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The fourth Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) begins today, with twenty-one outstanding researchers from all major regions in Africa. The scientists and researchers represent basic and applied sciences, and span a wide variety of disciplines including the social sciences and…
On 7 March 2018, the GYA participated in a discussion event with regional parliamentarians on “Digitalisation in Science and Society” which was co-organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the German Junge Akademie and the GYA in Magdeburg,…
At the first-ever GYA Lunchtime Talk at our host academy, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, GYA member Benjamin Hennig (Iceland/UK) gave a talk about his research on inequality in higher education on 6 March 2018. As an Associate…
During the course of 2015, the Israel Young Academy conducted a survey among scholars in Israel in order to understand their main needs. The survey targeted academics who had begun their work on a tenure track during the preceding 10…
Members of the Young Scientist Ambassador Programme (YSAP) recently contributed to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2018 Youth Forum (#YOUTH2030). The forum, titled ‘The role of youth in building sustainable and resilient urban and rural communities’, provided…
The Israel Young Academy hosted the Asian Young Academies Meeting in Jerusalem on 11-12 February 2018 with the theme: “Science and Society: Challenges and Prospects”. Representatives from both the GYA and from a number of National Young Academies participated. As…
The GYA Science + Art working group are pleased to launch a photography competition to bring together art and science. Entitled ‘Visions and Images of Fascination’, this competition is being led by the GYA in collaboration with: the German Young…
The GYA has now allocated 2018 funding for its working groups and Incubators. In addition to base funding for all existing working groups and Incubators, the following funds were allocated: A new Incubator on Trust in (Young) Scientists has been…
Expedition Mundus working group co-lead Thomas Edison dela Cruz took the Mundus game to Brunei in January 2018. Thirty-nine Grade 9 students, aged 13 – 14 years, from St. Andrew’s School in Brunei Darussalam, played the Expedition Mundus Game as…
To all Global Young Academy Members: 2018 Call for Applications! The GYA Young Scientist Ambassador Programme (YSAP) is seeking Ambassadors to make connections between nations and scientific disciplines by facilitating cultural, scientific, intellectual, or educational missions. This connection should be…
On 15 and 16 January 2018, members of the GloSYS Africa research team converged at the GYA Office in Halle. Attendees included a core team of GYA members who function as co-PIs of the project and a group of research…
On 1 December 2017, the 3rd Oxford OpenCon satellite event, organised by Crossref, the Bodleian Libraries and the Centre for Digital Scholarship of the University of Oxford and of course OpenCon, was held in Oxford. GYA Co-Chair Moritz Riede was…