Global Mega-Science
Global Mega-Science

Author: David P. Baker

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2024-04-23

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 150363910X

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Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years. David P. Baker and Justin J.W. Powell integrate sociological and historical approaches with unique scientometric data to argue that at the heart of this phenomenon is the unparalleled cultural success of universities and their connection to science: the university-science model. Considering why science is so deeply linked to (higher) educational development, the authors analyze the accumulation of capacity to produce research—and demonstrate how the university facilitates the emerging knowledge society. The age of global mega-science was built on the symbiotic relationship between higher education and science, especially the worldwide research collaborations among networked university-based scientists. These relationships are key for scholars and citizens to understand the past, future, and sustainability of science.

Science Diplomacy for South Asian Countries
Science Diplomacy for South Asian Countries

Author: Malti Goel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 9811630259

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This book provides a science diplomacy outlook as a new governance tool in international cooperation. It elaborates on India's current S&T collaboration with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and science policy and science diplomacy in India. The book introduces concepts and contours of science diplomacy with international examples. It presents insights into international governance models, mega-science projects, and science diplomacy's role in addressing global climate change and sustainable development challenges. The book is a valuable reference to spark breakthroughs in India’s science diplomacy with its neighbouring countries for scientists, diplomats, policymakers, government, and non-government institutions interested in science and diplomacy.

The Century of Science
The Century of Science

Author: Justin J. W. Powell

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1787149382

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The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of scholarly research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health fields, providing insightful historical and sociological understandings of the ways that higher education has become an institution that shapes science and society.

Marine Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050
Marine Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050

Author: Jianhai Xiang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-08-04

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 3642053467

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As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of marine science. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. In their entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolution and laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology on the modernization process, predict that the world is on the eve of an impending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based on the detailed study of the demands on S&T innovation in China's modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out China's S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems in line with China's reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to China's modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovation consistent with China's reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment. Founded in 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the nation's highest academic institution in natural sciences. Its major responsibilities are to conduct research in basic and technological sciences, to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment, to provide the country with scientific data and consultations for government's decision-making, to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of socio-economic development, to initiate personnel training, and to promote China's high-tech enterprises through its active engagement in these areas.

Policy Making in an Era of Global Environmental Change
Policy Making in an Era of Global Environmental Change

Author: R. E. Munn

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1996-11-18

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780792340720

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Thus global change science and policy making are engaged in a process of forming a new partnership that is taking shape as further insights evolve.

World Science Report 1996
World Science Report 1996

Author: Unesco

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9789231032202

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The state of science and technology in various regions of the world and recent orientations and trends in education and research. Some of the most important issues in S&T are discussed, including environmental questions--biodiversity, land degradation and geoscience -- and topics such as bioethics, megascience and international co-operation. Recent developments in the new technologies, including information technology, biotechnology and new materials and a section on the gender dimension of science and technology, existing disparties and main social and educational barriers faced by women in pursuing scientific careers. Publie egalement en franais: Rapport mondial sur la science Publicado tambien en espanol: Informe mundial sobre la ciencia UNESCO Science Report 2002 The UNESCO Science Report 2002, announced for release by end 2002, is now to be published initially in electronic form only. Readers are referred to the UNESCO general website for information regarding its availability.

Global Megatrends
Global Megatrends

Author: Stefan Hajkowicz

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2015-05

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 148630141X

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A scarcity of natural resources. The challenge to protect biodiversity and the global climate. Rapid economic growth and urbanisation in Asia and the developing world. Changing demographics and an ageing population. The impact of new digital technologies. Consumer expectations for services, experiences and social interaction. An imperative to innovate. Megatrends are gradual yet powerful trajectories of change that have the potential to throw companies, individuals and societies into freefall. In Global Megatrends author Stefan Hajkowicz identifies these seven patterns of global change and tells a story about how the world will change over the next 20 years. The book captures the thinking of many dedicated scientists and researchers who have devoted their careers to exploring and understanding change. The change heralded by megatrends lies beyond our direct control but not beyond our influence. By getting a picture of how the world is changing and what these megatrends are, we can alter our destiny.

Research Universities in Africa
Research Universities in Africa

Author: Nico Cloete

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2018-11-09

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1928331882

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From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this zeitgeist of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linking higher education to development was necessary. This led to the establishment of the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (Herana) to concentrate on research and advocacy about the possible role and contribution of universities to development in Africa. This book is the final publication to emerge from the Herana project. The project has also published more than 100 articles, chapters, reports, manuals and datasets, and many presentations have been delivered to share insights gained from the work done by Herana. Given its prolific dissemination, it seems reasonable to ask whether this fourth and final publication will offer the reader anything new. This book is certainly different from previous publications in several respects. First, it is the only book to include an analysis of eight African universities based on the full 15 years of empirical data collected by the project. Second, previous books and reports were published mid-project. This book has benefited from an extended gestation period allowing the authors and contributors to reflect on the project without the distractions associated with managing and participating in a large-scale project. For the first time, some of those who have been involved in Herana since its inception have had the opportunity to at least make an attempt to see part of the wood for the trees. Different does not necessarily mean new. An emphasis on the newness of the data and perspectives presented in this book is important because it shows that it is more than a historical record of a donor-funded project. Rather, each chapter in this book brings, to a lesser or greater extent, something new to our understanding of universities, research and development in Africa.