This conference is conceived as a multidisciplinary meeting space where the concept of frontier will be analyzed from perspectives such as pure sciences, psychology, art or energy transition. A multidisciplinary event focused on a common theme helps to create spaces for all scientific disciplines to meet. From the point of view of generating quality knowledge,…
Through speeches, dialogues and round table discussions by scientists, this event will tell about the important role of basic science in sustainable development, so that the public can better understand the value of basic sciences and understand the goals and concepts of IYBSSD.
Through speeches, dialogues and round table discussions by scientists, this event will tell about the important role of basic science in sustainable development, so that the public can better understand the value of basic sciences and understand the goals and concepts of IYBSSD.
Through speeches, dialogues and round table discussions by scientists, this event will tell about the important role of basic science in sustainable development, so that the public can better understand the value of basic sciences and understand the goals and concepts of IYBSSD2022. Through scientists’ narrations, the importance of basic science on poverty alleviation, hunger…
NITheCS colloquium, presented by Prof Francois Engelbrecht (Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand) View Invitation Dynamic climate models have become the main tools to generate detailed projections of future climate change, either globally when applied as global climate models (GCMs), or regionally when applied over limited areas of interest as regional climate models (RCMs).…
A CSIR Career Day, which will take place on 3 August 2022 at the CSIR ICC, comprising a series of presentations, motivational talks, exhibitions and science demonstrations designed to encourage grade 9 to 11 learners to pursue careers in STEMI. The CSIR CEO will formally welcome all the learners, this will be followed by career…
View Conference Announcement & Invitation The SACI National Convention is the 44th in an exciting and long-standing series of scientific meetings focussed on the chemical sciences performed in South Africa under the auspices of South African Chemical Institute (SACI). The aim of the National Convention is to bring together scientists from a variety of disciplines…
We launch a nationwide contest for children in the age group of 9-16 years (Classes III to IX). They will be asked to imagine what they would do to change the world, make it more sustainable, if they were scientists. There are two categories: drawing/painting; essay/story writing. The idea is to expose children to the…
The project includes a scientific workshop and a public engagement in science and technology event and campaign. The workshop “Human Ecology – a multidisciplinary approach” It aims at promoting a complexity science approach to sustainability whilst recognizing that the human dimension is central in this endeavour. We reached a consensus on how human activity has…
“Basic sciences are the sine qua non for sustainable development.” This compelling statement introduces the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) on its home page, outlining the necessary role for basic sciences in meeting global sustainability challenges. And yet global practices of basic sciences education require re-orientation to equip learners at secondary…
