, several GYA members were involved in reviewing the final texts (see GYA’s September 2019 news item). The results of the report were being discussed at the UN General…
The 2019 World Science Forum (WSF) brought together over one thousand scientists and scholars, policymakers, society, industry and science communicators to discuss ‘Science, Ethics and Responsibility’ in Budapest, Hungary from 20-23 November 2019. At least one early- to mid-career researcher…
The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) held its 2019 Annual General Meeting in October in Barcelona, Spain, in conjunction with the Academia Europaea general meeting. Meeting participants discussed highlights of the past year, and elected several new Board members. Discussions…