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OECD Report: Scientific Advice for Po...

OECD Report: Scientific Advice for Policy Making
  The OECD Global Science Forum, has recently produce the report “Scientific Advice for Policymaking: the role and responsibility of expert bodies and individual scientists”. The document proposes a checklist for countries to follow to ensure science advisory processes are effective and trustworthy. The report says governments would benefit [...]

Doctoral school on innovation

Doctoral school on innovation
The Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), in conjunction with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA) are promoting a four-day Doctoral School on Innovation Studies, between the 18th and the 22nd June 2015. The IHC | NOVA aims to familiarize students with different perspectives for the study [...]

Call for papers

Call for papers
The International Development Research Center (IDRC), in partnership with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), the Centre Population et Développement (IRD and Univ. Paris Descartes), the Institut Recherche-Innovation-Société (IFRIS), and the OECD Development Center are promoting the international conference “Transformation [...]