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GYA members Bing Chen, Ghada Bassioni, Alexander Kagansky and Wilfred van der Wiel held a YSAP outreach activity titled “Synthetic Biology and the Future” for 20 Kingussie High School and Granton Grammar School students in Aviemore, Scotland. Ambassadors challenged students…
Young researchers from over 40 countries have gathered in Aviemore, Scotland, UK for the Global Young Academy’s (GYA) annual general meeting and a conference on the theme of “Social Justice in a Rapidly Changing World”. To represent this international academy…
The Egyptian Young Academy of Science (EYAS) and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research &Technology organised the 1st International Conference on Woman in Science Without Borders (WISWB) 2017 from 21-23 March 2017 in Cairo, Egypt. GYA alumna Amal Amin Ibrahim…
On 17 March 2017, GYA member Patrizio Antici participated in the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) participatory workshop focused on professional skills needed in organisations working at the evidence-policy interface. The JRC is the European Commission’s in-house science service and ever…
In March 2017, GYA member S. Karly Kehoe (Canada) attended the Refugee Scientists: Transnational Resources workshop in Trieste, Italy. She was there as a representative of the GYA Global Migration and Human Rights working group and spoke about the work…
Twenty-two outstanding scientists from all major regions within Africa will participate in the third round of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). The scientists represent basic and applied sciences, and span a wide variety of disciplines including the social sciences…
The report of the 2nd Africa Young Academies Regional Conference (AYARC) 2016 is now released. You can find it on our AYARC microsite or here.
…GYA’s new office opening reception held on 27 January was an opportunity to connect GYA and its office to the new surrounding in Halle, Germany. Prof. Hacker, President of the Leopoldina, joined us for the opening remarks and provided a…
The opening of the new GYA Office in Halle coincided nicely with the completion of our first regional Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) study, GloSYS ASEAN. The aim of the GloSYS project is to evaluate the working conditions and…
The 1st Asian National Young Academy (NYA) Meeting, entitled “Advancing Synergies in Asian NYAs”, took place from 15 – 16 December in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was the first of its kind to connect the majority of Asian NYAs with…
The project Strengthening African Academies commenced in July 2015 with a runtime of 3 years. The project’s aim is to foster the dialogue between science, policy and society. The GYA’s role in this project is to facilitate the participation and…
GYA member and co-chair of the Open Science Working Group, Koen Vermeir, attended a conference on Open Access and the Evaluation of Research: Towards a New Ecosystem. The conference, which took place on 13 and 14 October 2016 in Toulouse,…