Ha lasciato la Siria nel 2012, durante la Primavera araba, e ha trovato una nuova casa in Spagna. Ma la vita da ricercatrice rifugiata non è semplice, racconta la meteorologa Shifa Mathbout.
Researchers from Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan offered a portrait of their living and working conditions in foreign countries, urging science bodies and policymakers to support programmes for refugee and at-risk scientists.
Sunday Ekesi, a top researcher and interim director of research and partnership at icipe, a key-TWAS partner in Nairobi, Kenya, urges stronger containment measures to halt the spread of the fall armyworm, a devastating agricultural pest that's new to Africa.
How can policymakers and international organizations help asylum-seeking academics land on their feet? A new event is bringing together experts who hope find the answer.
Scienziati rifugiati ospiti del workshop della TWAS raccontano la loro odissea, condividendo con i partecipanti le difficoltà incontrate e pensando al momento in cui potranno far ritorno a casa.
Among millions of refugees who have fled countries such as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, an untold number are professionals who work in science-related fields. They need strong support – and can provide strong skills to their new nations.
During a meeting in London, the presidents of the two academies emphasized the need for global cooperation to help build scientific strength in developing nations.
An untold number of researchers, engineers and doctors are among the millions displaced by recent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. A workshop co-organised by TWAS will explore the lives of refugee scientists – and the expertise they bring to their new countries.
Early-career researchers from Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia and Sudan were honoured for their work in chemical engineering, energy and minerals engineering, environmental engineering and computer science.
The travel ban signed by the US president is "profoundly disruptive" and will have an immediate negative effect on international science, says TWAS interim Executive Director Mohamed Hassan.