The Center for Scientific Studies (CECS) was founded in 1984 as the first independent scientific research organization in the history of Chile, and has become an important centre for science in Chile and Latin America.
Center for Scientific Studies (CECS) in Chile
International Space Station (ISS)
The start of construction of the International Space Station (ISS)
Symposium ’09: Session 3 – What opportunities are presented by the global redistribution of innovative activity?
This session was chaired by Martin Bell and discussed the opportunities and challenges resulting from the emergence of new centres of science and innovation.
Background paper / Centres of Excellence? Questions of Capacity for Innovation, Sustainability, Development
By Melissa Leach and Linda Waldman This paper explores what ‘mainstream’ Centres of Excellence might mean for developing countries and poor people.
Bellagio Conference on international agricultural research
At the Bellagio conference, directors of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations met to discuss addressing world food needs, agreeing to do this through the development of specialised International Agricultural Research Centres, which eventually evolved into the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research network connected to the World Bank. These centres were instrumental in pushing forward the ‘Green Revolution’ and set up a model of science and technology production at ‘centres of excellence’. (Hardin, 2008)
Inter Academy Council Report: Inventing a Better Future
‘Inventing a Better Future: A strategy for building worldwide capacities in science and technology’, a report by the Inter Academy Council “proposes new initiatives to strengthen national scientific capabilities worldwide, to foster opportunities for cooperation among the world’s scientific and technological communities, against the backdrop of rapid globalization and a rapidly increasing disparity in scientific and technological capacities and development.” (UN website)