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Science 4 Development - Building Bridges Across Disciplines<br>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Breakthroughs from
fundamental science fuel innovations in the industry. From
applications like GPS to solar panels, science and technology are
increasingly part of people’s lives in societies worldwide.
Science therefore plays a central role in the social, economic and
environmental challenges that we face today. The specialized skill
set and international network inherent to the scientific community
can be harnessed to address developmental issues globally. This
need of using science for global development is emphasized in the
United Nations’ 2030 agenda for sustainable development, which is
comprised of<span> </span><a
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text-decoration: none;">17 Sustainable Development Goals</a><span> </span>(SDGs).
Due to the complex nature of development, it is key to collaborate
across sciences, both natural sciences and social sciences, in
order to contribute meaningfully to the challenges set out in the
SDGs.</em>
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vertical-align: baseline;">When:</strong><br>
30-31 January 2020</p>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Where:</strong><br>
South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa</p>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Why: </strong><br>
● Bring together experts from both science and development fields,
especially from across Africa, in an atmosphere where they can
freely discuss and find common grounds regarding socio-economic
development.<br>
● Stimulate collaborations and partnerships between scientists and
development experts or practitioners.<br>
● Generate ideas and plans for interdisciplinary
science-for-development projects, which could be incubated/piloted
within the OAD or ROA networks, and potentially expanded globally.</p>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Topics:</strong></p>
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vertical-align: baseline;">These topics are meant as a guide to
participants. There remains some element of flexibility due to
the exploratory nature of this meeting.</em></p>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">Development challenges that could use
input from the sciences</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluation of the impact of science
on development</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">Resources that could be shared across
disciplines e.g. cloud computing, large research infrastructure</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">Policy considerations for
interdisciplinary development-related research</li>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Best practice/examples of successful
interdisciplinary collaborations</li>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Bridging gaps between academia and
government regarding development goals</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">The role of industry in
science-for-development</li>
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vertical-align: baseline;">The role of communities in
science-for-development interventions</li>
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vertical-align: baseline;">Science-for-development projects “on
the ground”</li>
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!important; float: none;">Kevin Govender (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kg@astro4dev.org">kg@astro4dev.org</a>)</span></p>
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JC Holbrook, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy Department
University of the Western Cape
@astroholbrook
--
Third Episode of Science Tourist
Cape Town
On YouTube
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/IUjWGHoDJMw">https://youtu.be/IUjWGHoDJMw</a>
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African Cultural Astronomy
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402066382">https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402066382</a>
Available on Amazon</pre>
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