This page serves as a repository gathering contributions – primarily from ISC Members, but also from ISC affiliated bodies and partners – such as reports, best practice guidelines, statements and other related links on several topics as listed below.
We highly encourage ISC Members to make contributions to this knowledge sharing platform if your organization is willing to share relevant documents and links. Please contact Anne Thieme (Anne.Thieme@council.science) if you wish to add contributions below.
Click on each of the dropdown menus below to access the available documents and links.
💡 International Science and Science Advice
- Collaborative platform for policy exchange (International Network for Government Science Advice, INGSA)
- International science engagement pays dividends for Australia (Australian Academy of Science)
- Benefits of Australian Membership of the International Science Council and International Scientific Unions (Australian Academy of Science)
- Geoscience international: The role of scientific unions (Alik Ismail-Zadeh, IUGG)
- Board on International Scientific Organizations (The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, USA)
- The role of scientific unions (Author: Alik Ismail-Zadeh)
- Evidence-Informed Policy Making Toolkit (International Network for Advancing Science and Policy, INASP)
- Position Statement – Heal the Earth: Sustainable Development Goals in a Changing World (Global Young Academy, GYA)
- Science with Society (SCISO Project) – video tutorials on science ethics and science communication (Global Young Academy, GYA)
- Vignettes for Success in Academia – A guide for young researchers (Indian National Science Academy, INSA)
🔴 COVID-19 Platforms and Campaigns
- COVID-19 Global Science Portal (International Science Council, ISC)
- Bouncing Forward Sustainably – Pathways to a post-COVID-19 world (ISC-IIASA)
- COVID-19 Information Hub (International Network for Government Science Advice, INGSA)
- World Pandemic Research Network
- UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery
- Corona Sustainability Compass (Umweltbundesamt, UBA, ISC, Future Earth, Foundation 2°)
- GRIP Miniseries on COVID-19 (Global Research Programme on Inequality)
- Debates on COVID-19 issues (Transformations to Sustainability programme)
- WFEO COVID-19 Information Portal (The World Federation of Engineering Organisations, WFEO)
- Resource platform “Keeping busy at home during the pandemic” (International Astronomical Union, IAU)
⚖ Equity, Discrimination, Gender Equality, Harassment and Unconscious Bias
Guidelines
- Gender Gap in Sciences: A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences – How to Measure it, How to Reduce it? (International Science Council, ISC)
- Briefing on Unconscious Bias (The Royal Society, United Kingdom)
- Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, SSHRC)
- Guide for Research Committees Chairs [Article 5] (International Political Science Association, IPSA)
- Guidelines for Panel Proposals (International Political Science Association, IPSA)
- Gender Equity and Diversity Committee – Code of Conduct (International Union of Crystallography, IUCr)
- Committee on Ethics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC)
- Sexual Harassment Policy (National Research Foundation South Africa, NRF)
Statements
- Combating systemic racism and other forms of discrimination (International Science Council, ISC)
- Standing for Gender Equality in Science in Times of COVID-19 (Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science, SCGES)
- Concern Over Blatant Racism in the USA (International Union of Psychological Science, IUPsyS)
- IUPS Stands Against Racism (International Union of Physiological Sciences, IUPS)
- Racism and Systems of Injustice (Society for Social Studies of Science, 4S)
- Against Institutionalized Racism (International Sociological Association, ISA)
- Notice Of Non-Discrimination (International Union of Soil Sciences, IUSS)
- Several CLACSO working groups have released statements (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, CLACSO)
- Racial inequality is a blight on society (Royal Society, United Kingdom)
- IPSA’s Mission Statement (International Political Science Association, IPSA)
- Against Racism and in Favour of Inclusiveness and Diversity (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, IUPAP)
- Anti-discrimination Statement (Global Young Academy, GYA)
- IUPAP Statement Against Racism & In Favour Of Inclusiveness & Diversity (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Other
- Gender and Diversity Monitoring Report (International Political Science Association, IPSA)
- Black Lives Matter in Literature (Austrian Academy of Sciences, ÖAW)
- Focus Area 2020/21 – Addressing systemic discrimination (Global Young Academy, GYA)
- Concept of Equitable Knowledge Ecosystems (International Network for Advancing Science and Policy, INASP)
- Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education (International Network for Advancing Science and Policy, INASP)
- Reports on ethnicity in STEM academic communities (The Royal Society)
✔ Ethics in Science
Statements
- Ethical responsibilities of scientists at a time of a global threat (International Science Council, ISC)
Committees
- Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (International Science Council, ISC)
- Standing Committee for the Defence of Scientists’ Rights (Academy of Science, France)
Publications
- Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance (Indian National Science Academy, INSA)
🕊 Freedom in Science
Reports
- Reports on Academic Freedoms (Bilim Akademisi)
Statements
- Statements by the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (International Science Council, ISC)
- Statements by the ISA Human Rights Committee (International Sociological Association, ISA)
🌱 Sustainability
Guidelines
- The ISC organizational sustainability principles (International Science Council)
🔄 Other Platforms
- African Scientists Directory
- African Open Science Platform
- AuthorAID – A global network of researchers
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