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Ny akademiledning Foto: Erik Thor/Johan Wingborg/SUA
News
2021

New academy board elected for 2021–2022

The Young Academy of Sweden elected new members to the academy board for the year 2021/2022 at the academy meeting April 22. The new chair is Sebastian Westenhoff, researcher in biophysical chemis…
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Research policy
2021

Academy meeting with focus on researchers and the media

The Young Academy of Sweden convened April 21–22. The theme of the meeting was the role of a researcher when appearing in the media to comment as experts. A news anchor from one of Sweden’s nation…
Sverker Lundin Foto: Jimmy Gustafsson
News
2021

Sverker Lundin new CEO of the Young Academy of Sweden

Sverker Lundin has been recruited to the post as CEO of the Young Academy of Sweden. He has a multi-facetted and broad experience from the research sector, most recently from the Swedish Research…
Vad gör en forskare? Ordmoln
News
2021

Researcher dreams with school classes at the Science Festival

The Young Academy of Sweden’s (YAS) own children’s book Forskardrömmar (Researcher Dreams) provided the outline for YAS’ activity on the Science Festival’s school program. As with the book,…
BUFF 2021
News
2021

Wonderful short films and research talks for high school students

Young academy of Sweden and LadyBug Festival arranged the session A better tomorrow on March 18 at the children and youth film festival BUFF in Malmö, which in this year’s edition could be v…
Webbinarium om replikeringsutmaningen
News
2021

A little crisis and multiple solutions to the replication challenge

In a lunch webinar under the auspices of The Society for Members of Parliament and Researchers (Rifo) and the Young Academy of Sweden, politicians and researchers discussed what the challenge of r…
Studioporträtt i färg av två kvinnor
News
2021

Young female researchers awarded for gold nanoparticles in cancer therapy and hunting for missing stars

Press release: This year’s recipients of the L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Prize with support of the Young Academy of Sweden, are Mariana Dalarsson, the Royal Institute of Technology, and Be…
Anna Wetterbom och Sanna Koskiniemi
News
2021

Academy meeting with digital book release

On 9–10 February, Young academy of Sweden (YAS) convened online. Örebro University visited YAS and presented their work with career paths for younger researchers. Walk-and-talks and a workshop led…
Hanna Isaksson Foto: Johan Wingborg/SUA
News
2021

Election to the Young Academy of Sweden 2021

The Young Academy of Sweden is currently working intensely with the election of new members. During the autumn, researchers from all research areas have been able to submit applications and these…

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