The Young Academy

The Young Academy organises activities related to science policy, science and society, interdisciplinarity, internationalisation, and the arts and sciences. Its members received their PhD no more than ten years prior to their appointment and represent a range of disciplines. They have a proven track record in their field, and are eager to contribute to science and scholarship, and to the development of science policy.

Background

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences decided to set up the Young Academy in 2005. The Young Academy operates independently within the Royal Academy. It has its own working plan, organises its own events and is responsible for its own viewpoints. The Young Academy and the Royal Academy cooperate mainly on projects and advisory matters.

Objectives 

• The Young Academy actively brings researchers into contact with disciplines outside their own area of specialisation and in doing so encourages interdisciplinary research.
• The Young Academy asks its members to make an active contribution to the future of their own and ancillary disciplines and to formulate their views on science policy.
• The Young Academy consults with scientific organisations and ministries and advises them on science policy.
• The Young Academy conveys its fascination with science and scientific insights to the public and pupils and students, and considers the matter of valorisation in the broadest sense of the word.
• The Young Academy encourages young researchers to place the Dutch academic context within international frameworks and to urge reflection on the position of foreign young researchers within the Dutch system.