Last year, Marie Korsaga became the first female astrophysicist in West Africa after completing her PhD in astrophysics at South Africa’s University of Cape Town on the theme ‘The distribution of dark and visible matter in spiral and irregular galaxies’. It was the culmination of seven years of intense research. The Burkinabe says she had…
On November 26th 2019, the 40th session of the General Conference of the UNESCO proclaimed March 14th as the International Day of Mathematics. The first official celebration will be on 14th March 2020 with the theme “Mathematics is everywhere”. The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration. Each year on 14th March, all…
Michel Spiro, President of the Steering Committee of IYBSD 2022, gave the following comment during the official celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science In New York United Nation Headquarters on 11th February 2020. “On behalf of IUPAP (the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) and, I am sure I…
The Sustainable Research and Innovation 2020 Congress (SRI2020), of which IRD is a partner, will be held from 14th to 17th June 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. The call for papers is now open. On this occasion, “popcorn sessions“ and “demonstration sessions“ will be organised to allow different audiences to learn and exchange on the latest…
The 11th February 2020, we will celebrate the 5th International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This annual celebration is particularly important as we are preparing IYBSSD 2022: the suppression of the gender gap in any field is the SDG n.5, and it is particularly important in science. On this occasion, Michel Spiro, president…
The first Memorandum of Understanding for the organization of IYBSSD 2022 was signed in Paris on Thursday 16th January 2020 by Jean-Paul Moatti, President and CEO of IRD, and Michel Spiro, President of IUPAP. This signature took place after a lunch with some French science journalists, who had confronted transport difficulties in the French capital.…
“We acknowledge that scientific freedom can only be respected by society if it is based on strict ethical principles. We call on the international scientific community to develop new standards for the fulfilment of academic freedom, and to create tools to describe, monitor and measure its integral conditions. We acknowledge the vital nature of curiosity-driven…
“What a wonderful time it is to be discussing this topic, as we celebrate the designation by the current UNESCO General Conference of 2022 as International Year of Basic Sciences for Development. Jordan was proud to champion this initiative with several partner nations, and many individuals who made this dream a reality are in this…
How can basic sciences infrastructures contribute to sustainable development? This question was at the center of what can be seen as the first pre-event of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development. The exact title of the session organized and moderated by Michel Spiro, President of IUPAP and of IYBSSD steering committee, and…
