ISC Vice-President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science, Anne Husebekk, introduces a new mini series of online dialogues on the free and responsible practice of science in contemporary society. The theme of the first 'spotlight' series is Science in Exile.
19.04.2022
Hundreds of millions of people will be affected by coastal flooding in the coming decades. Rather than being a 'last resort', managed retreat from threatened areas can be an effective way to create broader social transformations, according to the latest knowledge brief from the Transformations to Sustainability programme.
13.04.2022
With tens of thousands of academics still in Ukraine, a recent paper from the Young Scientists Council at the Ministry of Education and Science in Ukraine assesses the current needs of Ukrainian scholars and requests assistance. The International Science Council invites Members to join in assisting the Ukrainian academic, scientific, and scholarly community.
11.04.2022
World Health Day 2022 is dedicated to keeping both humans and the planet healthy, with the goal of creating a movement to organize societies focused on well-being. Two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency, governments worldwide still fail to see that the pandemic is but a first symptom of a world running out of breath. On this occasion, this blog presents some insights from the International Science Council’s upcoming COVID-19 Outcome Scenarios report, to be released on 17 May 2022, serving as a stark warning that environmental action is required now to limit the scope of future existential threats.
07.04.2022
The celebration of academic and non-fiction film will take place over four days in April, in the historic Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris.
06.04.2022
Mitigation of climate change is the focus of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
04.04.2022
Alanna Black, a student from the EIB Monceau Collège - École Internationale Bilingue (International bilingual school) in Paris takes the time to write about her experiences as an intern for a week at the International Science Council
01.04.2022
The ISC co-signs the Joint Statement of Intent on Digital Transformation in the International Scientific and Quality infrastructure. As the world enters the era of digitalization, it is important to establish a world-wide uniform and secure data exchange format based on the International System of Units.
01.04.2022
Educational institutions such as schools and universities are primary military targets leadin to the displacement of thousands of scholars note S. Karly Kehoe and Evren Altinkas, who explore these issues from a Canadian perspective.
31.03.2022
Discover the recent ISC-INGSA Occasional Paper on the development of a training module on science advice and diplomacy for the ISC community and Members.
31.03.2022
