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Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/social_sciences     Social Transformations International migration, urban development, local populations keen to become involved in drawing up public policies, etc. Today’s world keeps changing. Through its support for social science research and its efforts to share the findings with as many people as possible, UNESCO contributes to a better understanding of current trends on the part of the international community, thus helping to improve countries’ responses to the challenges posed by change. In UNESCO it is the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS) which is responsible for coordinating the only United Nations programme on Management of Social Transformations (the MOST Programme). It strives to strengthen the links between researchers and, in the broadest sense of the term, the policy-making community. "Management of Social Transformations" (MOST) Programme International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus (IFSP) Democracy International Migration Physical Education and Sport Anti-doping UNESCO and the World Social Forum Urban Development Youth: Acting with and for Youth See also: Greater Horn Horizon: an independent and autonomous Forum of Intellectuals for the Horn of Africa International Journal on Multicultural Societies International Social Science Journal     News     Argentina replaces South Africa at the head of UNESCO’s MOST Programme 17-10-2009 (UNESCO) -   More...       Focus on UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST) 14-10-2009 (UNESCO) - A 20-minute film, which puts into perspective the UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme in the context of the global economic crisis and that of the UN reform, has been published on the UNESCO portal.  More...       UNESCO Book Project for 2010 on Migration, Environment and Climate Change 10-10-2009 (UNESCO) - Climate change is one of the major concerns for the international community. Among its consequences, its impact on migration is the object of increasing attention from both policy-makers and researchers. As the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change put it, “greater resource scarcity, desertification, risks of droughts and floods, and rising sea levels could drive many millions of people to migrate.’  More...       International Conference on "The Empowerment of Civil Society in Urban Policies" 01-10-2009 (UNESCO) - The UNESCO Chair on ‘Urban Policies and Citizenship’ (University of Lyon) organizes a three-day conference on "The empowerment of civil society in urban policies". It will be held on Porquerolles Island (France), from 31 October to 3 November 2009.  More...       UNESCO listens to youth: Sixth Youth Forum in Paris, 1 to 3 October 26-09-2009 (UNESCOPRESS) - On the eve of the opening of the 35th General Conference of UNESCO, 128 young people from 89 countries and some 84 observers representing 68 organizations took part in the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris, which was held from 1 to 3 October at UNESCO. This year’s theme was “Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations”.  More...       Social impact of the global economic crisis at the heart of the 9th Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s MOST Programme 25-09-2009 (UNESCO) - Ministers of Social Development, social science researchers and representatives from NGOs and the private sector from all over the world met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France) from 28 to 30 September 2009 for the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST), to analyze the social impact of the global economic crisis.  More...       3rd UNESCO/MOST Summer University for Latin America and the Caribbean – Call for candidates 17-09-2009 (UNESCO) - The UNESCO MOST Programme, the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) of the Dominican Republic, the Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (CLAEH) and the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) are organizing the third session of the MOST Summer University entitled “Links between Social Sciences and Policy; Social Development Policies during the crisis”. It will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 7 to 11 December 2009. The deadline for application is extended until Wednesday 28 October 2009.  More...       An interview with Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the UNESCO MOST Programme, and Peru, in the headlines of SHSviews n°25 06-08-2009 (SHS e-News 41 / August 2009) - Covering the news from July-September 2009, SHSviews, the quarterly magazine of UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector, has just been published in English and French.  More...       The book "Migration without Borders" receives the 2009 Silver Book Award from the Association of Borderland Studies (ABS) 02-07-2009 (UNESCO) - Migration without Borders. Essays on the Free Movement of People received the 2009 Silver Book Award from the Association of Borderland Studies (ABS), an American learned society which promotes border studies.  More...       Social scientist Atilio Alberto Borón (Argentina) wins UNESCO International José Martí Prize 20-05-2009 (UNESCOPRESS) - Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, has awarded the 2009 UNESCO International José Martí Prize to Atilio Alberto Borón, former Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). The Prize will be presented during a ceremony in Havana (Cuba) on 17 July.  More...     Email this page     Printable version Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/social_sciences

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