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26 September 2016

(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…

26 July 2016

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…

14 July 2016

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…

4 July 2016

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…

25 May 2016

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…

1 April 2016

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…

28 March 2016

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…

9 June 2015

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…

29 May 2015

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….

18 May 2015

The Global Young Academy (GYA) is hosting their 5th International Conference for Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting 2015 at the Chateau Montebello, Quebec, Canada, from 25 to 29 May 2015, with the theme Innovation for Sustainable Globalization as its…

5 May 2015

GYA member Sabina Leonelli presented the GYA position statement and findings from her own research on Open Science at the ICSU CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data, 18-19 March 2015. At the International Training Workshop on Big Data and…

28 April 2015

Dedicated to encouraging knowledge transfer, Young Scientist Ambassador Program (YSAP) fosters GYA members to serve as scientific ambassadors between developed and developing countries. The latest activity led Ghada Bassioni (Egypt) to the Netherlands, where she conducted an outreach activity to…