Challenges and opportunities from different academies · • STI / NSTDA Thailand –GloSYS ASEAN...
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SAPEA Workshop on strengthening inter-academy cooperation
Bucharest on 16-17 October 2017
Patrizio ANTICI (GYA Executive Committee member)
Challenges and opportunities from
different academies
• Vision
– To be the voice of young scientists around the world, make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive
• Mission
– Empower outstanding early-career researchers to lead international, interdisciplinary and intergenerational dialogue, both with each other and with external stakeholders
– Develop, connect and mobilise young talent from all continents
– Promote reason and inclusiveness in global decision-making
– Create a better world
• Strategic Targets
– Contribute to efforts to address societal challenges (Global Challenges)
– Identify, develop, and nurture global science leaders
– Maximise the potential of National Young Academies
– Provide benchmark reports on science policy topics relevant for young scientists
– Serve as an outstanding example for interdisciplinary, intergenerational, collaborative and cross-cultural dialogue in science
GYA Vision and Mission
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The Global Young Academy
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• Officially funded 2010
• A worldwide network of 200 members and 134 alumni from 70 countries.
• Selection criteria
• Research excellence
• Commitment to service/outreach
• Median age ~37y
• 5y membership term (40 new entries per year)
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Who we are
32; 16,1%
61; 30,7%
7; 3,5%
29; 14,6%
1; 0,5%
11; 5,5%
58; 29,1%
Members by Continent 2017
Africa
Asia
Australia
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
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Who we are
35; 17,6%
19; 9,5%
11; 5,5%
28; 14,1%14; 7,0%
26; 13,1%
32; 16,1%
7; 3,5% 27; 13,6%
Members by Discipline 2017
Applied Sciences: Engineering
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Health sciences, medicine
Humanities
Law, economics and socialsciencesLife Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
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Who we are
73; 36,7%
126; 63,3%
GYA Members by Sex 2017
female male
1. Be part of a large network working global
and in very diverse disciplines -> broaden
vision
2. Have a voice in a globalized environment
(even being young !)
3. Contribute to the advancement of society
(not only “writing articles”)
4. Be included in activities that you would not
(or less) participate as individual
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Opportunities (some)
1. Build a portfolio of activities of Global Interest
2. Being as inclusive as possible (disciplines+geographic)
3. Efficient organization (most are volunteers)
4. Keep the members active (members are working on volunteering basis)
5. Put together people from different cultures and disciplines
6. Promote the Academy and its importance
7. Secure Funding
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Challenges
Build
Engage
Promote
Support
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1. Build - Organization
Executive Committee (9 members + 2 co-
chairs)
Portfolio 1 Portfolio 2 Portfolio 3
Activity/WG
Advisory Board
Office support
• Co-Chairs– Tolu Oni (South Africa)
– Moritz Riede (UK)
• Executive Committee– Patrizio Antici (Canada)
– Almas Taj Awan (Brazil)
– Anna Coussens (South Africa)
– Laura Fierce (USA)
– Alexander Kagansky (UK)
– S. Karly Kehoe (Canada)
– Karen Lorimer (Scotland)
– Connie Nshemereirwe (Uganda)
– Samuel Sojinu (Nigeria)
• Immediate Past Co-Chair– Orakanoke Phanraksa (Thailand)
– Mari-Vaughn Johnson (USA)
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Executive Committee
Each member is responsible for one activity:1. Member diversity2. Member engagement3. Working group coordination4. Flagship projects5. New members6. Fundraising7. Media & communication8. AGM9. External partners & NYA
Members of the GYA Advisory Board
1. Prof Bruce Alberts; Immediate past Editor of Science
2. Prof Howard Alper; Chair of Science, Technology and Innovation Council of Canada & immediate past Co-Chair of IAP
3. Prof Yuko Harayama; Executive Member of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) at the Cabinet Office, Japan
4. Prof Mohammed Hassan; Co-Chair of IAP
5. Prof Helmut Schwarz; President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, fellow of the BBAW and Leopoldina
6. Prof Kevin Marsh, Senior Advisor to the African Academy of Science, and Chair of the WHO Malaria policy advisory committee
7. Prof Maria Ivanova, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary General and a Board member of the UN University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
8. Dr Narong Sirilertworakul, President of the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand
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Advisory Board
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Office
More details at https://intranet.globalyoungacademy.net/wiki/download-area/
Managing DirectorDr. Beate Wagner
Financial and Membership Officer Franziska Güntner
Project Officer Anna-Maria Gramatté
Project OfficerJennifer Plaul
Media OfficerKirsten Geithner
GloSYS ResearcherMarie Luise Neumann
Assistant Financial and MembershipSandra Heinrich
Office located in Germany c/o Leopoldina(German Academy of Sciences)
Portfolio-Themes
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Science & Society Research Environment
• Most critical point: Members are volunteers – are distributed – have
different priorities
• Annual General Meeting (biggest networking opportunity)
• Provide easy tools and instruments for fostering collaboration among
members
• Catalyze latent initiatives (of members, of groups, of Academies)
• Provide funding for specific activities
• Promote among members opportunities and activities that can be relevant
2. Engage
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Annual Meeting
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2018 Forever Young? Sustainable and healthy longevity through science and technology
2017 Bridging Worlds Through Science’
• Project examining the challenges young researchers face in their home countries in regions
• First precursor study launched in 2014
• Latest area specific GloSYSASEAN report launched in 2017
• Identified issues:– Mentoring and support structures
– Focused training
– Transparency and fairness
– Working conditions
– Cultivating values
➢ A regional GloSYSStudy is presently in progress in 14 African States
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Flagship initiatives (started from few
members): Global State of Young Scientists
(GloSYS)
• Importance of fundamental Science (Canada)
Fundamental Science
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• Leopoldina nominated GYA members
• Sherien Elagroudy and Rees Kaasen spoke at the Inaugural meeting, addressing– Open access
– Building public trust in decision making
– More direct engagement of scientists in decision making
➢ GYA attendance at all subsequent Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary General meetings
➢ Path to further UN contributions and collaborations
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3. Promote: Participation with High-
level Institutions:
UN Scientific Advisory Board
• GYA invited to– Provide input for G7
communique
– Present at meeting
on the promotion of women in science and of young scientists
➢ Some of GYA recommendations incorporated into G7 statement and GYA explicitly mentioned
➢ GYA invited to submit concrete project proposals
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G7 Science & Technology
Ministers‘ Meeting
Ranjini Bandyopadhyay at the G7 meeting
GYA invited to
Contribute in the
Declaration of the
2015 Budapest
World Science
Forum on The
Enabling Power of
Science
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Invited at the WSF (2015-2017)
Newletter / Webpage
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Digital, about 1200 recipients (legal issues for larger advertisement); about 2 times per year (trying to increase)
Engagement with other international organizations
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Enhance Cooperation
• BMBF – Core-funding (2014-20), GloSYS project
(The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
• Various national academies or other donors – hosting and co-funding the
AGMs and other meetings
• STI / NSTDA Thailand – GloSYS ASEAN project (2014), ASEAN Science
Leadership Programme (2016)
• Bosch Foundation – Africa Regional Conferences (2014 and 2016)
• Volkswagen Foundation – GYA seed-funding (2011-2013), project
funding for the GloSYS workshop, funding for Worldwide Meeting of
Young Academies (2017)
• Individual (research) funds
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4: Support - Funding
The GYA provides advice and networks for National Young Academies (NYAs) (currently 33)
• Technical support and advice (Blueprint)
• Facilitate and support contacts with senior academies
• Missions to countries
• Sharing of best practices, liaising, projects
• Organising regional or global meetings
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Support - Enhance NYA
establishment
Worldwide Meetings of Young Academies
• 1st meeting: Symposium “Shaping the Future of Young
Academies” co-organized by Dutch Young Academy and
GYA, 31 October – 1 November 2012 in Amsterdam
• 2nd meeting: 16-18 November 2015 in Stockholm,
Sweden, Joint Conference with JRC: Science Support for
Sustainable Development
• 3rd meeting: 19-21 July 2017 in Johannesburg, S. Africa
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GYA Support for NYA
Cooperation
Website
www.globalyoungacademy.net
@GlobalYAcademy
www.facebook.com/GYA.online
Get / Stay in touch!
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Thank you for your attention
• Thank you for your attention
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Strategic Targets 2017-2020:
• Contribute to efforts to address societal challenges
(Global Challenges)
• Identify, develop, and nurture global science leaders
• Maximise the potential of National Young Academies
• Provide benchmark reports on science policy topics
relevant for young scientists
• Serve as an outstanding example for interdisciplinary,
intergenerational, collaborative and cross-cultural
dialogue in science
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5. Plans for the Future
• Support young scientists in career development and independence
• Engage in interdisciplinary, international and intergenerational dialogue on scientific issues
• Build science capacity in
the developing world
• Promote science education and science-policy integration
What we do
Portfolio–
Themes
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NYA Development 2009
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NYA Development 2017
Let’s get to know the GYA!
1. The Global Young Academy (GYA)
Who we are, What we do
How we do it
Financial support & cooperation
2. GYA Support for NYAs
NYA development
Worldwide meetings
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• Develop a global network
of young leaders in
science
• Comment and opinion via
position papers, op-eds,
etc…
• Advice and input to
international institutions
and fora
• Projects and activities
• Research studies
• Support National Young
Academies
Engage
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• Building on GloSYS-results and addressing– Mentoring
– Support structures
to build capacity
• African Science Leadership Programme (ASLP), co-developed with Uni. of Pretoria– 1y programme, ~20
scholars
– 3y funded by Robert Bosch Foundation
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Science Leadership
Programmes
First ASLP Cohort 2015
➢First ASEAN SLP in 2016
2nd Africa YAs Regional Conference24-26 October 2016 in MauritiusBrought together representatives from all African NYAs and NYA initiatives with the African senior academies and further young scientists
In order to:
• Engage and empower excellent young researchers from across Africa to address the challenges that impede scientificdevelopment towards a sustainablefuture for the region
• Adapt the NYA blueprint with advice and support for the foundation of a National Young Academy specifically for African NYAs
GYA YA cooperation in Africa
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• Support for the
establishment of further
NYAs in Africa
• Exchange between NYAs in
Africa
• Africa Science Leadership
Programme (ASLP)
• GloSYS Africa study
• Strengthening African
Science Academies
• 3nd Regional Conference
in Egypt 2018 and activities
in between
GYA YA cooperation Africa
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Follow-up from Africa Conference
The GYA
• invites NYAs to nominate their most able members for fascinating international fora or for
• projects in collaboration with eminent international science organisations
• Co-organizes meetings on topical issues of international societal relevance
GYA Opening International
Opportunities for NYAs
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Opportunities for international
engagement of NYAs
• Contribution to consultations of the European Commission on– Open Data & Open Access with other NYAs, incl. Junge Akademie
– Altimetrics
• Workshops on– Solid Waste Management with IAP in Halle (incl. report)
– Refugee Crisis with Dutch NYA in Amsterdam
– Broadening the scope of science advice with INSGA and JRC in Brussels
• Young Science Ambassador Programme
• Science Game “Expedition Mundus”
• Publication of “Words of Wisdom”
• JRC-GYA Project “Invisible Worlds”
• Invited to Advisory Board of UN Major Group for Children and Youth
• Contribution to the Smart Villages Initiative through workshoporganisation
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Further Examples of Recent
Impacts