Making “working from home” work for women scientists during the COVID-19 lockdown
The Global Young Academy's Women in Science Working Group highlights practical ideas for staying positive in testing times.
09.06.2020
World Oceans Day
On World Oceans Day 2020, we're highlighting the ocean science needed to protect our blue planet.
08.06.2020
Global Science TV: Why can’t we deal with climate change as urgently as COVID-19?
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the world can act swiftly in a crisis. So, should that give us new hope in the fight against climate change? Nuala Hafner puts that question to ISC Patron Mary Robinson and ISC President Daya Reddy.
04.06.2020
Innovative technologies and post-Coronavirus economic recovery: A global value chains perspective
International technological, financial cooperation and policy coordination are urgently needed to prepare the developing countries not only to combat the shock of the pandemic but also to develop their digital competencies and infrastructure so that they will not fall behind again in the post-pandemic economic recovery. If we fail to do this, we will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
02.06.2020
Introducing new member of the ISC: The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology joined the ISC in January 2020 as a Member Organization. In this brief interview, we hear more about the Academy and its activities.
28.05.2020
Bouncing Forward Sustainably: Pathways to post-COVID world
The International Science Council and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) have established a partnership combining the strengths and expertise of the two organizations to define and design sustainability pathways, through a multi-stakeholder dialogue, that will encourage a more equitable post-COVID world.
27.05.2020
Des Gasper has four suggestions for the rearticulating of human development.
The recently retired professor of Human Development, Development Ethics and Public Policy at the International Institute of Social Studies looks at human development and research, from both before and after initiation of the Human Development Reports in 1990.
27.05.2020
Human development as an individual, social and transformative process
Craig Calhoun discusses, among other things, the importance of including solidarity (among humans and with non-humans) and transformation as central concepts to enrich our ideas about human development.
22.05.2020
Well-being versus GDP: the challenge and opportunity of human development in the 21st century
In this commentary, David C. Korten asks – Is humanity’s defining economic goal to grow GDP or to secure the well-being of people and the living Earth?
14.05.2020
Funding awarded to support collaborative research for Agenda 2030 in African cities
Eight collaborative projects have been awarded up to 20,000 euros through the Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA2030) programme in order to foster research collaboration and learning across LIRA projects and to support interdisciplinary writing teams to publish joint academic articles.
13.05.2020