International Science Council
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Abbreviation | ISC |
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Formation | July 4, 2018 |
Merger of | International Council for Science (ICSU), International Social Science Council (ISSC) |
Type | INGO |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Daya Reddy | |
Website | council |
The International Science Council (ISC) is an international non-governmental organization that unites scientific bodies at various levels across the social and natural sciences. The ISC was formed with its inaugural general assembly on 4 July 2018 by the merger of the former International Council for Science and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), making it one of the largest organisations of this type.[1][2][3][4]
Daya Reddy from the University of Cape Town was elected as the inaugural President of the Board.[5] Heide Hackmann serves as the CEO.[6]
Mission[]
The mission of the International Science Council is to act as the global voice for science.
Activities[]
The Council convenes and mobilizes the international scientific community on issues of major scientific and public importance. Activities focus on three areas of work:
- Stimulating and supporting international scientific research and scholarship, and communicating science that is relevant to international policy issues;
- Promoting the ability of science to contribute to major issues;
- Defending the free and responsible practice of science.
The Council is involved in co-sponsorship of a number of international research programmes, networks and committees.
The Council awards the prestigious Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research.[7]
The Council's present activities are guided by the Action Plan 2019-2021: Advancing Science as a Global Public Good.[8] At the heart of the Action Plan is a selection of projects and programmes that are relevant to all scientific fields and all parts of the world.
Structure[]
The Council is governed by its Governing Board[9] and is advised by a number of advisory bodies. It is headquartered in Paris. The members of the Governing Board are currently Daya Reddy (President), Sir Peter Gluckman (President-elect) Li Jinghai (Vice President), (Vice President), Alik Ismail-Zadeh, (Secretary), , (Treasurer), Geoffrey Boulton, Melody Burkins, Saths Cooper, , Pearl Dykstra, Sirimali Fernando, Ruth Fincher, James C. Liao, Natalia Tarasova, and Martin Visbeck.
It has an African regional office in South Africa and an Asian-Pacific regional office in Malaysia. A General Assembly of all members is convened every three years. Its next meeting is planned for October 2021 in Muscat, Oman.[10]
Members[]
In 2020, the International Science Council has 135 member organizations, 40 member unions and associations, and 30 affiliated members.[11]
Member unions and associations[]
National members[]
Transnational members[]
- (ACSS)
- (AASSREC)
- (CLACSO)
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
- Union Académique Internationale (UAI)
- (OSSREA)
- University of the South Pacific
Affiliated members[]
- Academy of Social Sciences (ACSS)
- African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
- (AASSA)
- Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
- (EADI)
- European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
- Fédération Internationale des Géomètres (FIG)
- Global Young Academy (GYA)
- International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
- International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
- International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)
- International Commission for Acoustics (ICA)
- International Commission for Optics (ICO)
- International Commission on Illumination (CIE)
- International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM)
- (ICLAS)
- International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
- International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
- (IFDO)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- International Foundation for Science (IFS)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE)
- (InterPore)
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA)
- International Union of Speleology (UIS)
- International Water Association (IWA)
- Pacific Science Association (PSA)
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
- Transnational Institute (TNI)
GeoUnions[]
A subset of ISC dealing with Earth and space sciences forms the GeoUnions network:[12]
- International Astronomical Union
- International Cartographic Association
- International Geographical Union
- International Union of Quaternary Research
- International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- International Union of Geological Sciences
- International Union of Soil Sciences
- International Union of Radio Sciences
The ISC GeoUnions partially overlap with the UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies.
References[]
- ^ "Two main Science Councils merge to address complex global challenges". UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "About us". International Science Council. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ^ McBean, Gordon; Martinelli, Alberto (2017-11-24). "Blurring disciplinary boundaries". Science. 358 (6366): 975. doi:10.1126/science.aar4320. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29170207.
- ^ "International Science Council established | 06.07.2018 | News | Sciences Switzerland". naturalsciences.ch. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Paris launches the International Science Council with aims to rebuild trust in science". The Ecologist. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "About us". International Science Council. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "Call for nominations: Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research". International Science Council. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "ISC Action Plan 2019-2021".
- ^ "Governing Board of the ISC".
- ^ "General Assembly 2021, Muscat, Oman".
- ^ "Membership Online Directory". International Science Council. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ^ "About ICSU GeoUnions". ICSU GeoUnions. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
External links[]
- International organizations based in France
- International Science Council
- Organizations based in Paris
- Scientific organizations based in France
- Scientific organizations established in 2018