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As a young scientific community from diverse regions of the globe, under the flagship of the Global Young Academy (GYA), we recognize that much of our richness lies in cultural diversity and that effective communication is the cornerstone of our…
GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Mante (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana) engaged in the 20th-anniversary meeting of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum, uniting global leaders to discuss the impacts and challenges of advancing science and technology….
Several GYA members actively participated in the 2023 Tsukuba Conference, facilitated through GYA alumna and former GYA EC member Yoko Shimpuku (Hiroshima University, Japan) The purpose of the Tsukuba Conference is to bring together future shapers beyond all borders to…
GYA EC member Markus J. Prutsch, who is a former Co-Chair of the GYA Science Advice working group and is a member of the YASAS Board, represented the GYA and YASAS at the High-Level “Science for Policy in Europe” conference,…
GYA members and alumni Stefan Kohler (Heidelberg University, Germany), Chika Ejikeugwu (ESUT, Nigeria), Udom Sae-Ueng (BIOTEC, Thailand), and Xuan Bach Tran (Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam) from the GYA’s Global Health working group as well as GYA alumnus Yusuf Baran (Izmir…
In a world incessantly racing against time, scientists often find themselves caught in the whirlwind, their lives oscillating between cutting-edge research and a ticking clock. Time poverty, the incessant pressure and scarcity of time, binds many, turning the quest for…
The GYA’s Time Poverty in Science incubator‘s mission is to create an essential platform for GYA members and their colleagues to shine a spotlight on the often-overlooked issue of time poverty within the scientific community. It’s a space dedicated to…
Walking through academia as an LGBTQAINB+ individual is a unique dance of balancing identity and intellect, where each step is both delicate and deliberate. While academia projects itself as a sphere of inclusive and progressive thinking, the echoes of societal…
The fourth GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held in September at Wolfson College, University of Oxford with 22 participants: early- to mid-career scientists and scholars based at universities in the UK. The in-person workshop, aiming to support…
The global community is halfway to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). However, slow progress to date calls for accelerated action to meet the targets by 2030 and for…
In September 2023, GYA members and alumni met founding members from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, including GYA Advisory Board member Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan. Organized by the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and hosted by…
Paulina Carmona (University of California-Davis, United States) and Mohammad Hosseini (Northwestern University, United States) represented the GYA as part of the International Science Council (ISC) delegation attending the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2023 in the United Nations headquarters in New…