Nothing, perhaps, is so dangerous intellectually in the policy sciences as an economist who knows only economics, except, I would add, a moral philosopher who knows no economics at all.
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During their time on campus, the fellows study with some of the world's leading scholars and experts in disciplines ranging from business to law to public policy to the natural sciences.
Contributions were drawn from the fields of hydrological sciences, freshwater policy, international basin management and operational water supply.
From basic and environmental sciences to science policy and ethics, UNESCO acts as an advocate for science globally.
In addition, UNESCO contributes technical advice and convenes and participates in international and regional meetings and fora that address issues of policy related to the life sciences and their applications.
In my day job at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, I get to work with remarkable people around the world who are experts in the sciences and science policy.
Toxicological Sciences subsequently changed its policy regarding letters submitted to the journal which were critical of papers the journal published.
Overview: KNAW coordinates the work of 18 research institutes throughout the country in the humanities, social sciences, the life sciences and science and government policy.
From his spartan office in the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy he established at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, Huang wades through stacks of papers and presentations to explain why.
Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
More particularly, cooperation between the scientific community, educational policy makers, parents, researchers of Learning and Natural Sciences, teachers and the industry is sought, so that they can make changes in school classes.
The social sciences are vital here -- to develop better policy in response to needs and challenges.
Last fall, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health arm of the independent National Academy of Sciences, to study certain questions related to HIV testing policy and access to care.
The Youth Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Young Professionals of the UNESCO Science Sector specializing in the fields of water, biodiversity, ecology, earth sciences, science education, disaster risk reduction, and science policy.
Policy Brief 8 - What could be the contribution of the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences sector?
The article, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by economists Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Andrew Oswald, has policy, business, and personal consequences.
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Many of these changes mirror what has taken place in other developing countries, but Chen Yiyun, a professor at China's Academy of Social Sciences, points to one factor unique to China: its one-child policy, which is still widely observed in cities.
This policy brief is based on the UNESCO workshop on geoengineering organized by its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Basic and Engineering Sciences Division and the Ecological and Earth Sciences Division (Paris, November 2010).
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