At-Risk Scholars co-lead participates in conferences
GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative co-lead Saja Al Zoubi (Saint Mary’s University, Canada) spoke at the Canadian Science Policy Conference 2023 in November 2023. The conference brought together key stakeholders from the science and innovation communities—across various regions, sectors, and generations—to collectively discuss current emerging issues and how science, innovation, society, and public policy can play a role in […]
Early-career researchers active at SRI 2021
The GYA partnered with Future Earth to elevate early-career researcher voices at the first Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021). In a joint selection process, 11 excellent Early Career Champions were selected from among applicants around the world to contribute to the SRI2021 Closing Plenary on 15 June. Five of the Champions were appointed […]
GYA co-organises round tables on “The Future of Peer Review”
Two cross-sectoral expert roundtables – co-organised by ALLEA, the GYA, and STM – will discuss the future of peer review in an open, digital world and will explore which models can best serve and reward the research community in both an enhanced and sustainable way. While there is universal agreement that peer review is an […]
GYA Conference Statement emphasises collaboration to help meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
GYA members and young scientists around the globe propose cross-disciplinary solutions in a Conference Statement published following the recent virtual conference “Heal the Earth: Sustainable Development Goals in a Changing World”. With this Conference Statement, the GYA emphasises the need for continued global collaboration, and calls upon academics, businesses, foundations, governments, multilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations, […]
Science & Art group presents “The Aesthetics of Biodiversity” compilation
On the occasion of the GYA International Conference for Young Scientists, which takes place online in July 2020, the GYA working group on “Science + Art = Peace and Justice“, led by its co-lead Sergey Kostyrko (Russia) and former co-lead Alexander Kagansky (Russia), organised a science & art compilation on “The Aesthetics of Biodiversity“. The […]
LIVE SESSION: Diminishing Resources and Environmental Sustainability 1 July
Two-day programme: 1 July 2020 @12:00-13:00 UTC: LIVE Launch of pre-recorded talks and asynchronous discussion 3 July 2020 @12:00-13:30 UTC: LIVE Live wrap-up session In 2019, the world witnessed two major unfortunate events for the environment, namely, the wildfires in the Amazon, and overshooting the Earth Budget within the first seven months of the year. […]
Junge Akademie Germany calls for change in funding regulations for CO2 compensation
The members of the Junge Akademie Germany have committed themselves to abstain from short-haul flights under 1000km when traveling to workshops and conferences. At the same time, they call on German policymakers to develop binding regulations for the interpretation of the budget and grant law, in order to make the compensation of CO2 emissions with […]