Thematic Session: Astronomy for Development Wednesday, Dec 09, 11:00-12:30, CSIR Convention Center, Pretoria As the world faces a global refugee crisis; accelerating climate change; widening wealth inequality and unprecedented levels of human trafficking, what role should scientists play? This session provides a platform for critical, evidence-based debate on direct contributions to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Andean Cosmology School took place at Uniandes in Bogota. In a month-long school 20 students from 5 different countries in the region met with instructors from Colombia, Israel, Germany and the United States. The school had lectures on theoretical, computational, observational and instrumentational aspects of contemporary cosmology. Lectures – https://github.com/forero/AndeanCosmologySchool/tree/master/lectures Website – http://forero.github.io/AndeanCosmologySchool/
If you would like to set up an Astronomy Club, the information here serves as a starting guide. The first step is to understand what kind of club you want to start. There are aspects or characteristics, such as the target audience, that will help you define your club. For instance, it could be a school […]
The Arab Regional Office and Arabic Language Expertise Center officially joined the IAU-Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) network this week. The inauguration, which was held in Amman, Jordan on December 02 and 03, 2015, marked the commencement of activities for the first Regional Office in the Middle East and the associated Language Expertise Center. It […]
Project leader: Premana W. Premadi, premadi@as.itb.ac.id Project location: Indonesia Project Description: This community development project will develop a symbiosis between a prospective astronomical observatory in Timor, Indonesia, and its surrounding community. The goal is to have thriving villages and a successful observatory. The project consists of: (1) Human Capacity Building with programs on empowering human […]