UNESCO and the Research Council of Norway are holding a seminar and discssion in April to mark the Norwegian launch the World Social Science Report 2013: Changing Global Environments, jointly published last year in Paris by the ISSC, UNESCO and the OECD. Heide Hackmann, Executive Director of the International Social Science Council, will present the […]

IRDR Conference 2014 The Integrated and Disaster Risk Programme, in partnership with the China Association for Science and Technology, will host the second IRDR Conference, Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A Tool for Sustainability, 7–9 June 2014 at the Beijing International Convention Centre, Beijing, China. The main focus of the conference is the importance of science […]

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 […]