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The Global Science Forum brings together science policy officials from OECD countries. The delegates, who meet twice a year, seek to identify and maximise opportunities for international co-operation in basic scientific research.
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07-Nov-2008
Are student enrolments in Science and Technology studies really going down? What are the factors that affect students’ choices? What are the mechanisms that can be implemented to influence such choices? This publication features findings and recommendations for the different stakeholders in S&T education (governments, scientific education community, business community…) and describes the main quantitative and qualitative aspects of this problem.
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16-Jul-2008
The Workshop on Mathematics in Industry, held on 22-24 March 2007 in Heidelberg, brought together mathematicians, representatives of industry, and officials of science funding agencies to examine the relationship between the mathematical sciences and industry in the participating countries. The final report contains analyses and findings emphasising the significant (and largely unrealised) potential of applying advanced mathematics to modern industrial problems. Mechanisms of proven efficacy are described, for implementation by universities, institutes, companies and government agencies.
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from 17-Jul-2008 to 18-Jul-2008
Building on the findings and recommendations of a first workshop hosted by the Netherlands in 2007, the objective of this second event will be to determine the potential need and value of a new mechanism for the international coordination of scientific research collections.
Draft agenda .
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20-May-2008
Progress in Nuclear Physics should be a global response to recognized scientific challenges, using an optimal set of national and regional facilities. To achieve this, funding agency programme managers, laboratory officials, representatives of advisory bodies, and the scientific community met to discuss the future of the field. Their report identifies the major challenges in the field, and describes a global-scale roadmap of national and regional facilities. Recommendations for actions are addressed to the funding agencies and to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
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21-Jan-2008
International scientific years have a long history. Some are intended to enhance public awareness of a scientific domain or issue; others are meant to strengthen collaborative research and to produce real scientific results. But their record of accomplishment is mixed. To assist proponents of future scientific years, the Global Science Forum commissioned a study by Dr. George Stirling, examining the establishment of the the International Polar Year.
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from 22-Feb-2007 to 23-Feb-2007
Scientific misconduct (such as fabrication, falsification, plagiarism) damages the scientific enterprise, constitutes misuse of public funds, and weakens the trust of citizens in science and in government. The OECD Global Science Forum held a workshop to explore ways of dealing with allegations of misconduct, and to extract lessons learned and good practices. The OECD report on best practices can be downloaded below.
GSF report on Best practices / Workshop annotated agenda / Workshop presentations .
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19-Jun-2007
New developments in earthquake science represent a shift in the overall approach towards understanding earthquakes. The opportunities for international co-operation in this field were discussed at a first workshop, held in Potsdam, Germany, on June 1-2, 2006. A follow-up expert group meeting was held in Gebze (Turkey), on January 25-26 2007, to further explore the substance and the practical aspects of the principal recommendation of the Workshop - to invite interested countries to begin working on a new international project for the creation of a “Global Earthquake Risk Map”.
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