Biophysics for Global Health and Sustainability
This webinar presents different aspects of why biophysics is important to progress toward the SDGs in fields such as human and animal health, agriculture or depollution
A window for approaching the human sciences
A one day conference about basic social and human sciences for sustainable development in Bogota, Colombia
Meadows: “Geography is at the nexus of the social and the natural sciences, as is sustainability”
Geographers can help to understand inequities, a first step toward their reduction, says Michal Meadow, the president of the Internatioal Geographical Union.
Medicinal Plants as Panacea for Cancer: The Role of Basic Science
The Centre’s Cancer research track, led by Professor Mansurah Abdulazeez, is officially closing one of its National Research Fund (NRF) grant and aims to do this by sensitizing the public on its findings, the significance of basic science to research, and how the groups’ research contributes to the progress towards SDGs. The need to tackle…
TLQS Workshop on Inequality Across Scales, Space, Time and Domains
Inequality is generally perceived as a cause of concern and one of the prime roadblocks towards a sustainable future. Indeed inequality correlates with many socio-economic bads, and it’s rise has been a persistent trend in the last half century. The accumulation of empirical evidences on inequality and its correlates calls for a parallel effort to…
ATAP Programme
This programme setup for the IYBSSD and beyond aims to offer travel grants of 5k$ to early career researchers working in low-income countries and wishing to spend a couple of months in their alma mater (Western universities where they prepared their PhD) in order to keep a good scientific level. The selection committee is composed…
Sciences fondamentales et développement soutenable : que faudrait-il changer dans nos recherches ?
La journée interroge la situation des sciences fondamentales dans le contexte du développement soutenable : fertilisations croisées, nouvelle dimension de l’éthique, soutenabilité des actions de recherche. Articulation entre savoirs fondamentaux et soutenabilité, éthique scientifique à l’heure de la crise écologique, pratiques de la recherche seront discutés sous forme d’interventions et de tables rondes de scientifiques…
Shielding plants from stress
TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award winner, Nadia Haider, characterizes economically useful plants through their DNA, to help protect them from human and environmental stressors.
Astronomy for development projects onboarding
The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) will support 19 projects around the world in 2023, funded by the International Astronomical Union, for a total of €124,011. These projects will address various socio-economic and sustainable-development challenges using astronomy and basic sciences based interventions. The OAD is organizing an onboarding session for the project teams to…
Astronomy for development projects presentations
Every year, the Office of Astronomy for Development, through the International Astronomical Union, provides grants and supports projects around the world that apply astronomy in the pursuit of sustainable development. In 2022, the OAD funded 17 projects for a total of €109,822. These projects were run by multidisciplinary teams and addressed local and global challenges…
