UNESCO-TWAS and the Fondazione Ernesto Illy launched the Ernesto Illy Colloquia

Knowing coffee genetics to devise sustainable growing techniques would support developing countries, says microbiologist Vittorio Venturi, a panellist at TWAS-Ernesto Illy Foundation Colloquia

Conservation biologist and TYAN member Kangbéni Dimobe of Burkina Faso is engaging in the protection of local biodiversity and lands

Conversations with Nobel Laureates and world leading scientists at the Science and Technology in Society forum are inspiring the career of TWAS Young Affiliate Thi Thi Soe

A handful of nuclear-capable nations have prevented the global enforcement of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. But Lassina Zerbo, head of the Treaty Organisation, remains hopeful. In fact, he says, the Treaty already is having an impact.

Jacob Palis, the Brazilian mathematician, has spoken often of the influence TWAS founder Abdus Salam had on his work. Now Palis has won a prestigious international honour named for the famed physicist.

Changing old-style agriculture and converting opium fields will offer new jobs and bring Laos out of poverty, says TWAS Fellow Bounthong Bouahom, director general at the country's National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute.

China and TWAS have a long history of cooperation in science and science policy for the developing world. A visit to China by TWAS Executive Director Romain Murenzi raised hopes for future joint efforts with potential for significant impact.

The 2019 class of TWAS Fellows and Young Affiliates are among the most talented researchers in world – and now you can learn about their work and their impact in the interactive TWAS Online Directory.

Ambitious new grants and fellowships programmes, tailored for member countries of the Islamic Development Bank, aim to advance research in the fields of sustainability science. The programmes will focus especially on the Bank's Least Developed Member Countries.