Activities Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/activities/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:30:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Activities Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/activities/ 32 32 Webinar: Dialogue on the Role of Astronomy in the COVID-19 Era https://astro4dev.org/webinar-dialogue-on-the-role-of-astronomy-in-the-covid-19-era/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:43:00 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21652 OAD Fellow, Dr. Marie Korsaga, was a keynote speaker at the webinar on “A dialogue on the role of astronomy in the COVID-19 era”

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]]> Karoo Futures: Astronomy & its impacts https://astro4dev.org/karoo-futures-astronomy-its-impacts/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:01:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18871 This symposium marks the launch of the special issue ‘Karoo Futures: Astronomy in place and space’ of the Journal of Southern African Studies. The special issue is the result of an interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars in the social sciences and humanities on astronomy in South Africa, and particularly South Africa’s involvement in the Square Kilometre [...]

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]]> DARA Astro4Dev projects https://astro4dev.org/dara-astro4dev-projects/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:44:56 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18220 The DARA (Development in Africa through Radio Astronomy) program funded astronomy-for-development projects in the DARA countries in 2018. Proposals were invited from DARA students and the top proposals from each country were funded for implementation. The following projects were selected for funding in 2018. Botswana: Women in STEM There is a shortage of women in [...]

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]]> Africa-EU collaborations https://astro4dev.org/africa-eu/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:07:58 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17251 In April 2018, a special session (#23) held at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool highlighted African-Europe collaborations in Astronomy and Space Science. The session, organised by Mirjana Pović (ESSTI) and Vanessa McBride (OAD) comprised two invited presentations and fourteen short contributed talks to give a continent wide overview of Africa-Europe [...]

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]]> IAU General Assembly 2015 https://astro4dev.org/iau-general-assembly-2015/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:53:12 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=13171 The OAD will coordinate a Focus Meeting (FM20) at the 2015 IAU General Assembly titled “Astronomy for Development.” The meeting has been scheduled for 13-14 August 2015. Please visit www.astronomy2015.org for more information on the venue, registration and abstract submission. Overview This Focus Meeting is about the global developmental impact that all aspects related to [...]

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