21 October 2014
Science will be crucial to solving global challenges. But some analysts worry that science lacks a voice in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals.
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19 August 2014
African Academy of Sciences' executive director and TWAS Fellow Berhanu Abegaz is pushing for more women in membership
20 February 2010
“Nanotechnology could aid the future of development of the Arab region,” says Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
12 May 2010
Colombia’s International Centre of Physics, which began as a training centre for young physicists, is now pursuing a broad research agenda with economic growth in mind.
12 May 2010
TWAS is hosting the 13th annual meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South
7 June 2010
Lidia Brito from Mozambique, the new head of UNESCO's science policy division, outlines her plans for helping to strengthen the role of science in both development and diplomacy
24 June 2010
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, announces that TWAS has been selected to receive the prestigious international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize
16 October 2010
"India’s too big to be straight-jacketed into a single framework for science and technology," says Prithviraj Chavan, India's Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences.
19 October 2010
"Science is a key driver that guides global discourse," says Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India.
7 November 2010
"Science is a key factor in allowing developing countries to forego importing technology from abroad and in charting their own path for sustainable economic growth," noted TWAS President Jacob Palis