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The National Young Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB) began its journey on 16 June 2019, with its public launch during its first Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS), University of Dhaka. The NYAB…
The Young Academy of Sweden co-hosted a symposium on “How do we assess scientific quality?” together with The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 23 May 2019. Prominent speakers from key research funders – both nationally and internationally – and…
GYA member Suraj Bhattarai spoke at a Regional Research Grants Workshop titled ‘Building Skills for Scientific Research’. The three-day workshop in June was organized by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in Kathmandu, Nepal. Over 40 TWAS Research Grant awardees…
Representatives from the three Asian National Young Academies in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Indonesia convened in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 6 June 2019. Tatas Brotosudarmo, the Vice Chair of the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences, Renuka Attanayake from the Sri Lanka…
The South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) -TWAS Young Affiliate Network (TYAN) held a symposium on ‘ONE HEALTH: A focus on Infectious Diseases in…
The Anniversary Annual General Meeting and International Conference of Young Scientists of the Global Young Academy – ‘Re-Enlightenment: Truth, reason and science in a global world’ – took place from 29 April – 3 May in Halle (Saale), Germany, at…
Germany’s Die Junge Akademie admitted ten new members at its annual celebration on the evening of 25 May 2019. For these outstanding scholars and artists the date marked the beginning of a five-year membership in the academy. The newly selected…
Young Academies from all over Europe met in Helsinki, Finland, on 17-18 May 2019. The meeting, organised by the Young Academy Finland, brought together more than 25 participants representing 16 young academies and academy initiatives. The GYA was represented by…
From 8-10 May 2019, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) held its 25th anniversary conference in Bern, Switzerland. Three representatives of the GYA, Co-Chairs Connie Nshemereirwe (Uganda) and Koen Vermeir (France) and Executive Committee member Michael…
GYA member Egle Sumskiene (Vilnius University, Lithuania) represented the GYA at the Global Research Council (GRC) annual meeting earlier this month. Together with other partnering organizations she had an opportunity to present the work of the Global Young Academy to…
The U.S. New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently launched storytelling and networking initiatives. The storytelling initiative aims to help bridge the gap between the public and scientists, while the networking initiative aims to help young scientists leverage their…
A new report from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) – the global network of over 140 science, engineering and medical academies – is designed to mobilise its members and the growing number of young academies around the world to engage with…