The GYA is proud to introduce Open Research Europe

Introducing Open Research Europe: A new publishing platform launched by the European Commission. The platform will provide all Horizon 2020 beneficiaries and their collaborators with an easy, high quality venue to publish Horizon 2020 funded research at no cost and in full compliance with the Commission’s open access policies. The launch of the platform is […]

LIVE WRAP-UP 9 July 12:00 UTC: Engagement at Large: Communicating Science to and with the Public

CONTENT: With COVID-19, the need for effective science communication is clear including the need to counter misinformation, and to make findings accessible and relevant to local contexts. But how can scientists communicate other challenges that are related to achieving the SDGs, ranging from education, poverty, health to environment? Here’s the video from the LIVE session […]

GYA-UNESCO Workshop: Open Science from a Global Perspective

Workshop description: Open Science is a global movement that plays out in many different ways at the local level. Indeed, countries and regions have very different Open Science aspirations, cultures, infrastructures and regulations. In this workshop, we will discuss how we can facilitate international or even global action on Open Science, which, in turn, could […]

Open Science Policy Platform releases final report

The Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), the High-Level Advisory Group that advised the European Commission on how to develop Open Science between 2016 and 2020, has produced its final report, “Progress on Open Science: Towards a Shared Research Knowledge System” GYA alumna Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) and Co-Chair Koen Vermeir (CNRS, France) […]

Launch of new “Open Science Global Working Group”

The GYA is coordinating a new global working group on Open Science, comprising members from 25 National Young Academies (NYAs) from around the globe, as well as members from the GYA’s long-standing working group on Open Science. Back in August 2019, at the Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies, young scientists from NYAs got together and […]

GYA Co-Chair promotes Open Science in first UNESCO Virtual Ministerial Dialogue on COVID-19

GYA Co-Chair Koen Vermeir (CNRS, France) participated in the UNESCO Virtual Ministerial Dialogue on COVID-19 and “Open Science” held on 30 March 2020. This was the first time UNESCO organized an important ministerial meeting virtually. Participants included 77 ministers and representatives of international organizations, including the GYA. The meeting started with a short presentation by […]

GYA to help F1000 Research build European Commission Open Access publishing platform

The European Commission is setting up its own free Open Access publishing platform for scientific articles. The platform will be a peer-reviewed publishing service to support beneficiaries of Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and related funding schemes to meet the European Union Open Access requirements. The GYA is part of a consortium, led by F1000 Research, […]

GYA Co-Chair at Belgian Young Academy Open Science event

In February, GYA Co-Chair Koen Vermeir (CNRS, France), who used to co-lead the working group on Open Science, delivered the opening keynote speech at the meeting on “Changing publication practices – From predatory to Plan S” organized by the Belgian Young Academy (Jonge Academie) and the Belgian Academy of Medicine at the Palace of the […]

GYA and cOAlition S form task force on Open Access publishing

COAlition S and the Global Young Academy are joining forces to develop a Plan S Monitor Task Force. Plan S is a radical and controversial initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funders. Plan S requires that, from 2021, […]

GYA Co-Chair attends two Open Science meetings in Helsinki

Koen Vermeir (France), GYA Co-Chair and past co-lead of the Open Science Working Group, attended the Open Science Coordination in Europe meeting in Helsinki on 21 October, where the new network of national open science coordinators was inaugurated. Koen also represented the GYA at the meeting of the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) of the […]

GYA Co-Chair speaks about Plan S during Open Science Fair 2019

The video of the Open Science Fair 2019 has just been released! You can watch GYA Co-Chair and past co-lead of the GYA Open Science working group Koen Vermeir (France) deliver a presentation on the new implementation guidelines of “Plan S”, the revolutionary plan to make science open access by 2021. Besides Koen, the panel […]