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| Newsletter 07 |
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| The quarterly SHS Newsletter provides information on the work of UNESCO in the field of social and human sciences. |
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| Social Science: the research and policy connection - October-December 2004 (English | Français | Русский) |
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 During 2005 UNESCO will put into effect its new focus in the field of social science as decided by the 31st General Conference: improving and increasing the linkages between research and policy. The high point will be the International Forum on Research Policy linkages that UNESCO is co-organizing with the Government of Argentina from 5 to 10 September 2005 in Buenos Aires (www.unesco.org/shs/ifsp).
The Forum will bring together social scientists, policy makers, professional social science bodies and networks, national and international funding agencies, and concerned NGOs. While its standards are those of academic excellence, it is not designed as an academic conference. Rather, its purpose is to bring together social science research and policy in the search for a common language and shared terms of engagement.
The Forum will focus on four key thematic areas where social science expertise is crucial to effective policy intervention: regional integration, social policy, decentralization and urban issues, and global dynamics. It will combine plenary sessions, major thematic workshops bringing together international experts, workshops convened by academics, activists and policy makers from around the world, and closed consultation meetings to facilitate liaison between the key operators at the policy-research interface.
By disseminating its results in a range of academic and policy-relevant formats, by promoting networking among relevant actors, and by its own continuity, the International Forum proposes to strengthen the linkages between social science research and social policy. The challenges of global society far exceed social science, but without social science they simply cannot be met. The Forum will be a “flagship” activity of the Management of Social Transformations programme (MOST), an intergovernmental scientific programme created in 1994 to promote international, interdisciplinary and comparative research in the social sciences.
In addition to the aforementioned Forum, the MOST programme has been supporting the “Forum of Ministers of Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” and the newly established one in Southern Africa. Requests have now been received from West Africa and South Asia. The aim is to link them with the new regional research networks to be established around priorities agreed with the Ministers. Comparative research and comparative policy analysis at the regional level should help in improving the impact of social policies, thus effecting the crucial convergence between policy and research.
Pierre Sané
Assistant Director-General
for Social and Human Sciences
p. 3 Social transformations Urban policy research and the Porto Alegre experience/ p. 4 Social sciences Towards Copenhagen + 10 / p. 6 Social transformations Migrants take the floor / p. 7 Human security Promoting human security and peace / p. 8 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize Taslima Nasrin / p. 12 Ethics Lithuania promotes bioethics / p. 14 Human rights The fight against poverty and promoting human rights • Babiza’s Story: The first of a new book series • Culture, Women’s Rights, and the Reform of Family Laws / p. 19 UNESCO-SHS Prize UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education is awarded for the 14th time / p. 20 Human Sciences Why philosophy at UNESCO is a must / p. 22 Just published / p. 24 Calendar
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