2025 Science Leadership workshop for new GYA members
At the GYA’s 2025 Annual General Meeting and International Conference of Young Scienists in Hyderabad, India, over 35 newly selected GYA members took part in a Science Leadership Workshop, practicing effective and creative problem solving and collaborative leadership tools.
The workshop brings incoming GYA members together to create space for reflection on how to be leaders in diverse contexts – within the GYA and in the institutions and communities where they live and work. Early career researchers already exercise leadership in different contexts, and through this workshop, they explore how to harness diversity in teams, and use creative processes to find better solutions.
GYA supports ECRs at 2024 World Science Forum, co-organizes capacity-building workshop with InterAcademy Partnership
The 2024 World Science Forum was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 November, where leading scientists, decision-makers from the world of politics, industry, representatives of the civil society and the media from all over the world gathered to engage in dialogue about pressing global challenges.
The GYA was widely represented among participants and speakers throughout the Forum.
Women in Science Leadership workshops: resources and recordings available
A two-part online workshop “Inclusive Leadership for Women in Science” was held earlier this month, organized by the GYA Women in Science working group, and designed in partnership with the facilitation team at Inclusive Innovation. The workshops built on past GYA Inclusive Leadership workshops (read more about these workshops here), which focused on empathy, (self-)awareness and inclusive practices in research contexts. With a particular focus on leadership for Women in Science,these interactive workshops aimed to empower women in research, and all those interested in supporting them.
2024 Science Leadership workshop for new GYA members
In tandem with the GYA’s 2024 Annual General Meeting in Washington, D.C., USA, 40 particpants – newly selected GYA members , additional participants and mentors – took part in a 2-day Science Leadership Workshop.
The workshop aimed to create space for collaborative and individual reflection on how to be leaders in diverse contexts. Early career researchers exercise leadership in their research contexts, in the institutions and communities where they live and work, and within the GYA. During the workshop, participants practiced effective and creative problem solving and collective leadership tools.
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Science Leadership Workshop for New Members
Two days before the GYA 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kigali, Rwanda, 25 particpants – newly selected GYA members – met for a Science Leadership Workshop. The workshop was designed to give participants space to reflect together on how to be leaders in diverse contexts: in their research contexts, in the institutions and communities where they live and work, and in the GYA. During the workshop, participants discussed and practiced effective and creative problem solving, collective leadership models, and cultural dexterity.
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GYA trains Inclusive Science Leaders
The GYA Focus Group on addressing systemic discrimination was established at the 2020 AGM and works to support GYA members in reflecting on systemic bias that results in discrimination, and how to avoid this.
The group developed a training workshop, together with facilitators from Inclusive Innovation, that took part in two online sessions. The workshop aimed to foster reflection and understanding on how bias works, and practice inclusive leadership skills that can be applied in academia and other contexts.
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