Report published – The Global State of Young Scientists in Latin America and the Caribbean
The GYA Strategic Project The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) launched a new report at an online event with contributions from the lead author, strategic project co-leads, distinguished professors and UNESCO in LAC. See the full programme of the event here. The report “The Global State of Young Scientists in Latin America and the […]
Conversation with Early Career Researchers in LAC
Together with the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research and the National Science Policy Network‘s Science Diplomacy Committee, the GYA hosted a joint learning opportunity and happy hour social event to explore the current challenges and experiences of early career researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The workshop included a key-note presentation […]
GYA’s Global State of Young Scientists Project unveils new website
Check out the new website here: The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) (globalyoungacademy.net) The new website showcases the Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) working group, which leads and guides empirical research projects investigating the context in which early-career researchers (ECRs) today work, and the challenges and motivations that shape their career trajectories. GloSYS […]
GYA side event at Latin America and the Caribbean Open Science Forum reveals challenges faced by early-career researchers in the region
The GYA and the Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) research team organised the panel event ‘Research in LAC: Leading the Push for Inclusion of Early-Career Researchers’ as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean Open Science Forum 2021 (CILAC). The first session on 27 April discussed the conceptualisation of early-career researchers (ECRs) in […]
GYA collaborators and member publish the stories of 61 African ECRs
The GYA is pleased to announce that the first publication stemming from the GloSYS Africa project is now available: ‘Voices of Early Career Researchers in and out of the Academy: A Pan- African Perspective‘. The team of authors to the publication include Lynn McAlpine (University of Oxford and McGill University), Otilia Chiramba (University of Witwatersrand), […]
GYA working paper highlights substantial research gap on early-career researchers in Latin America and Caribbean countries
The GYA is pleased to share a new working paper titled “Reviewing research on researchers: Our knowledge of early-career researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean“, which highlights how early-career researchers (ECRs) are key players in advancing knowledge societies. The paper is a collaboration between Global State of Young Scientists in Latin America and the […]
Global State of Young Scientists in Latin America and Caribbean countries update
In October 2020, members of the Global State of Young Scientists Latin America and Caribbean countries (GloSYS LAC) Working Group met to discuss project funding, country selection, the impact of COVID-19 in the everyday life of early-career researchers (ECRs) and the potential ways of including this issue in the current focus of the GloSYS LAC […]