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Zimbabwean Scientists in the Diaspora Meeting
Get PDFCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Zimbabwean Scientists in the Diaspora Meeting. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf/0001ASSAf in collaboration with Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS) hosted a meeting for Zimbabwean scientists in the diaspora in September 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to connect expatriate Zimbabwean young and senior scientists in South Africa, with a view to exploring possibilities for the scientists to contribute towards supporting and strengthening ZAS and the Zimbabwe Young Academy of Science (ZIMYAS) and in turn, the science system in Zimbabwe.German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldin
Quest Volume 12 Number 2 2016
No full textCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Quest: Science for South Africa, 12(2). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/11Contents: Living on what people throw away: Quest takes a look at the research on people who live on the edges - Urban agriculture: the answer to Africa’s food crisis?: Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby say no - Climate change on our doorstep: Evidence for climate change in Namaqualand. Quest investigates - Trading on extinction: Quest examines why abalone poaching helps us to find ways of conserving rhino - Bounded by oceans: Tamaryn Morris and colleagues look at how we study ocean circulation around South Africa - Gravitational waves: Einstein’s theory proved right by Kathy Svitil - What is food security?: It is not all about food production. Quest investigates - The ‘World’s Most Beautiful Marathon’. Really?: Karoline Hanks looks at the dreadful plastic pollution resulting from road running - Community-driven research: Joey Hulbert explains the citizen science movement in South Africa - The Mastery Science Club: Do you have a science club? Please tell Quest all about it - Women in Science – Communication Workshop 2016: Kerry van der Walt explains the importance of communication in science - Unique greenhouse kills two birds with one stone - Five new velvet worm species from South Africa - The fruit industry’s big problem - The next DNA vaccine might come from tobacco - Making sure that packaging is properly sealed - Maths and science pilot pays off for Phelokazi - Mathematics puzzl
Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences
Get PDFCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences. [Online] Available from: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0008The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) convened a workshop
on Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town on
15 – 16 September 2016. The meeting sought to promote and seek a
discursive space to explore synergies and an inclusive approach to
mathematics across all the scientific disciplines and the adoption of a
broader, more integrated vision of the role of mathematics in education
and society. The meeting also aimed to explore the feasibility and
desirability of a broad consensus study which would inter alia conduct
an audit of initiatives and best practices that address issues of synergising
the mathematical sciences in South Africa.
South Africa’s National Development Plan projects that the number of
school-leavers, who should qualify for entrance to a Bachelor’s degree
for which mathematics is a prerequisite, will more than double by 2024
and will treble by 2030. At the same time, the relationship, or lack of
one, between mathematics and mathematics education represents a
matter of concern, potentially exacerbating the limited performance of
South African pupils and students.
The workshop sought to address these significant capacity challenges
and the increasing permeation of mathematics across academic
disciplines by exploring potential synergies and collaborations among
the mathematical sciences, with the interconnected goals of improving
educational and research outputs and supporting the country’s
development and transformation.Department of Science and Technolog
Women for Science: Inclusion and Participation on Academies of Science
No full textCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Women for Science: Inclusion and Participation on Academies of Science. [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/7Message by Professor Daya Reddy, President: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf):
Academies of science play a critical dual role. They recognise scientific excellence through election into their membership, eminent scientists in a nation; and mobilise their members to provide objective evidence-based science advice on issues of national, regional and global importance. For academies of science to successfully fulfil their mandate, the inclusion of both male and female members in their operations is of utmost importance.
This report presents the first comprehensive survey of academies of science globally regarding women’s representation in membership, governance and academy activities. The survey findings show that there continues to be low representation of women in all areas stated above.
The findings of this report and its recommendations should be used as a guideline for academies of science, globally, to develop strategies on increasing women’s participation in academy activities. It should also provide stimulus for action by IAP:
The Global Network of Science Academies* and its member academies to collect and report gender-disaggregated data on an annual basis.
The collection, analysis and reporting of gender-disaggregated data allows
academies to introspect on their role as advocates for the increased participation
of girls and women, not only within themselves but also in a nation’s science system.
It also allows for increased discussions on the importance of applying the gender lens
in the conceptualisation and implementation of academy activities, with a specific
focus on their science advisory activities.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is honoured to have participated in
the implementation of this global project. The Organisation for Women in Science for
the Developing World (OWSD), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science
(IANAS), and the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) are thanked for
partnering with the Academy in carrying out this task