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Posted on December 22, 2023

The YAE November-December 2023 Newsletter is now out!

Read about the recent activities, events and latest news of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) in the field of science policy in our November-December 2023 Newsletter. Among others, please read more about the new Board’s activities including the launch of a Discord channel for YAE members and alumni to enhance communication, as well as member consultation about our science policy related activities on 22 January, 2024, 14:00-15:00 PM CET, an upcoming two-days leadership training in Strasbourg planned between 15-19 April 2024. Details about our latest statement and survey for Iranian scholars are also included. The November-December Newsletter was prepared by Katalin Solymosi (YAE Chair), Scott Bremer (YAE Vice-Chair) with minor input from David Fernandez Rivas (YAE Communications Chair) and the Board.

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Posted on December 15, 2023

Statement by YAE and other young academies about the importance of fundamental research and early-career researchers

The Young Academy of Europe along with 29 other transnational and national young academies and associations joined the initiative led by the Global Young Academy to release “A Call for Action from Young Academies and Young Associations: Reaffirming the Role of Fundamental Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development through Enhanced and Equitable Support of Fundamental Research and Early- to Mid-Career Researchers”. The statement was officially released on 15 December at the closing ceremony of UNESCO’s International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022-2023.

Hiba Baroud announcing the statement in Geneva

Posted on December 14, 2023

Podcast about science advice

Moniek Tromp (Outgoing Chair of YAE), former president of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) was interviewed by Toby Wardman (Head of Communications, SAPEA) in the Science for Policy podcast series of SAPEA about why it is crucial to involve diverse people – also in terms of age and career stage – in science advice.

Posted on December 7, 2023

ISE opinion paper on the European Framework for Research Careers

Recruitment Chair of YAE, Mona Simion, is chairing the Working Group on Researchers’ Careers of the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE), and thus was leading the preparation of ISE’s Opinion Paper on the Proposal for a European Framework for Research Careers.

Posted on November 28, 2023

Final conference of the CALIPER Horizon Europe project

On 23 November 2023, Moniek Tromp (Outgoing Chair) was featured in the Final Conference of the CALIPER Horizon Europe project initially launched by YAE. The conference program is available here, and registrations for the hybrid event were available until the 1 November.

Posted on November 24, 2023

Survey about the situation of Iranian scholars

YAE, Eurodoc, ICoRSA and MCAA would like to provide support and advocate for researchers in Iran or Iranian researchers abroad and at risk in a well-informed manner, so where they most need it. Therefore, we would like to ask our members to circulate in their relevant networks our joint survey for Iranian scholars. For more information please see this link – this survey has been launched earlier, but we are still waiting for more feedback.

Posted on November 14, 2023

Webinar about Institutional and Departmental Young Academies

28 November 2023, 15:30-16:30 CET, Zoom

In addition to national and transnational young academies, it is very important to give a voice to early and mid career researchers (EMCRs) at the local, institutional or departmental level.

In the last 23 years, we have seen a positive increase in the number of national young academies (56) and similar bodies (12) which are now present in 68 different countries. There are also 4 regional or global young academies with transnational membership such as the Global Young Academy or the Young Academy of Europe. It is more or less clear now, why it is useful to launch such organisations and what are their roles.

On the other side, surveys conducted among EMCRs often indicate that young scholars feel excluded from strategic decisions of their own institutions or departments. In countries where trade unions have no strong traditions and activities, junior faculties, institutional or university young academies may help EMCRs advocate for themselves. Such organisations also can have more diverse roles, including promoting networking among EMCRs, mentoring or science outreach, or helping improve the university or institute brand and public image.

In this webinar with representatives from institutional young academies, we’ll discuss the best practices of such organisations compared to national and transnational bodies. Please follow the link below (the orange button) to register and we will send you a Zoom link closer to the time of the event.

Speakers and presentation titles:

Albert Wong (Chair, Young Academy of the University of Twente): University Young Academies in the Netherlands – the example from the University of Twente
Shireen Sindi (Chair, Karolinska Institute Junior Faculty, Sweden): Organisation, aims of the Karolinska Institute Junior Faculty
Alexandra Wennberg (Vice-Chair, Karolinska Institute Junior Faculty, Sweden): Development of Junior Faculties at the department level
Justin Westerfield (Representative, National Junior Faculty of Sweden) Junior Faculty coalition at the national level – The National Junior Faculty in Sweden

Moderator: Katalin Solymosi (Chair, Young Academy of Europe, former Co-Chair, Hungarian Young Academy)

Posted on November 6, 2023

Webinar to mark the 5th anniversary of Plan S

To mark the 5^th anniversary of Plan S, cOAlition S hosted an online webinar featuring among others Gemma Modinos (former YAE chair) in a panel about the future of scholarly communication on Thursday, 2^nd November 2023, between 17:00–19:00 CET. At the same time cOAlition S drafted and published a proposition towards responsible publishing and launched a survey in which they are seeking input from the research community to establish a community-based scholarly communication system. Their survey and draft is available here, and a Nature Careers paper featuring among others former YAE chair, Lynn Kamerlin on the same topic is available here. The video recording of the event can be watched here.

Posted on November 3, 2023

The YAE September-October 2023 newsletter is now out!

Read about the recent activities, events and latest news of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) in the field of science policy in our September-October 2023 Newsletter. Please find a detailed report about our Annual General Meeting in Munich, about the board elections, as well as our Arts & Science webinar series! Please also feel free to save the date for our next webinar on 28 November about institutional and departmental young academies! The October-November Newsletter was prepared by Katalin Solymosi (YAE Chair) and Scott Bremer (YAE Vice-Chair) with insights and inputs from Board members.

Posted on October 31, 2023

AE Interview with newly elected YAE Chair, Katalin Solymosi

After the AGM, Katalin Solymosi was interviewed for the 2023 Spotlight Series of the Building Bridges 2023 about YAE and her vision as newly elected YAE Chair.