Watch the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony from Oslo, Sweden, on Dec 10, 2023. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/events/2023nobelpeaceprizeawardceremon7137759475238617088/theater/
A valuable resource that explains the meaning, history, types, and examples of fintech or financial technology. Link: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fintech.asp
The IHR's Early Career Research Visiting Fellowships provide funding to undertake post-doctoral research or complete doctoral work. These fellowships are available for periods of between 6 and 24 months. https://www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/early-career-fellowships
Vaccine patches could make a difference in expanding and improving immunization programs in low- and lower-middle-income countries. https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/vaccine-patches-could-transform-immunisation-coverage-lower-income-countries Тhoughts?
The Nobel Prize laureate in physics, Prof. Dr. Konstantin Novoselov, will speak at the webinar "Advancements in Materials Design: Tackling Challenges with Novel Strategies" as he discusses the latest innovations and trends in materials science, such as graphene, nanotechnology, and quantum materials, and how they can help solve the global challenges in energy, environment, health, and security. Link: https://constructor.tech/lp/webinars/advancements-materials-design
This article explains the benefits and uses of different types of Creative Commons licenses for authors and users of various open-access materials, such as research data, educational resources, and cultural works. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/2023/10/23/how-creative-commons-licences-support-open-scholarship/
What do Open Data & a bunch of grapes have in common? Discover how INTEGRAPE worked to develop common data standards & good practices to ensure grape research is more open. INTEGRAPE brought together stakeholders from across the grapevine research community in an open and international network to develop common data standards and good practices. https://www.cost.eu/improving-the-fruit-of-the-vine/
This DW documentary explores the question of what needs to happen in terms of politics, policies, and society to implement what is technically possible regarding renewable energy. https://youtu.be/UVf2Yw7uFoE?si=aOkOPYR7GVdxVKws
African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships 2024. The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites research fellowship applications from African scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations based in Africa. Application Deadline: February 11, 2024. Link: https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/african-peacebuilding-network-individual-research-fellowships-2024/
RAD 2024 Conference, 17 – 21 June 2024, Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Submit your abstract by the deadline of February 29, 2024. Link: https://www.rad2024.rad-conference.org/
People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study published this month in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/bilingual-attentional-control-evidence-from-the-partial-repetition-cost-paradigm/834021DD237E5E767F05C3AF3F0B2B04
Call for papers 2024 for the 7th World Conference on Research in Social Sciences, May 17 - 19, 2024, in Rome, Italy. Link: https://www.socialsciencesconf.org/call-for-papers/
The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship is a program that aims to empower voices from underrepresented groups in academic publishing. The fellowship offers $1,000 financial support and mentorship from Bloomsbury editors to help aspiring authors write and publish their academic books. Link: https://opportunitiesforyouth.org/2023/11/%F0%9F%93%9A-bloomsbury-academic-writing-fellowship-empowering-voices-1000-financial-support/
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