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Early career scientists gather for LIRA trans-disciplinary workshop in Uganda

<p>As part of the 5-year “Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa” programme, 31 representatives of the successful pre-proposals attended a 5-day training workshop on trans-disciplinary (TD) research, which took place on 28 August – 1 September 2017 at the Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda.</p>

04.09.2017

Focus on Interactions: Second Nexus Conference Announced for 2018

<p><a href="http://waterinstitute.unc.edu/">The Water Institute</a> at the University of North Carolina has announced that the second Nexus Conference on the theme of Water, Food, Energy and Climate will take place 16-18 April 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</p>

01.08.2017

What do members have to say about the proposed ICSU-ISSC draft strategy?

<p>Following a call for review, the memberships of both the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org">International Social Science Council</a> (ISSC) provided instructive and considered feedback on the draft high-level strategy proposals for a new merged organization representing all the sciences. Feedback was received from 27 members representing 16 countries in response to the publication of the draft strategy in March.</p>

13.07.2017

First Latin American Science Advice Workshop

<p>Scientists, policy practitioners and key stakeholders in Latin America met in Buenos Aires to discuss ways to provide science advice and to devise practices for working at the interface between science and policy.</p>

10.07.2017

ICSU at the HLPF this week: Spotlight on SDGs Interactions

<p>As the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) opens in New York from 10 – 19 July, the Council will be hosting a side event to present our new report “<a href="https://www.icsu.org/publications/a-guide-to-sdg-interactions-from-science-to-implementation">A Guide to SDG Interactions: From Science to Implementation</a>,” which looks at which clusters of goals and targets work together- and which do not.</p>

10.07.2017

Registration for 2017 General Assembly now open

<p>Registration is now open for the 32nd ICSU General Assembly. National and Union Members, Scientific Associates, Interdisciplinary Bodies, Joint Initiatives and Policy Committees, as well as partner organizations are invited to join us for the event which will be held in Taipei on 23-26 October 2017.</p>

06.07.2017

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