Policy Brief 8 - What could be the contribution of the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences sector?
In China, the Social and Human Sciences budget has increased by 15 to 20% a year since 2003.
In 2009 he founded the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences in Baroda city.
As is frequently the case with the so-called human sciences, the latest thinking recalls some of the very oldest.
Put in charge of the programme for the Social Sciences, Human Sciences and Culture, his brief was one of the most challenging, intellectually and politically.
Every year, through an innovative public selection process, the Social and Human Sciences sector of UNESCO Brasilia Office selects projects submitted by NGOs.
On Monday (18 June), the project received the visit of the Assistant Director-General of UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector, Pilar Alvarez Laso.
The board will bring together eminent specialists from the natural sciences, the social and human sciences, and engineering, representing diverse backgrounds and regions.
Felix Perera, Minister of Social Services, and Ms Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, will deliver a speech as Guests of Honour.
The structure and functions of UNESCO are under discussion, including the nature of the actual and potential contribution of the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Sector.
She pointed out that UNESCO will be working to strengthen the social and human sciences knowledge base and to enhance its contribution to policies informed by scientific knowledge.
Sophia Simba, Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Ms Maria del Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences.
Its aim is to contribute to the realization of these goals through the specialized sections of action of the Organisation, which are: Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences Culture, Communication and Information.
Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) preferably in language sciences, translation or applied computational linguistics or in any of the Organization's domains: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information.
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As a result, the Secretary-General has now decided to set up a Scientific Advisory Board, bringing together eminent specialists from natural sciences, social and human sciences, and engineering, representing diverse backgrounds and regions.
Sonu Shamdasani acknowledges these criticisms, but the main focus of his book is on the writings that most influenced Jung and on the impact he had on the human sciences through the 20th century.
Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, stressed in her opening words that the idea of sustainable development depends on the availability of a knowledge base and the capacity to make use of it.
As a result of the advice provided to him, the Secretary-General decided to set up a Scientific Advisory Board, bringing together eminent specialists from natural sciences, social and human sciences, and engineering, and from diverse backgrounds and regions.
Besides the UNESCO Assistant Director general for Social and Human Sciences, several other UNESCO representatives will participate in the debates as speakers, moderators or panelists, including the Executive Secretary of the UNESCO-MOST programme and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Mexico.
My main objection to the overall thrust of the article is that it ignores evidence that indicates that of all groups, white graduates find employment much sooner than any other group, according to a recent study by the Human Sciences Research Council.
Besides the UNESCO Assistant Director general for Social and Human Sciences, several other UNESCO representatives will participate in the debates as speakers, moderators or panelists, including the Executive Secretary of the UNESCO MOST programme and the Director of the UNESCO field office in Mexico.
Created in 1994, the MOST Programme aims to put social and human sciences at the service of sustainable development by encouraging research directed towards the formulation of policies which respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, to face the main challenges of the contemporary world.
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The UK National Commission for UNESCO is seeking to appoint two Non-Executive Directors to its Board with a range of relevant expertise and experience in the fields of education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication, and experience of working with not for profit organisations.
After the Philippines, Canada, Malawi, Cuba and Lebanon , SHSviews continues its international tour of National Commissions for UNESCO by visiting the Netherlands , where natural sciences and social and human sciences are treated equally by a Committee whose aim is to contribute to sustainable human development.
Researchers at Genentech and Amgen, as well as at Human Genome Sciences, are in early human tests of drugs that aim to attach and stimulate so-called "death receptors" on the surface of cancer cells.
Human Genome Sciences is developing a drug, Albuferon, a combination of the human protein albumin and interferon.
The approval is great news for Human Genome Sciences, but lots of questions remain.
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Wall Street expected a lupus drug Glaxo was developing with Human Genome Sciences to fail.
Doctors also presented results of competing drugs from Human Genome Sciences at the meeting.
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