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Prof Raghavendra Gadagkar, president of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has constituted a 3-member committee to draw up a draft proposal for an Indian Young Academy. The committee is chaired by GYA alumnus Rajesh Gopakumar and includes GYA member Ranjini…
The IAP – the global network of science academies – today issued a statement on ‘Realising Global Potential in Synthetic Biology: Scientific Opportunities and Good Governance’, that was prepared with the input of the Global Young Academy. Three of our…
On 10 April 2014 GYA member Federico Rosei – Professor and Director of Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, Varennes (QC) Canada – was inaugurated as UNESCO Chair on Materials and Technologies for…
The prodceedings of the Interdisciplinary German-South African Symposium on the topic “Socio-Ecological Novelty. Frontiers in Sustainability Research” (18-20 March 2013, Berlin, Germany) is available online on our website. Sustainability is becoming a significant topic in a wide range of scientific…
A lack of Open Access and Open Science data is hindering worldwide interdisciplinary collaboration needed for the study of global phenomena, such as trauma, according to the recent paper “Is traumatic stress research global? A bibliometric analysis” (European Journal of…
Upcoming soon… the First Africa Young Academies Regional Conference on the topic of “Accelerating science for development in Africa by increasing the momentum and impact of National Young Academies”. Organized by the Global Young Academy (GYA) in cooperation with the…
Two members of the Global Young Academy (GYA) – Co-Chair Prof Rees Kassen (Canada) as well as Dr Sherien Elagroudy (Egypt) – are invited to present a statement at the inauguration ceremony of the newly created Scientific Advisory Board of…
We are proud to release the report on our BMBF-funded project “Global State of Young Scientists” (GloSYS). The study, authored by Catherine Beaudry (Canada) and Irene Friesenhahn (Germany), explored the concerns and opportunities for career development of young researchers. The…
We are proud to release the first issue of our magazine “GYA Connections”. In this issue you will find several reports about the GYA General Assembly 2013. Guru Madhavan gives advice on how to avoid the “postdoc trap”, Abdullah Shams…
Each year in January, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) holds the “Sophie Charlotte Salon”, an evening event to introduce the public to the activities of the BBAW and its various projects and partners. It includes discussions, presentations,…
GYA Members Mitsunobu R. Kano, Shoji Komai, Wibool Piyawattanametha and Orakanoke Phanraksa, together with Kasama Kongsmak and Punchalee Pungpit, co-authored the study “Perceptions of Research Excellence in Thailand and Japan” published in STI Policy Review, Vol. 4, No 2. The…
The Global Young Academy today issued a position statement that identifies key challenges to achieving a global research culture and proposes concrete measures to confront them in the future. The GYA recognises that major steps have been taken to promote…