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...
Clarissa Rios Rojas along with fellow authors publishes her new book “The Era of Global Risk: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenges,” as a free, open-access resource.
...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...
The 2023-24 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Mohammad Hosseini (Northwestern University, USA), Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi (University of Lahore, Pakistan), Leila Niamir (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria), Estrella DÃaz Sanchez (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) and Sandra López-Vergèz (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies,...
Congratulations to GYA alumna and founding member Nguyen Thanh, one of only 12 recipients globally of the 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Awards, bestowed by @IUPAC
...The Lindau Laureate Meeting brought together around 40 Nobel Laureates and 600 young scientists from all over the world. GYA members Antonia Morita Saktiawati, Suraj Bhattarai and Huanyu Cheng attended.
...Luisa F. EcheverrÃa-King releases her latest podcast. Check it out now. (in Spanish)
...GYA members Nafissa Ismail and Chibuike Udenigwe are both holders of renewed university research Chairs at the University of Ottawa. Read more information about it here.
...Three GYA members participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, held in June 2023. GYA alumni Suraj Bhattarai (Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal) and Huanyu Cheng (Pennsylvania State University, USA) had been selected as in-person participants from among GYA...
In the realm of scientific research, leadership skills often take a backseat to technical training. We often forget that soft skills are necessary to increase the reach and impact of science. Recognizing this gap, the Science Leadership Latin America and...
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