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On World Science Day for Peace and Development, we share a recent article by ISC President Peter Gluckman on how science has been - and can continue to be - an important tool of global diplomacy.
10.11.2022
On The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Director of the Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) Don Kalb, reflects on the current state of social inequality at the global scale.
17.10.2022
The 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress being made in reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health.
13.10.2022
Launching a series of perspectives on the forthcoming COP27, we take a look at some of the main issues for debate.
11.10.2022
In September 2022 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), United States, in collaboration with the Kavli Foundation and Issues in Science and Technology, hosted the “Endless Frontier Symposium 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years.”
05.10.2022
Rediscover the latest of the Council's key publications responding to the priorities set out in our Action Plan, around our three broad areas of work: science for policy, policy for science, and freedom and responsibility in science.
29.08.2022
The vision of the ISC is of science as a global public good, but what does this mean for science and society? Our Science as a Global Public Good paper considers two main points in addressing this question which we will summarise in this blog: As a global public good, how does science respond to societal needs? And how is the social contract between science and society evolving?
25.08.2022
The Fellowship is an honour awarded to those who champion science in society and in policy-making.
09.06.2022
On World Bicycle Day, we take a look at some recent studies on how cycling can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and a new initiative from the United Nations to increase the use of bikes for human and planetary health and wellbeing.
03.06.2022
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
