GYA releases Fukuoka Declaration on Science-Society Relationship

Fukuoka Declaration on Actions to Change the Relationship between Society and Science In June 2022, the Global Young Academy (GYA), in collaboration with the Young Academy of Japan, convened its members and alumni along with early-career researchers (ECRs), students, and science policy stakeholders from around the world to discuss ways to transcend disciplinary silos, spark […]

GYA members at Falling Walls Symposium

Two GYA members working in the social sciences – Alexandra Dmitrieva (Support, Research and Development Center, Ukraine) and Alma Hernández-Mondragón (Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico) – were selected to attend, participate and take part in networking opportunities during the Volkswagen Foundation Symposium for Breakthroughs in Social Sciences and […]

#SayItWithScience Art Prompts

The UN Foundation and the IPCC are partnering to make climate science more accessible to global youth. The initiative, called #SayItWithScience, uses art to rapidly communicate climate solutions to new audiences. To make IPCC science more accessible, UNF is calling on young artists to help visualize climate solutions and energize the call to “unite behind […]

GYA 2021 AGM and Conference Report available

The Global Young Academy has published a full report on its 2021 online International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting on the topic “Trust in Science”. The report leads with a message from the GYA Co-Chairs, and includes summaries, insights and links to session recordings from the International Conference panels and GYA Working […]

GYA 2021 AGM and International Conference “Trust in Science”

The GYA held its second online Annual General Meeting from 1-4 June, together with an online International Conference of Young Scientists on the topic “Trust in Science”, which was open to public participation. Over 170 GYA members and alumni and over 490 external guests from 114 countries registered to take part in sessions throughout the […]

GYA members at science media conference SILBERSALZ

The second science media film festival – ‘SILBERSALZ’ – took place in Halle (Saale), coordinated by Documentary Campus and supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation, from 20 – 23 June. A two-day conference from 22-23 June again brought together scientists and scholars and media professionals, hosted by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The […]