The sudden blow to UNESCO’s budget - following the US freeze on its funding for the organisation after it voted to admit Palestine at its general assembly last month (31 October) - cast a shadow over the World Science Forum, which is co-organised by UNESCO. Aloizio Mercadante (the…

Nature, 24 November 2011 Colin Macilwain welcomes a wake-up call to science policy-makers to address the consequences of current political and economic upheavals. Those involved in science policy sometimes seem to me to be sleep-walking through the greatest crisis…

17 November, 10:00-11:30  PLENARY SESSION I: “THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF SCIENCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES” Venue: Ceremonial Hall, Hungarian Academy of Sciences chaired by József Pálinkás       Sergio Machado Rezende, Former Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil   He was…