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We are happy to announce good news from our membership. Several of our members received awards lately. Our co-chair Sameh Soror and the EC-member Ghada Bassioni received State Awards from Egypt The State Awards are the highest scientific recognition in…
On 30 January GYA co-chair Rees Kassen and member Sherien El-Agroudy were part of a delegation of six young scientists invited to present at the inaugural meeting of the United Nation’s new Scientific Advisory Board. The SAB is composed of…
The Global Young Academy has just completed its Annual General Assembly, which this year was held in Santiago, at the facilities of the University of Chile and Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile. Members from more than 50 countries elected their…
Santiago de Chile, 21 May 2014 – What is the right balance between exploitation and conservation in extraction-based industries like mining or forestry? How do we most effectively mobilize indigenous knowledge and practices to provide economic opportunities to those who…
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…