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The GYA submitted input to the consultation on “Science 2.0: Science in Transition” by the European Commission. The goal of the consultation was to “better understand the full societal potential of ‘Science 2.0’ as well as the desirability of any…
GYA EC member Mitsunobu Kano and several GYA members attended the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum from 5-7 October 2014 in Kyoto, Japan. The STS Forum brings together scholars and researchers with science ministers, business leaders, heads of…
On 18 September 2014 the Egyptian Young Academy of Sciences (EYAS) was officially launched under the auspices of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and in the presence of the President of ASRT, Prof. Mahmoud Sakr, the…
This year five GYA members were selected to participate at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions which was held in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 10 to 12 September 2014: Ivana Gadjanski (Serbia), Maite Martinez-Aldaya (Spain), Vanny…
Co-Chair Eva Alisic represented the GYA at the General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) in Auckland, 30 August to 3 September 2014. The meeting was successful for the GYA. Eva Alisic presented the GYA in a 2…
Five GYA members are going to participate at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions. Amongst them are Ivana Gadjanski, Maite Martinez-Aldaya, Vanny Narita, Noble Bannada, and Vidushi Neergheen-Bhujun. Moreover Ivana Gadjanski was invited to represent the Young…
The event “Mediale Welten”(organized by Akademieunion and Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, supported by GYA) will take place on 1 September 2014, 1-6pm at BBAW in Berlin. GYA member Sabina Leonelli will participate in a panel on “Current Practices and Future Visions…
Last Friday, 11 July 2014, a GYA brainstorming session with the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) took place in Brussels, in order to identify undetected challenges for research. Each participating young scientist…
GYA members Ghada Bassioni, Marc Creus and Managing Director Heidi Wedel held a GYA session on “Excellent Young Scientists Aiming to Change the World” at the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on 2 July 2014. Approximately 400 young researchers from…
In our first collaboration with the EU Commission and the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Global Young Academy is organizing a brainstorming session to identify undetected challenges for research. This is a great chance for young scholars to…
The GYA was invited to nominate members for the delegation to the UN Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, that will take place 14-18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The GYA circulated the…
The GYA organised a very well attended “crowd sourcing” session on “What environment is required to fulfil the role of a scientist” during the EuroScience Open Forum, 21 June 2014 in Copenhagen. As young scientists face a multitude of challenges…