Wolfgang Lutz now IIASA Deputy Director General
Senior Population and Just Societies Program Advisor, Wolfgang Lutz, will take up the reins as interim IIASA Deputy Director for Science from 1 August 2022.
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French varsity joins IAU ‘Astronomy Office for Education’
The CY Cergy Paris University has joined the Office of Astronomy for Education, OAE, after the International Astronomical Union, IAU, founded a new OAE branch office at the institution.
Malaysian Academy to host ‘Women in Science Forum’
The Malaysian Academy of Science will host the ‘Women in Science Without Borders World Forum’ in September this year.
Measuring global poverty from space
A new study, led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has proposed a novel method of estimating global economic wellbeing, using night-time satellite images.
Website for René-Just Haüy’s 200th death anniversary
A website to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of René-Just Haüy has been launched by a renowned French researcher, Francois Farges. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
Countries where gender inequalities are endemic – Diawara
After COVID-19 widened health inequalities facing women and girls, Aïssatou Diawara, Technical Advisor for the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), believes that cutting funding for neglected diseases is also hitting women.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 14 (A Commission in Cuba)
In Cuba, the newly-formed ‘National Commission for the Promotion of the International Year of Basic Sciences’ will strengthen the concept that basic sciences are inalienable parts of the South American country’s national culture.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 21 (Medical Forum)
The Northern State Medical University has organized the ‘IX International Youth Medical Forum’ as part of celebrating its 90th anniversary, reports Abdulsalam MAHMUD.
How IAP, ISC are creating impact through science
In a blog article, Richard Catlow, co-president of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), highlights ways both IAP and the International Science Council (ISC) are providing solutions to global issues using science.
‘Green Science’ project worth 223,500 euros launched
Funded by the European Commission, the ‘Green Science at the Service of Healthy Society’ (GreenSCI) project, worth 223,500 euros, was launched on April 1, 2022.
