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Committee finalizes the selection of young scientists attending the Intercontinental Academia

by Richard Meckien - published Mar 04, 2015 11:15 AM - - last modified Nov 21, 2018 03:49 PM

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The Senior Committee that coordinates the Intercontinental Academia (ICA) has completed the final stage of the selection process of the 13 young researchers who will participate in the pilot-project initiative. The result is the composition of a plural group, which includes the geographic diversity and the dialogue between East and West pursued by the ICA's creators for this first edition. Among the scientists there are representatives from three continents and seven countries: Germany, England, Finland, Japan, China, the United States and Brazil.

The selection began in the Senior Committee Meeting held in September 2014 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Freiburg (FRIAS), when the first names were chosen. In order to ensure the participation of young researchers from different countries, cultures and academic traditions, the decision on the other scientists was postponed until there was time for new candidates from other regions of the world to sign up.

The process was resumed in the 3rd Meeting of Directors of University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study (UBIAS) - a network which brings together 34 institutes for advanced studies based in universities around the world, to which the ICA is bound. During the event, held in November 2014 in Taipei, there was agreement on the appointment of four new candidates, all from Asia. The process was finalized in February 2015, when the last two researchers were chosen.

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Synthesized in the concept 2+2+2, the ICA is an international academic cooperation project which aims to bring together two institutes of UBIAS from two different continents to develop, over two interdisciplinary workshops, a joint research focused on a cross-thematic topic.

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