ASSAf News
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) recognised one of South Africa’s foremost scholars with a gold medal at its prestigious Annual Awards Ceremony held in Pretoria on 9 October 2019. ASSAf annually awards up to two ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society. This year the award was presented to South African professor of psychology at Stellenbosch University, Professor Leslie Swartz.
Twenty-three of the country’s leading scholars and scientists were inaugurated as Members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at the annual Awards Ceremony on 9 October 2019. As the official Academy of South Africa, ASSAf has as core function to honour the country’s most outstanding scholars by electing them to Membership of the Academy. ASSAf Members are drawn from the full spectrum of disciplines.
Panel discussion on aviation and diversity: “A Seat at the Table: A Discussion on Diversity and Inclusion in Aerospace”
Monday, 14 October 2019
Monday, 14 October 2019
The extent of diversity and inclusion in aerospace of under-represented groups such as “women, minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities and under-represented socioeconomic groups” remains a contested issue globally. With these contestations, it is crucial to highlight that activities aimed at addressing matters relating to inclusion and diversity in aerospace of under-represented groups will require a long-term strategic approach. In an attempt to address these controversies, the...
Invitation to the ASSAf Presidential Roundtable on Is Scholarly Publishing becoming Unaffordable?
Friday, 04 October 2019
Friday, 04 October 2019
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with Stellenbosch University (Library and Information Services) cordially invites you to the ASSAf Presidential Roundtable: Science, Scholarship and Society on: ‘Is Scholarly Publishing becoming Unaffordable?’ An Evidence-based Dialogue on the Implications of a European Plan S on South African Research. Invitation Briefing
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is looking forward towards participating in Open Access Week, celebrated globally from 21 until 27 October 2019, themed: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”.We invite all members of the scholarly community to participate in the following series of events, to be presented by ASSAf, in collaboration with other stakeholders. Click here.
Invitation to a Public Lecture of The Life and Work of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
Monday, 16 September 2019
Monday, 16 September 2019
The Royal Society of South Africa and the Academy Of Science Of South Africainvite you to a free public lecture by Professor Mike Bruton, former director of the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology entitled Curator and Crusader: The Life and Work of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), is seeking candidates to participate in the 2020 Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting to be held from 28 June to 3 July 2020 in Lindau, Germany.
7th Lindau Meeting of the Laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), is seeking candidates to participate in the 7th Lindau Meeting of the Laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel.
So what is the difference between science and technology? They are pretty much the same thing, right? Wrong, according to Nobel Laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his discovery of the wunder-material graphene.
By Paul Kennedy, ScienceLink
Twenty-five years ago, political activist and astronomer Dr Bernie Fanaroff and colleagues had a dream that South Africa could be a world leader in astronomy; in those heady days after the fall of aparthed, it seemed a vague and distant possibility. Today, those dreams are solidifying rapidly as South Africa steps onto the world stage as the best place in the world to study the stars, galaxies and empty spaces beyond our earth’s atmosphere.
