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Forskardrömmar på Kista bibliotek. Foto: SUA
News
2022

Researcher Dreams at Stockholm Public Library Kista

Stockholm Public Library Kista invited YAS and two researchers visited and presented their research based on the children’s book Researcher Dreams. About ten children with parents did taste…
Akademimöte Umeå Foto: SUA
News
2022

This year’s first academy meeting

The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) met February 9-10. The meeting’s two overarching themes were how breakthrough research can be promoted and academic freedom. An YAS delegation was present a…
Dialogseminarium
News
2022

Young Academy of Sweden in dialogue seminar

On Friday, YAS participated in the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions’ (SUHF) and the research funders’ annual dialogue seminar, which this year dealt with the highly…
Hans Ellegren Foto: Mikael Wallerstedt
News
2022

Hans Ellegren new member of the board

Hans Ellegren is a new member of the board for the Foundation for the Young Academy of Sweden since January 1st. Ellegren is professor of evolutionary biology at Uppsala University and Permanent s…
Johanna Rosén Foto: Erik Thor/SUA
News
2022

Praise and blame in the Academy’s consultation response to the infrastructure investigation

The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) submits a consultation response to the government report “Strengthened focus on the research infrastructure of the future”. As advanced research infrastructure be…
Vetenskaplig salong Foto: Sveriges unga akademi
News
2021

Salon on humor in science

The Young Academy of Sweden and the LMK Foundation arranged a scientific salon in Lund on humor, as a multifaceted subject and scientific material, a way to convey new research findings as well as…
Akademimöte Uppsala foto: Sveriges unga akademi
News
2021

Academy meeting in Uppsala

In November, the second academy meeting of the autumn was held. The theme for the meeting was transisciplinarity, a favorite subject of the Academy. The topic was investigated in a panel discussio…
Agneta Bladh Foto: NordForsk/Terje Heiestad
News
2021

Agneta Bladh new board member

Agneta Bladh has been appointed a new board member of the Foundation for the Young Academy of Sweden. She will take up the post in June. Agneta Bladh Photo: NordForsk/Terje Heiestad….
Ylva Söderfeldt, Sebastian Westenhoff, Dan Larhammar och Magnus Berggren Foto: Erik Thor/SUA, Markus Marcetic, Magnus Berggren/KAW
News
2021

Op-Ed: Immigration regulations poses serious threat to research

Representatives and members of the Young Academy of Sweden, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences: Ylva Söderfeldt, Sebastian Westenhof…

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