World Data System Data Stewardship Award 2019
<p>The WDS Data Stewardship Award is given annually to early-career researchers who have demonstrated excellence in scientific data stewardship.</p>
27.06.2019
ISC commits to enhanced collaboration with UN-Habitat and UNDRR on urban health and wellbeing and disaster risk reduction
<p>The International Science Council recently signed two important agreements with UN agencies, relating to work on urban health and wellbeing and disaster risk reduction.</p>
20.06.2019
Nine projects led by African early-career scientists funded under the LIRA 2030 Africa programme
<p>The projects led by African early-career scientists will be supported as part of the third LIRA 2030 Africa call on Pathways towards Sustainable Urban Development in Africa.</p>
19.06.2019
ISC President issues statement on academic freedom in Hungary
<p>Professor Daya Reddy, President of the International Science Council (ISC) and Chair of its Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science has issued the following statement:</p>
12.06.2019
High-profile patrons join the International Science Council to advance science as a global public good
<p>The International Science Council has appointed Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and leading defender of climate justice, and Ismail Serageldin, Emeritus Librarian of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, and a world authority on development, as inaugural Patrons of the International Science Council.</p>
07.06.2019
The ocean we need for the future we want
<p>Human-society interactions with the ocean were high on the agenda at the first Global Planning Meeting for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 13-15 May 2019.</p>
23.05.2019
ISC ROLAC Attends UN’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
<p>The United Nations’ Office for Disaster Risk Reduction invited ISC ROLAC to be part of this important meeting on the topic of DRR, which is one of the office’s Priority Areas.</p>
20.05.2019
ISC showcases academic freedom and inter- and transdisciplinary research at Sida Science Days
<p>The ISC, along with representatives from the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) and LIRA (Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa) programmes, will engage the international science community on the benefits and challenges of facilitating and conducting inter- and transdisciplinary research in different geographical and cultural contexts during Sida Science Days, May 2019.</p>
20.05.2019
Official Statement by the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
<p>“Better data is needed for risk-informed development and science-based decision-making at all levels” – The key message from the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group. The STC actively promotes an enhanced science base for effective disaster risk reduction and risk-informed development at global, national and local levels.</p>
17.05.2019
Vacancy: Science Officer
<p>The International Science Council (ISC) is seeking a Science Officer to assist with the planning and implementation of ISC’s mission.</p>
16.05.2019
