November 2023 News from the Young Academies
Future Events YAE session about institutional and departmental young academies The Young Academy of Europe is organising a webinar about the functioning and best practices of institutional and departmental young academies on 28 November 2023 from 14:30-15:30 UTC. – For details, and to register, see their website here. Open Science Lecture in December The Open […]
GYA Members at the 2023 Tsukuba Conference
Several GYA members actively participated in the 2023 Tsukuba Conference, facilitated through GYA alumna and former GYA EC member Yoko Shimpuku (Hiroshima University, Japan) The purpose of the Tsukuba Conference is to bring together future shapers beyond all borders to facilitate discussion among them. It provides them with the opportunity to express their vision of […]
4th GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars
The fourth GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held in September at Wolfson College, University of Oxford with 22 participants: early- to mid-career scientists and scholars based at universities in the UK. The in-person workshop, aiming to support career development and professional skills in a new academic context, was conceptualised and run by […]
GYA Co-Chair at STS Forum
GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana) spoke at the 2022 Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in October in Kyoto, Japan. Priscilla represented the GYA and young researchers around the world in the session “Cooperation in S&T – Fostering New Generations of Scientists”, and throughout the conference. […]
3rd Professional development workshop for at-risk scholars
The third GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held from 9 – 11 September, hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. The in-person workshop, aiming to support the career development of outstanding early-career at-risk scholars and scientists, was conceptualised and run by the GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative, in cooperation with the Young Academy of Scotland […]
Science Leadership Workshop for GYA members
Before the GYA 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) online, 31 particpants – mainly newly selected GYA members – met online for a Science Leadership Workshop in May. Throughout the sessions, seasoned GYA members and alumni (see below) joined as mentors. The workshop was designed to give participants space to reflect together on how to be leaders in diverse contexts: in their […]
Global Young Academy members call for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and aim to uphold academic cooperation
Download the social media postcard of the Statement here. We are deeply distressed by Russia’s military attacks on Ukraine. We stand together opposed to the acts of war perpetrated by the Russian government against the people of Ukraine, their sovereignty and their democratic systems. We are particularly concerned for those scholars and scientists in Ukraine […]
Roula Inglesi-Lotz about developing and connecting the next generation of researchers
In this interview in Options magazine, GYA Co-Chair Roula Inglesi-Lotz speaks about engaging with scientists globally, unfamiliar backgrounds and scientific systems, and ensuring gender and generational inclusivity.
Two Open Science publications in CODATA
Members of the GYA working group on Open Science, together with members from the Global working group on Open Science, have led the publication of two articles on Open Science in CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), one on “Open Science – For Whom?” and another on “Barriers to Full Participation […]
GYA releases Position Statement on Trust in Science
“Trust in Science” was the overarching topic of the GYA’s 2021 online annual International Conference of Young Scientists, where young scientists from around the globe discussed the repercussions and importance of fostering trust in science when it comes to pressing global issues such as health, climate policy and food systems. Trust and trustworthiness were also […]
Welcome GYA New Members 2021!
The Global Young Academy is pleased to welcome 31 new members to its ranks. All new members were inaugurated at the opening of this year’s electronic Annual General Meeting (e-AGM) on 1 June 2021. The GYA new member cohort includes representatives from 28 individual countries, from all GYA general disciplines, and includes 19 females and […]
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 […]