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The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) has launched a call for the 2023 International Geneva Award, which distinguishes three recently published academic articles that are particularly relevant for International Organizations. The Award is a prestigious prize that encourages scientists to reach out to policy makers.
The articles must be in the domain of International Studies (academic studies on issues that transcend national borders). The authors must specify the relevance of their work for International Organizations in the submission form.
To be eligble, submitted artcles must have been published after 1 September 2022. NB Papers issues from SNIS-funded projects are not eligible. Members of SNIS Juries & Committees are not eligible for submission. Forthcoming articles are also accepted, pending publisher confirmation. The applications will be reviewed by the SNIS International Geneva Committee. Entrants must be professors or researchers at a post-doctoral level working in a Swiss institution of higher education at the time of the paper's publication.
Each of the three awarded papers will receive CHF 5000-.
Submit your article here.
Submission deadline: 3 November 2023, 12:30 CET.
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The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) encourages its network members to participate in the global efforts led by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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Volume 43, number 2 of the Mountain Research and Development journal is now available online and open access.
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Volume 20, issue number 9 of the Journal of Mountain Science is now available online.
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Ahead of the SDG Summit, a new UN report by an independent group of scientists launched today calls for transformational shifts rooted in science that would urgently reverse course and turbocharge the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report recognizes individuals and organizations who contributed to an open call for inputs held from September 2021 to November 2021, including the mention of the MRI (represented by Dr Carolina Adler on behalf of the network).
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Climate science and services are central to solutions.
At the half-time point of the 2030 Agenda, the science is clear – the planet is far off track from meeting its climate goals. This undermines global efforts to tackle hunger, poverty and ill-health, improve access to clean water and energy and many other aspects of sustainable development, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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This Special Issue “Integrative Water Resources Research and Management in the Andes,” is now featured in the open-access Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Two MRI members - Christian Huggel (former MRI Co-Principal Investigator) and Fabian Drenkhan - edited this collection, which includes several interconnected relevant MRI community topics such as integrated hydrological modelling, drought assessment, water-energy-food nexus and security, and water management.
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