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STRINGS launches global survey on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs
STRINGS has launched a global survey to gather different views on how science, technology and innovation (STI) can support the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and we want to hear from
STRINGS newsletter: winter 2020
The winter 2020 edition of the STRINGS newsletter is out now, including: Spotlight on our mapping work An update on our Chagas case study Webinar recording - How do evidence-based models contribute to the SDGs?
Book review: Inclusive Innovation: Evidence and Options in Rural India
Dr Rasheed Sulaiman V, Director of the Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP) and STRINGS partner, reviews Inclusive Innovation: Evidence and Options in Rural India by Rajeswari S Raina and Keshab Das (eds). Read
UNDP launches Human Development Report 2020, The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene
STRINGS partner the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report (HDR), The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. Thirty years ago, UNDP created a new
Spotlight on STRINGS’ mapping work
Based on work by STRINGS partner CWTS, we have developed a tool to explore the extent to which research communities (i.e. different areas of research) relate, or not, to SDGs. Since May, we have worked
Watch STRINGS webinar: How do evidence-based models contribute to the SDGs?
Prof Joanna Chataway talks to Prof Geoff Mulgan CBE and Dr Erica Thompson about the complexities of modelling and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in the first of the STRINGS webinar series.
STRINGS contributes to UN DESA expert meeting on role of digital technologies in sustainable development
During the summer, STRINGS co-investigator Dr Tommaso Ciarli took part in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)’s Expert Group Meeting on the Socially just transition
Dr Valeria Arza interviewed by UNSAM on the potential enforcement of Argentina’s Chagas Law
National authorities in Argentina have pledged to start the process of regulating the national Chagas Law, which was enacted 12 years ago. Chagas is the main endemic disease in Argentina and constitutes a socio-environmental problem