Bridging the gap in knowledge on animal experimentation
First YAE event of 2021: a brainstorming session on 'Bridging the gap in knowledge on animal experimentation' was held online on 12 February. The topic of animal experimentation is highly controversial and generates strong opinions and emotions. As for many other controversial topics (environmental changes, genetic manipulation, use of technology to ...
9th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2020: an update from the Board
YAE members attending the 2020 virtual AGM This year, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, our yearly annual general meeting (AGM) was held online, on 20th October 2020. It was an inspiring and lively meeting, inclulding an enthusiastic exchange of many exciting ideas by the participants to make a difference by and for young scholars. The two-hour ...
ERC Starting Grant mentoring event
This online event hosted by the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) on 21st September 2020 welcomed researchers from EU13 and Associated Countries who were interested in applying for a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. With this event we wished to provide guidance and support to young applicants from under-represented nations by connecting them ...
2020 YAE Annual General Meeting
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the YAE/AE annual meeting has been rescheduled to October 2021, in Barcelona, Spain. However, the YAE held a shorter version of the programme online, including the 2020 André Mischke YAE Prize lecture by Dr. Grant Hill-Cawthorne, on Tuesday 20th of October. ...
YAE Symposia on COVID-19
The entire world is reeling from the coronavirus crisis. While the social and economic consequences are ongoing and dire, scientific expertise has gratifyingly regained its value and research into the virus is moving forward at a phenomenal pace. One area in particular has achieved almost unprecedented importance, namely that ...
YAE contribute to international symposium on the impact of Plan S
An international symposium on the
impact of Plan S, organised by the AE Cardiff Knowledge Hub in collaboration
with the Young
Academy of Europe, KU Leuven Libraries and Cardiff
University, took place at
KU Leuven on 5th-6th November 2019.
An audience of around 130 gathered at the historic Leuven Institute for Ireland in ...
8th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2019: an update from the Board
Young Academy of Europe 2019 AGMWe held our yearly annual general meeting (AGM) in October in Barcelona. It was an eventful meeting, with lots of time for networking and discussion. As is our tradition, we went over highlights of the past year, and elected several new Board members. We also had intensive discussions about how the YAE could be improved ...
7th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2018: an update from the Board
Message from the Chair
"I am very excited to have been elected as the Chair at our recent AGM in Barcelona. It was a pleasure to meet so many of you there, and I have big plans for the coming year. Some areas I would like to focus on are:
Communication
We need better communication within the YAE, and between the YAE and other organisations such ...
6th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2017: an update from the Board
Dear Members of the Young Academy of Europe,
Many of you joined us in Budapest for our Annual General Meeting and joint meeting with the Academia Europaea. Those who were there, will agree that is was a wonderful occasion held in a beautiful backdrop of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. We had a very productive first day where we were joined by hfp ...
5th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2016: an update from the Board
Dear Members of the Young Academy of Europe,
Some of us are just back from the Annual General Meeting which took place at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Those who were there will agree that it has been a wonderful occasion and a feast in celebration of excellent scholarship, good company and delicious food!
The Board would like to thank Nicole Grobert ...
4th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2015
The fourth annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe took place on 7th September 2015 in Darmstadt, Germany. It was organised in conjunction with the Annual General Conference of the Academia Europaea (7th-10th September). All YAE members were also invited to attend the AE meeting.Agenda08:30-09:00 Registration09:00-09:10 Welcome and introduction, ...
3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2014
The third annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) took place in Barcelona, Spain, on 15th July. As usual, the meeting was organized in conjunction with the annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE). Keynote speakers were Núria Sebastián Gallés, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC) and Pablo Amor, ...
2nd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2013
The second annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 16th September. The meeting took place concurrently with the 25th annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE), with which the YAE maintains close ties. Professor Helga Nowotny, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC), ...
Young Academy of Europe officially launched at 1st Annual Meeting in Brussels, 2012
The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was officially launched at its first Annual Meeting in Brussels on 7th - 8th December 2012, hosted by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). The launch event was placed under the motto "How to enhance the European Research Environment for the Next Generation of Young Scientists" and brought together more ...