With a new investment of USD13.7 million, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) reaffirms its support for the work of TWAS, OWSD and GenderInSITE to build science in the developing world.

It's understood that migration causes stress in Europe and North America. But writing in Science, TWAS Executive Director Mohamed Hassan says the mass exodus of people – including scientists – imposes significant costs on developing countries.

The 2017 CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum in Beijing will explore new approaches to obtain more precise climate forecasts from season to season and across the span of a decade.

TWAS's Executive Director Mohamed Hassan received the 2017 Cinzia Vitale award for his efforts to create a world of prosperity and peace through science and transnational cooperation.

With the support of key TWAS Fellows and partners, the Academy has established three new prizes that recognize high-impact research from women scientists and from Least Developed Countries.

Can we tap the skills of refugee scientists to benefit their new countries – and, someday, to rebuild their home countries? It's an appealing idea, but it will take intensive science diplomacy, says Canadian foreign affairs expert Daryl Copeland.

With an up-tempo style and easy-to-use features, a new website will raise the global profile for the TWAS Regional Office for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific, based in Beijing.

As parts of the world struggle with violent crises, science also suffers. How can we help researchers thrive despite the chaos? Some recent examples provide ideas.

Big data is increasingly crucial to research. Now leading scientific organizations have joined an accord, "Open Data in a Big Data World", part of a campaign co-organized by TWAS, IAP, ICSU and ISSC, for open access to publicly funded big data.

Prodotto a Trieste, durante l'evento "Scienziati rifugiati", un documento che fornisce a governi e decisori politici indicazioni e suggerimenti per una migliore gestione dei ricercatori in fuga da paesi in guerra. Il messaggio chiave: uomini e donne di scienza vanno considerati una risorsa, e non un problema, per i paesi ospitanti.