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At European level, networking activities often aim to formulate perspectives for young scientists on the European Research Area.
When Die Junge Akademie was founded in 2000, it was the first of its kind. Since then, there has been movement in the international landscape of academies. Die Junge Akademie has served as a role model for the founding of young academies in other countries and at an international level, providing advice and support during the start-up phase. Today, numerous Young Academies and founding initiatives exist around the world.
Die Junge Akademie co-operates with many of the newly established Young Academies worldwide on a thematic and project-related basis. There is particularly close cooperation within Europe through the European Network of Young Academies (ENYA) and the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) – here also with the science policy aim of formulating the perspectives of young scientists on the European Research Area.
ENYA (European Network of Young Academies)
Die Junge Akademie is actively involved in the European Network of Young Academies (ENYA). The network is a self-organised association of European young academies and meets once a year at different locations in Europe to exchange ideas. Interinstitutional contact thus gives rise to in-depth thematic exchanges and multilateral cooperation. The association also makes public statements on joint science policy issues.
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Joint statements
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2024
In 2024, the European Young Academies published the Stockholm Charter for Academic Freedom Stockholm Charter for Academic Freedom. Against a backdrop of economic and political uncertainty and challenges, the signatory academies are using the charter to send a strong signal in support of freedom of academic teaching and research and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. -
2023
With the Brussels Charter for Young Academy Member Exchange, European Young Academies commit to promoting member exchange and transnational encounters. Signatory academies agree to put members of other Young Academies in contact with their own members, to support their stays as visiting scholars, and to enable them to participate in the activities and events of the academy.
YASAS (Young Academies Science Advice Structure)
Together with other academies from the European Network of Young Academies (ENYA), Die Junge Akademie founded the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) in December 2020 for scientific policy advice at the European level. Through YASAS, it is now possible to contribute to European science-based advice, participate in calls for proposals, and refer experts from within the academy to the European Commission.
Contact person: Linus Mattauch
ALLEA (All European Academies)
On 3 June 2020, Die Junge Akademie became the first representative of the younger generation to be elected as a member of ALLEA (All European Academies). Founded in 1994, the association of scientific academies has 60 members in more than 40 countries in the Council of Europe region. As an independent organisation, it is committed to interdisciplinary, international and free science. With its network of outstanding academics, which is unique in Europe, it offers science-based advice for politics and society beyond national borders.
With its ALLEA membership, Die Junge Akademie aims to help strengthen the European scientific area and promote a common, free and independent scientific system. It would also like to contribute the perspectives of the younger generation of young scientists to the international scientific and science policy dialogue. In a wide range of collaborations with other European academies, it aims to raise awareness of the importance of science as a cornerstone of Europe's future.
As a member of ALLEA, Die Junge Akademie is entitled to nominate candidates for the Madame de Staël Prize. In 2024, physicist Viola Priesemann, who has been a member of Die Junge Akademie since 2021, received the award.
Contact person: Hani Harb
ALLEA Task Force EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion): Hani Harb
Die Junge Akademie signs and supports the statement "ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States" (April 2025).