Sentences with phrase «twas science»

The lecture was introduced by Fernando Quevedo, director of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and by Peter McGrath, coordinator of the TWAS science diplomacy program.

Marga Gual Soler, Project Director at the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, and Peter McGrath, TWAS Science Policy / Science Diplomacy Programme Coordinator, introduced the history of science diplomacy, and highlighted a number of examples of science diplomacy in practice.

Peter McGrath, TWAS Science Policy / Science Diplomacy Programme Coordinator, co-authored this piece

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AAAS has partnered with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) since 2011 to organize a week - long summer course at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, to introduce science diplomacy to participants from the global south and explore key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health.

Since 2013, TWAS and the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy have organized a joint annual summer course on science diplomacy at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, which now has over 200 alumni from around theScience Diplomacy have organized a joint annual summer course on science diplomacy at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, which now has over 200 alumni from around thescience diplomacy at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, which now has over 200 alumni from around the world.

The workshop included the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the TWAS Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS - ROSSA) as partners.

TWAS Executive Director Romain Murenzi also considered the past during his presentation, emphasizing that history has created not only a science gap between South and North, but also a gap of trust.

Vaughan Turekian, science adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State, and a leading, global voice in contemporary science diplomacy, applauded TWAS and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for bringing together «some of the best minds» from across the developing world «to push the fronts of knowledge to make the world a better place.»

TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, offer five fellowships each year to young foreign scientists pursuing research for a Ph.D. in the physical sciences at the Bose Centre.

Researchers, scientific advisers, diplomats, and science program managers are among participants in the AAAS - TWAS course on science diplomacy.

«Science can bring people together, as it affects people's lives and environment,» said Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, president of the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan, during an interview with TWAS.

«It is very encouraging that science diplomacy is becoming increasingly well known and now is widely considered indispensable both in science and diplomacy,» said Mohamed Hassan, interim executive director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

She is the recipient of several prestigious local and international awards including South Africa's highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe, from the President of South Africa in 2013 for outstanding work in the field of HIV / AIDS and Tuberculosis Research and Health Policy Development, the 2013 African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Prize for Science and Technology, the 2014 TWAS - Lenovo Prize from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) «for her exceptional and distinguished contributions to HIV prevention and women's health» and the 2016 L'Oréal - UNESCO Women in Science award for Africa and the Arab States.

TWAS has built its international reputation during more than 30 years of activity aimed at supporting science in developing countries.

The 2015 TWAS - Lenovo Science Prize was awarded to Artur Avila, for his outstanding contributions to several areas of dynamical systems, especially to the spectral theory of one - frequency Schrödinger operators.

TWAS is inviting nominations from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.

TWAS works within a global network of partners committed to advancing science in the developing world — science academies, universities, funding agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations.

The TWAS - Lenovo Science Prize will carry a monetary award of USD100, 000 provided by Lenovo, as well as a medal and a certificate highlighting the recipient's major contributions to sScience Prize will carry a monetary award of USD100, 000 provided by Lenovo, as well as a medal and a certificate highlighting the recipient's major contributions to sciencescience.

The 2014 TWAS - Lenovo Science Prize was awarded to Quarraisha Abdool Karim from South Africa, for her exceptional and distinguished contributions in HIV prevention and women's health.

Nominations are invited from TWAS members, selected individuals, as well as from science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions.

More than 350 dignitaries, policymakers, scientists and educators will be in the audience, as the meeting focuses on science for sustainable development — and the role of TWAS Fellows, Young Affiliates and partners in that drive.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the first TWAS meeting, a special issue of the TWAS Newsletter features essays on future challenges and opportunities in fields ranging from higher education and energy to agriculture and science diplomacy.

The 2017 TWAS - Lenovo Science Prize was awarded to Victor Alberto Ramos, for his contributions to the understanding of the formation of the Andes and the crustal evolution of South America.

The TWAS Prizes are awarded to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge in nine fields of sciences and / or to the application of science and technology to sustainable development.

She is an International Associate of the National Academy of Medicine (considered to be one of the highest honours in the field of health and medicine), Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, Fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa, Fellow of the World of Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Organising partners include the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA); the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); the International Council for Science (ICSU); the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC); the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP).

The TWAS - Lenovo Science Prize is one of the most prestigious honours given to scientists from the developing world.

TWAS Fellow Michael Clegg, co-chair of InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), agreed.

Findings for the three global science academies — Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-- show a similar picture: women are «best» represented among academy members in the social sciences and humascience academies — Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-- show a similar picture: women are «best» represented among academy members in the social sciences and humaScience (WAAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-- show a similar picture: women are «best» represented among academy members in the social sciences and humanities.

It is designed to honour TWAS Fellows from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), who have made significant contributions to global science.

In addition, TWAS will sit on a board that will plan the next International Science Forum of National Scientific Organizations on the Belt and Road Initiative.

The World Science Forum 2017 is organised jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Council for Science (ICSU), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), and the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS).

Given the growing role of science and technology in international relations, AAAS and TWAS established a partnership in 2011 focused on science diplomacy training and engagement between the North and the South, including our annual summer course on science diplomacy.

This issue of the TWAS Newsletter has a special focus on science diplomacy in the developing world, and describes the impact in health, climate change, astronomy, education and other fields.

TWAS and AAAS have partnered in a science and diplomacy initiative aimed at providing information and expertise on this matter.

But when it comes to move from science to its implications for diplomacy and foreign policy, it's something where governments, or larger organizations such as academies like TWAS and associations like AAAS, proving their capacity to build bridges through science.

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