The UN Must Get on with Appointing Its New Science Board
The decision to appoint a board of advisors is welcome - and urgent, given the twin challenges of COVID and climate change.
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Biden Administration Gears Up to Expand Global Science Cooperation
Biden Administration Gears Up to Expand Global Science Cooperation
A new US strategy to expand international science diplomacy gathered speed, as the Biden administration announced collaborations with the Swiss and Canadians, and upcoming discussions with France, Japan and other science partners.
Switzerland and US Sign Research Cooperation Deal
The aim is to help Swiss and US researchers carry out projects with partners in the respective countries.
Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy
Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy
The ELN's Sylvia Mishra writes that AI-generated fake videos - deep fakes - threaten to exacerbate chaos in conflict, lower nuclear thresholds and complicate nuclear weapons decision-making. The uncontrolled use and spread of this technology requires urgent attention from the nuclear policy community.
Challenges to Democracy in Europe: Insights Into a Complex and Turbulent Political Climate
Challenges to Democracy in Europe: Insights Into a Complex and Turbulent Political Climate
Results from some of the innovative EU-funded research that help us to better understand the major political issues of the day and provide recommendations for policymakers, citizens and other organisations to better respond to the threats facing European democracy.
Precarity of Academic Research Careers
The OECD has published a study that makes nine recommendations to improve the situation of academic careers.
Swiss-Backed Project Aims to Avert New 'Cold War' in Science
Swiss-Backed Project Aims to Avert New 'Cold War' in Science
Concerns about a "new Cold War" over science and technology are a major reason behind the creation of a new think tank that looks out for future advances and development.
GYA Declares Support for Afghan Scholars
The members and alumni of the Global Young Academy (GYA) urge governments, universities and scientific organisations to take immediate action to secure the lives and careers of Afghanistan's scholars and students. A particular focus is necessary to protect women, children, and at-risk groups.
How Latin American Researchers Suffer in Science
It's time to tackle the cumulative barriers and biases faced by scientists who aren't from wealthy countries.
Call for EU to Help Afghan Scientists
The European People's Party (EPP) is calling on the Commission and member states to fund emergency placements for Afghan researchers and academics at European higher education and research institutions. One of the EPP's lead MEPs, Christian Ehler, said scientists in Afghanistan risk being persecuted by the Taliban, after the islamist group took over the country when the US military and its allies pulled out.
The World Must Cooperate to Avoid a Catastrophic Space Collision
Governments and companies urgently need to share data on the mounting volume of satellites and debris orbiting Earth.
Touring Trinity, the Birthplace of Nuclear Dread
A recent visit to the site of the first atomic bomb explosion offered desert vistas, (mildly) radioactive pebbles and troubling reflections.
EU Rewrites Rulebook on Science and Technology Cooperation with the Rest of the World
EU Rewrites Rulebook on Science and Technology Cooperation with the Rest of the World
Policy makers and lobbyists in Brussels want to explicitly limit access for scientists in countries that flout academic freedom and intellectual property rights.
World Bank Grants for Global Vaccination - Why So Slow?
International financial institutions say that vaccines are the highest-return investment on Earth - it is past time for them to pay up.
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. government has thrown up hurdles that make collaborating with researchers from other countries a bureaucratic hassle. And if they don’t follow the rules carefully, they could end up in trouble.
Why is Scientific Collaboration Key? 4 Experts Explain
Pressing global challenges including the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and future global health crises will require collaboration.
How COVID-19 Has Stomped on Scientists' Travel Plans
It could take years to reveal the true impact of closed borders, cancelled travel plans and vaccine delays.
Protect Precious Scientific Collaboration from Geopolitics
Rivalry between China and other countries could diminish global scientific collaboration - just when it is most needed.
Wary EU Vows to Keep Its Research Open to 'Most' of the World
Brussels presented a new global research agenda on Tuesday, committing to a more cautious approach to cooperation with foreign science powers, while at the same time pledging to reinvigorate ties with an EU-friendly US administration.
Ending the Science-policy Gap
There should be a science-based policymaking process in disaster risk reduction.
Old and New Diversities Recreating Urban Spaces
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants' groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status are growing ever more complex and migrants with 'new diversity' traits live in cities alongside people from previous immigration waves. Prof. Steven Vertovec's comparative study helps understand how old and new waves of migrants meet, mix, interact and get integrated into a given society.
Vaccinate Vulnerable Global Poor Before Children in Rich Countries, WHO Says
Vaccinate Vulnerable Global Poor Before Children in Rich Countries, WHO Says
The World Health Organization’s director-general urges developed world to donate Covid vaccines to Covax programme.
Revisiting: Challenges for Academics in the "Global South"
Revisiting a 2018 post discussing that for social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this revisited guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.
Poor Countries Need Billions in Aid to Avert COVID-19 Catastrophe, Experts Warn
Poor Countries Need Billions in Aid to Avert COVID-19 Catastrophe, Experts Warn
The virus will overwhelm health services across South America, Asia and Africa unless world leaders take urgent action.
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform.
National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
Analysis reveals three ways to boost green investment and achieve a resilient recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Must Learn from COVID Before Diving into a Pandemic Treaty
The World Must Learn from COVID Before Diving into a Pandemic Treaty
A treaty might help countries to prepare for the next pandemic - but first they must study what went wrong during this one.
W.H.O. Inquiry on the Pandemic's Origin: What We Know
Did Covid-19 come from animal markets? It's unclear. Did it emerge from a lab? Also unclear. Here's what a new W.H.O. report says - including questions that the agency's own chief raised about the findings.
It's Time to Consider a Patent Reprieve for COVID Vaccines
The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
WHO Report into COVID Pandemic Origins Zeroes in on Animal Markets
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.
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