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29th June 2016 Copenhagen, Denmark

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by Mai Valentin Nielsen

Deputy Head of Science & Innovation - Nordics

SIN and the Social Sciences

When we talk about tackling global challenges or delivering economic benefits to society, the focus is often on technological developments in the natural sciences. And rightly so – we need breakthroughs in clean tech to mitigate climate change and we need new developments in medicine to tackle antimicrobial resistance or dementia, just to name a […]

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20th April 2016 New Delhi, India

Anirban Ganguly and Sruthi Chandrasekaran

DFID South Asia Research Hub

Linking climate research to policy: a regional dialogue

I was privileged to attend the dissemination event of DFID’s CRISSA (Climate Research and Information Services in South Asia) programme which remains close to my heart due to my role in programme managing it during my short stint with the DFID’s South Asia Research Hub in 2012-13. As I spent two full days sitting back […]

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13th December 2011 Toronto, Canada

McMaster International Forum on R&D

The McMaster International Forum on R&D was held in Hamilton (ON) back in September, and I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend. The Forum brought together a group of academic, business and government leaders to explore the role of research-intensive universities and other stakeholders in stimulating innovation, with a particular view to international […]

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