COVID-19 actions

COVID-19 Scenarios Project
Launched in consultation with the WHO and the UNDRR and led by a multidisciplinary oversight panel the project will outline a range of scenarios over the mid- and long-term that aim to assist our understanding of the options for achieving an optimistic and fair end to the pandemic.

COVID-19 Global Science Portal
The portal provides an overview of response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the ISC community by sharing scientific commentary and analysis, and highlighting the scale and scope of response by ISC Members and partners to this global emergency.

IIASA-ISC Consultative Science Platform: Bouncing Forward Sustainably
Drawing on the combined strengths and expertise of the two organizations, this project aims to define and design sustainability pathways that will enable building-back a more sustainable post COVID-19 world.

UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery
The ISC is actively supporting an initiative launched by the UN to identify research priorities that will support an equitable global socio-economic recovery from COVID-19 and continued progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

COVID Educational Alliance (COVIDEA)
An international alliance looking at the world-wide educational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and aiming at adapting education systems to a fast changing and increasingly digital world through the use of appropriate technologies

Rethinking Economics in the Light of COVID and Future Crises
Highlighting some of the pressing matters on rethinking economic science, the webinar kicked-off an ISC webinar series aimed at initiating debate on what particular disciplines of science are learning from the COVID-19 experience and how they can or should ‘build back better’.

Science in the Newsroom Global Summit 2020 – Countering Misinformation: how you can make a difference
The promise of a vaccine for COVID-19 has provided a much-needed dose of optimism, but it also brings a new and urgent dimension to fight against misinformation which goes way beyond anything the media can tackle alone.

The role of science and science funders in the time of COVID-19
The ISC organized a webinar discussion with national research funding agencies, development aid agencies and private foundations to showcase, stimulate and help maximize the potential impact of the growing number of national, regional and international COVID-19 research calls and programmes.