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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,…
(photo by Sasha Kagansky) With the Science & Art working group a new future-oriented research project formed up within the Global Young Academy (GYA). The team of scientists will with their new working group explore the linkage between neuro science…
The first ASEAN Science Leadership Programme (SLP) was successfully launched at Bangsan Heritage Hotel, Chonburi, Thailand from 9-12 June 2016, inaugurating 18 fellows. The fellows are outstanding scientists from five ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand), representing…
More Open Access Over 130 early- and mid-career researchers from around the globe have pledged to submit a manuscript to an Open Access outlet by the end of 2016. Open Science is gaining momentum. The European Commission recently called for…
Shamsun Nahar Khan, member of the Executive Committee of the GYA, organised and facilitated a workshop for children aged 10-12 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop was held on 18 June 2016 at Rayer Bazar School, an education institution for under-privileged…
Today we are proud to welcome 33 new members to the Global Young Academy. They are inaugurated during the opening of the 6th International Conference of Young Scientists and GYA Annual General Meeting 2016 – Global Young Academy. The new…
On 1 April 2016, the GYA and the Young Academies of Europe released two statements on Open Data and Open Access. The statements will be presented to the European Commission by GYA member Sabina Leonelli together with Rianne Letschert and…
GYA members Dimitry Maslov (Russia) and Ivana Gadjanski (Serbia) completed a YSAP funded mission titled: FabLab and 3D Future: Serbia-Russia cooperation at the 2016 FABelgrade conference in Belgrade, Serbia. The objective of this interaction was to promote digital fabrication techniques…
Twenty outstanding scientists from all major regions within Africa will participate in the inaugural Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). The scientists represent basic and applied sciences, and span a wide variety of disciplines including the social sciences and humanities. Among…
The Global Young Academy has just completed its Annual General Meeting, which this year was held in Canada. Members elected their new leadership and for the first time, the election brought to the head of the academy two female Co-Chairs….