International Science Council

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International Science Council
AbbreviationISC
FormationJuly 4, 2018;6 years ago (2018-07-04)
Merger of
Type INGO
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people
Website council.science OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The International Science Council (ISC) is an international non-governmental organization that unites scientific bodies at various levels across the social and natural sciences. The ISC was formed with its inaugural general assembly on 4 July 2018 by the merger of the former International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), making it one of the largest organisations of this type. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Daya Reddy, mathematician, served (2018–2021) as the ISC's inaugural President. [5] Sir Peter Gluckman, pediatrician, biomedical scientist, and science-policy expert, was elected President in October 2021. [6] Other ISC's inaugural Officers elected for the term of 2018–2021 were Elisa Reis (Vice President), [7] Jinghai Li (Vice President), [8] Renée van Kessel (Treasurer), [9] and Alik Ismail-Zadeh (Secretary). [10] Until February 2022, Heide Hackmann served as the Council's CEO. [11] In 2023, Salvatore Aricò was elected Chief Executive Officer. [12]

Activities

The Council convenes and mobilizes the international scientific community on issues of major scientific and public importance. Activities focus on three areas of work:

The Council is involved in co-sponsorship of a number of international research programmes, networks and committees.

The Council awards the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. [13]

The Council's present activities are guided by the Action Plan 2022-2024: Science and Society in Transition. [14] At the heart of the Action Plan is a selection of projects and programmes that are relevant to all scientific fields and all parts of the world.

Structure

The Council is governed by its Governing Board [15] and is advised by a number of advisory bodies in thematic areas such as space, polar, climatic, and data research. [16] It is headquartered in Paris with a regional office in Colombia. The Officers of the Governing Board are currently Peter Gluckman (President), Motoko Kotani (President-elect), Anne Husebekk (Vice-President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science), Salim Abdool Karim (Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement), and Sawako Shirahase (Vice-President for Finance of the Council).

The ISC's next assembly is scheduled for 2024. [17]

Members

In 2020, the International Science Council has 135 member organizations, 40 member unions and associations, and 30 affiliated members. [18]

Member unions and associations

AcronymNameScientific field
4S Society for Social Studies of Science Social studies of science and technology (STS)
IALS International Association of Legal Science Legal science
IASSA International Arctic Social Sciences Association Social science relevant to the Arctic
IAU International Astronomical Union Astronomy
ICA International Cartographic Association Cartography
ICIAM International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Mathematics
IEA International Economic Association Economics
IFSM International Federation of Societies for Microscopy Microscopy
IGU International Geographical Union Geography
IMU International Mathematical Union Mathematics
INQUA International Union for Quaternary Research Quaternary Period
IPRA International Peace Research Association Peace Research
IPSA International Political Science Association Political Science
ISA International Sociological Association Sociology
ISEE International Society for Ecological Economics Ecological Economics
ISPRS International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IUBMB International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IUBS International Union of Biological Sciences Biology
IUCr International Union of Crystallography Crystallography
IUFoST International Union of Food Science and Technology Food science and Food Technology
IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organizations Forestry
IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Geodesy and Geophysics
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences Geology
IUHPST International Union of History and Philosophy of Science History of Science and Philosophy of Science
IUIS International Union of Immunological Societies Immunology
IUMRS International Union of Materials Research Societies Materials science
IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies Microbiology
IUNS International Union of Nutritional Sciences Nutrition
IUPAB International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics Biophysics
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Chemistry
IUPAP International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Physics
IUPESM International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine Medical physics
IUPHAR International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Pharmacology
IUPS International Union of Physiological Sciences Physiology
IUPsyS International Union of Psychological Science Psychology
IUSS International Union of Soil Sciences Soil science
IUSSP International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Demography
IUTAM International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Mechanics
IUTOX International Union of Toxicology Toxicology
UIS International Union of Speleology Speleology
URSI International Union of Radio Science Radio science
WAPOR World Association for Public Opinion Research Public opinion research
WAU World Anthropological Union Anthropology

National members

CountryMember organization
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Academy of Sciences (ASA)
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Foundation of Science and Development
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Armenian National Academy of Sciences (NAS RA)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Australian Academy of Science
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Austrian Academy of Sciences
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB)
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (ANSALB)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia (ANCB)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia & Herzegovina Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia & Herzegovina Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska (ANURS)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Ministry of Infrastructure Science and Technology
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Association Nacional de Pos-Graduacao e Pesquisa em Ciencias Sociais (ANPOCS)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Cameroon Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada National Research Council (Canada) (NRC)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Academia Chilena de Ciencias
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Costa Rica)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire Académie des sciences, des arts, des cultures d'Afrique et des diasporas africaines (ASCAD)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Cuban Academy of Sciences
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Czech Academy of Sciences
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Viceministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de El Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Estonian Academy of Sciences
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini National Research Council (Eswatini)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Council of Finnish Academies
Flag of France.svg  France French Academy of Sciences
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Georgian National Academy of Sciences
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany German Research Foundation (DFG)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Academy of Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Academia de Ciencias Médicas Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras National Academy of Sciences of Honduras
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Flag of India.svg  India Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Flag of India.svg  India Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran University of Tehran
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Ministry of Science and Technology
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Royal Irish Academy
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy National Research Council
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Scientific Research Council
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Science Council of Japan
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Royal Scientific Society
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Kenya National Academy of Sciences
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Lao National Science Council
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Latvian Academy of Sciences
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon National Council for Scientific Research
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Department of Science and Technology
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Luxembourg National Research Fund
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi National Commission for Science and Technology
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Mauritius Academy of Science (MAST)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexican Academy of Sciences
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Consejo Mexicano de Ciencias Sociales (COMECSO)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Hassan II Academy for Science and Technology
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Scientific Research Association of Mozambique (AICIMO)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Nigerian Academy of Science
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway University of Bergen
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Research Council of Oman
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama University of Panama
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Academia Nacional de Ciencias
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines National Research Council
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polish Academy of Sciences
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lisbon Academy of Sciences
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Romanian Academy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda College of Science and Technology (Rwanda) (KIST)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Senegal Academy of Science and Technology (ANSTS)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Seychelles National Parks Authority
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore National Academy of Science
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovak Republic Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa National Research Foundation (NRF)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Korean Social Science Research Council (KOSSREC)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ministry for Science and Innovation (MCIN)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF)
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan National Centre for Research (NCR)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Academia Sinica
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Tajik Academy of Sciences
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand National Research Council of Thailand
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo Chancellerie des Universités du Togo
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Tunis El Manar University
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey The Science Academy Society of Turkey
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom British Academy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Royal Society
Flag of the United States.svg  United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Comisión Consejo Nacional de Innovacion Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONICYT)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences (UzAS)
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (CONICIT)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Zambia Academy of Sciences
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ)

Transnational members

Affiliated members

GeoUnions

A subset of ISC dealing with Earth and space sciences forms the GeoUnions network: [19]

The ISC GeoUnions partially overlap with the UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies.

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