Halt the execution of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
The ISC's Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS) has issued an urgent call to ISC Members to support efforts to halt the execution of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali
09.05.2022
Talk Back Better Webinar Series Launching in May
The International Science Council in partnership with Falling Walls is starting a new webinar series on the Public Value of Science.
03.05.2022
International science organizations unite in support of at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists
Join the advocacy campaign to support at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists by signing the Science in Exile Declaration.
20.04.2022
New Technical Advisory Group to support the Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability
The recently appointed Group is working towards the development of actionable pathways for the Global Commission, aiming to deliver key recommendations in the third quarter of 2022.
07.04.2022
Joint letter to ISC Members from ISC President, Peter Gluckman, and Acting CEO, Mathieu Denis
The ongoing war in Ukraine has global consequences of concern to all of the ISC's Members.
06.04.2022
ISC joins Scholars at Risk
The International Science Council (ISC) is delighted to announce its membership of Scholars at Risk (SAR), a network of over 520 higher education institutions in 43 countries working to protect threatened scholars, prevent attacks on higher education and promote academic freedom.
05.04.2022
Statement on concerns for scientists in Iran
The ISC's Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science invites the global scientific community to add their voices to calls for the immediate release of all scientists arbitrarily detained in Iran.
18.03.2022
Sheila Jasanoff named 2022 Holberg Laureate
Sheila Jasanoff, who is part of the ISC's Transformations to Sustainability community, has been recognized for her pioneering work.
16.03.2022
Launch of the UNESCO “Mathematics for Action” toolkit
Supporting science-based decision-making
14.03.2022
Systemic Risk Briefing Note highlights complexity of interconnected, interdependent, and uncertain challenges
10 March 2022 – The systemic and uncertain risks facing the world today can have cascading impacts across systems and sectors, and an integrated perspective that incorporates the inherently complex nature of climate-related hazards, vulnerability, exposure and impacts, is needed to better understand and respond to systemic risk, according to a new briefing note published today by the International Science Council (ISC), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Risk Knowledge Action Network (Risk KAN).
10.03.2022