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The latest edition of „Connections“, our GYA magazine is out now. The themed articles in the current issue examine “Water” from many different angles, encompassing the extremes of urban and rural, flood and drought, the lightning fast and the glacier…

GYA was well represented at the 2017 Science-Technology-Innovation Forum at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event took place on 15-16 May 2017 and was noted not only for the diverse group of stakeholders (diplomats, ministers of science and…

GYA member Mahesh Kumar held an outreach activity by discussing the Young Scientist Ambassador Programme at a training course for physics teachers at Kendriya Vidyalayas in Jodhpur, India. Around 30 school physics teachers from different schools participated in this programme….

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.

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…