Today marks the official launch of the Trans-Atlantic Platform in Social Sciences and Humanities Research (T-AP), a partnership among 15 social sciences and humanities research funding agencies from Europe and the Americas, of which the ISSC is a member. The Platform seeks to enhance trans-Atlantic research collaboration in key areas of mutual interest and engagement […]
The Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability is inviting applications for the Future Earth Engagement Committee. Future Earth is a 10-year international research programme that will provide the knowledge required for societies to face global environmental change and identify opportunities for transformations to global sustainability. Future Earth brings together thousands of scientists of all disciplines, […]
ISSC Director, Heide Hackmann, recently participated in the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World’s GenderInSITE Coordinating Group meeting in Italy as an external expert. GenderInSITE, or Gender in Science, Innovation, Technology and Engineering, is a global initiative involving stakeholders from different sectors to promote the role of women in science, innovation, technology and engineering, and […]
Be part of the unique Davos spirit and submit your abstract for the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014! The 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference will take place from 24 to 28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland. Organised in close cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the conference will serve […]
The new World Social Science Blog, run by the International Social Science Council in Paris, is for our partners and members, for social scientists, natural scientists and other researchers, policymakers, funders, think tanks, and government agencies – indeed anyone interested in how the social sciences and other disciplines can contribute to social transformation and change […]
