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Global Young Academy Global Young Academy (GYA) - Providing a voice to young scientists and researchers around the world

The Global Young Academy was founded in 2010 with the vision to be the voice of young scientists around the world. The GYA empowers early-career researchers to lead international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational dialogue by developing and mobilizing talent from six continents. Its purpose is to promote reason and inclusiveness in global decision-making. Members are chosen for their demons

trated excellence in scientific achievement and commitment to service. Currently there are 200 members and 134 alumni from 72 countries. The GYA enjoyed the support of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) from 2011 until 2016 and is now hosted at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale), Germany. The GYA received its seed funding from the Volkswagen Foundation and has since 2014 been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and supported by IAP - the Global Network of Science Academies. The GYA has also benefited from project funding from a variety of donors and partners.

Happening now - do join us for the GYA International Conference of Young Scientists Panel III "AI at the Core of Discipl...
02/07/2026

Happening now - do join us for the GYA International Conference of Young Scientists Panel III "AI at the Core of Disciplinary Foundations in the Humanities and Social Sciences"

This session will explore how AI is pressuring the foundations of different research disciplines. Each panelist will present one disruptive question that AI has raised for their field, such as whether long standing methods remain necessary or how AI reshapes the kinds of questions researchers can ask.

Speakers include Vusumuzi Maphosa, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Zimbabwe, Fatima Roumate (PhD) , and GYA member Anina Schwarzenbach, Institute of Penal Law and Criminology, University of Bern.

The moderator is GYA member Dr. Rima-Maria Rahal, Institute of Cognition and Behavior at Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Livestream link here: https://www.youtube.com/live/dhJR6ACVTz8?si=IPm5ySa1QgmIXlH1

Our Gala Dinner was a festive evening that featured a Welcoming Speech by President Bettina Rockenbach of the National...
02/07/2026

Our Gala Dinner was a festive evening that featured a Welcoming Speech by President Bettina Rockenbach of the Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina, as well as an improptu speech by President-elect Robbert Dijkgraaf of the International Science Council.

Happening now - do join us for the GYA's International Conference of Young Scientists Public Dialogue Session – The Hidd...
02/07/2026

Happening now - do join us for the GYA's International Conference of Young Scientists Public Dialogue Session – The Hidden Cost of Knowledge: AI, Publishing Surveillance, and the Future of Open Research!

This panel aims to have a critical discussion about the effects of AI on and scholarly publishing, and explore what the various ecosystem participants can do to ensure scientific communication is open and trustworthy,

Speakers include Anita de Waard, Vice President of Research Collaborations at Elsevier Research Collaborations Unit, Nick Schockey, SPARC’s Associate Executive Director, Michaela Bilic-Merdes of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation, and GYA member Hanjo Hamann, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany.

GYA Open Science Group Co-lead Oscar Xavier Guerrero Gutiérrez, Co-President of the Mexican Young Academy, will be the moderator.

Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/live/dhJR6ACVTz8?si=yjg83dLVa8lev6YX

Happening now - do join our Livestream of Panel II "Accelerating Discovery: AI’s Transformative Role in Natural Sciences...
01/07/2026

Happening now - do join our Livestream of Panel II "Accelerating Discovery: AI’s Transformative Role in Natural Sciences and Engineering"
In this session, panelists will address how AI is fundamentally reshaping the scientific method and accelerating breakthroughs across the natural sciences and engineering.
Speakers include Lise Øvreås, President of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), Dominik Grimm, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf and the Technical University of Munich, Maddalena Rostagno, EMMC task group leader on TG Artificial Intelligence for material design, Rishemjit Kaur, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research.
The session is moderated by GYA Executive Committee Member Francesco Maurelli, Constructor University.

Livestream link here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Ywm2XPC9nWE?si=ewRT7YlwzAHi71O2


Happening now - join us online for Panel I "AI Governance for a Shared Future: Science, Policy, and Global Equity" to ex...
01/07/2026

Happening now - join us online for Panel I "AI Governance for a Shared Future: Science, Policy, and Global Equity" to explore aspects of responsible governance of machine intelligence use in science and research, across world regions and disciplines.

Speakers include :Fadi Daou, Executive Director of Globethics, Soribel F. Feliz, CEO and Founder of Personal Algorithms, and GYA member Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Associate Professor of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Moderator for the session is GYA member Luz M. Cumba García, PhD, Founder of SciPolicy Global Strategies

Join the livestream here: https://lnkd.in/g8_jigcg

Happening now - our 2026 AGM and International Conference of Young Scientists on the topic "Machine Intelligence for Soc...
01/07/2026

Happening now - our 2026 AGM and International Conference of Young Scientists on the topic "Machine Intelligence for Society and for all Sciences" is underway!

Join the Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Ywm2XPC9nWE?si=ZpbUAlfws2hzlXFl

The public programme opens with an Official Conference Opening featuring prominent figures in global science leadership such as Robbert Dijkgraaf of the International Science Council, Marileen Dogterom, Co-Chair of The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), Marcelo Knobel, Executive Director of TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences, Kerstin Maria Pahl of Die Junge Akademie, Abdulsatar sultan, President of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) and GYA member, as well as GYA Executive Committee member Natisha Dukhi of the HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council), and moderated by GYA alumnus and Past GYA Co-Chair Professor Professor Michael Saliba.

The day also includes a Gala Dinner Welcome Speech by Prof. Dr. Bettina Rockenbach, President of the Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina

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