What knowledge do we need to address Chagas?
Valeria Arza, Julián Asinsten y Sol Sebastián Results from World Café exercise | Online Workshop from STRINGS project On October 29th, we held a virtual workshop to outline, in a collaborative way, what type of scientific research is most helpful
Five metaphors for steering institutional change
Prof John Robinson Creating a sustainable world will require significant change in the way our institutions function and act. What follows is one attempt to outline some lessons learned—in the form of five metaphors—that I have found useful in
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals, we must transform innovation
Dr Saurabh Arora and Prof Andy Stirling In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi famously included ‘science without humanity’ and ‘knowledge without character’, alongside ‘politics without principle’ and ‘commerce without morality’ in listing Seven Social Sins. Today, we can see these social
Knowledge integration for societal challenges: from interdisciplinarity to research portfolio analysis
Dr Ismael Ràfols This post was originally published on Leiden Madtrics, the official blog of STRINGS partner the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. For research to address societal challenges, indicators of average degree of ‘interdisciplinarity’ are not
Where have academic and policy discussions on science, research, technology and innovation for the SDGs focused?
Dr Hugo Confraria and Agustina Colonna The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) acknowledge that science, research, technology and innovation (STI) are vital drivers of the global transformation towards a better and more sustainable future
Part II: Maximising STI impact on the SDGs – local capacity building
Prof Joanna Chataway and Dr Tommaso Ciarli This is the second of two STRINGS blogs which explore features and characteristics of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy and interventions that seem crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): open
Part I: Maximising STI impact on the SDGs – open science: a case study on Chagas disease
Valeria Arza and Agustina Colonna This is the first of two STRINGS blogs which explore features and characteristics of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy and interventions that seem crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): open access and
Consensus and dissensus in ‘mappings’ of science for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Ismael Rafols, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University and Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex The shift in R&D goals towards the SDGs is driving demand for new S&T indicators… The shift in S&T policy