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Welcome to our February newsletter, bringing you the latest on our activities since the start of the year.
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News
The 2019 World Science Forum invites proposals for thematic sessions from scientific organizations. Selected speakers and moderators can benefit from free accommodation and registration for the Forum, which takes place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 November. The main theme of the Forum is 'Science, Ethics and Responsibility'.
The T2S programme has launched a series of papers on the 'State of Knowledge on Social Transformations to Sustainability', in the journal COSUST (Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability). The series of peer-reviewed papers is a collaboration between the ISC and COSUST initiated through the ISC Transformations to Sustainability programme.
Ahead of this year's UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), we have re-started the series of Science X HLPF emails to share information on the formal process, opportunities to get involved, and news of activities from the scientific community at the HLPF and on the Sustainable Development Goals more generally. Sign up here to stay updated on the process, including on the inputs for the Major Group position papers.
Governing Board member Martin Visbeck was presented with the prestigious Henry Stommel Research Medal in recognition of his contributions to understanding ocean circulation and mixing, and the role of the oceans in climate.
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Plan S and the future of scientific publishing
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Stories from the LIRA 2030 Programme
Over on our blog, we catch up with early-career researchers funded through the LIRA 2030 (Leading Integrated Research in Africa) programme to hear about how working with communities is helping to co-produce solutions to sustainable development challenges:
First, we meet researchers working in Nairobi, Kenya, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hear how a citizen science project aims to raise awareness of dangerous air pollution and turn the tide of health and respiratory problems.
We also hear how a team of early-career researchers working in Luanda, Angola, and Maputo, Mozambique, are bringing together communities and local government to coproduce the data they need to better pursue a development agenda.
Catch up on all the LIRA 2030 programme blogs here. |
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From our members
ECRP-IPSA Survey: Take Part in Redefining Political Science: As the 70th anniversary of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the 50th anniversary of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) approach, ECRP and IPSA are gathering views and experiences on doing political science today.
Nominations for 2019 TUBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) prizes are now open. Three prizes are awarded annually to leading scientists who work in Turkey and/or study Turkey, across the following categories: 1) basic and engineering sciences, 2) health and life sciences, and 3) social sciences and humanities. Nominate by 7 May.
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News from our Regional Offices
Latin America & the Caribbean
On 6-7 February, representatives from ISC ROLAC attended the 'Toward a more resilient Latin America' conference in Panama City, Panama. The conference aimed to identify new challenges and opportunities to strengthen the disaster risk management agenda in Latin America over the next five years. ISC ROLAC was present to participate in plenary sessons and to connect with other organizations working on disaster risk reduction.
More news from our Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean
Africa
ISC ROA took part in the Pan-African Conference on Crystallography (PCCr2) held at the University of Ghana, Accra, from 28 January to 2 February. The conference brought together African crystallographers, mineralogists, structural scientists and biologists to increase awareness of crystallography and improve educational opportunities for African researchers and students at all levels. Following the meeting, a Facebook page has been launched to share news on progress towards the creation of an African Crystallographic Association.
News from our Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific can be found on our website.
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Events
- 6th Annual Ethnografilm Festival. 16-20 April 2019. Paris, France.
- Science and Policy Forum for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. 13-14 May 2019. Geneva, Switzerland.
- World Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference. 19-21 May 2019. Toronto, Canada.
- European Society for Ecological Economics Conference (ESEE2019). 18-21 June 2019. Turku, Finland. Early-bird registration closes 15 March.
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) 2019 World Chemistry Congress and General Assembly. 5-12 July 2019. Paris, France. Abstract submission deadline: 1 April.
- 27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly. 8-18 July 2019. Montreal, Canada. Early-bird registration closes 5 April.
- International Congress of Toxicology (ICTXV). 15-18 July 2019. Honolulu, USA. Early-bird registration closes 15 April.
- International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 15-19 July 2019. Valencia, Spain. Early-bird registration closes 4 March.
- 29th International Cartographic Conference and 18th General Assembly of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). 15-20 July 2019. Tokyo, Japan.
- International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress 2019. 25-31 July 2019. Dublin, Ireland. Early-bird registration closes 27 March.
- 16th International Congress on Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology. 5-10 August 2019. Prague, Czech Republic
- Global Crises and Social Policy: Coping with Conflict, Migration and Climate Change. 28-30 August 2019. Mannheim, Germany.
- International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019: Joining Forces for Change. 10-13 September 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden. Abstract submission deadline: 24 March.
- Ocean Obs' 19. 16-20 September, 2019. Honolulu, USA. Apply by 1 March for early registration, poster submission, exhibition space and travel support applications.
- CODATA 2019. 18-19 September, 2019. Beijing, China. Deadline for session proposals: 15 April.
- 11th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE11). 24-27 September, 2019. Florence, Italy
- International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress 2019. 29 Sept.-5 Oct. 2019. Curitiba, Brazil.
- Extreme Events: Building Climate Resilient Societies. 9-11 October, 2019. Hanover, Germany. Travel grants available for early-career researchers - apply by 28 March.
- 17th International Congress of Immunology.19-23 October 2019. Beijing, China.
- 16th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH2019), 4-8 November 2019, Xiamen, China. Abstract submission deadline: 19 April.
- 4th Symposium of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). 4-8 November 2019. Herzliya, Israel. Abstract submission deadline: 15 April.
- World Science Forum. 20-23 November 2019. Budapest, Hungary. Deadline for session proposals: 10 April.
- 43rd Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). 15-23 August 2020. Sydney, Australia.
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