The team of this UNESCO Chair includes Ismael Rafols (Chairholder), Ingeborg Meijer, Rodrigo Costas and André Brasil. We count on an extensive collaborative network in Latin America, Africa and Asia, with ongoing research efforts in Campinas University in Brazil, the Indian Institute of Science , Stellenbosh University in South Africa, and KISTI in Korea.
Created in 1992, the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair programme is intended to support developing expertise in areas related to UNESCO’s mandate, such as education, culture, communication and the natural and social sciences. This network of over 850 institutions in 117 countries mobilises knowledge to address pressing societal challenges and contribute to development. UNESCO has developed the 2017 Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers and the 2021 Recommendation on Open Science, building on the notions that science is a common good, that all humankind should enjoy the benefits of scientific knowledge and has the right to participate in it.
Ismael Rafols is a senior researcher at CWTS. He works on the development of novel approaches to S&T indicators for informing evaluation, foresight and research strategies. His current focus is on research priority setting, in particular for societal challenges such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in health and agriculture.
Senior researcher in research policy and evaluation with a focus on biomedicine and healthcare R&I. Ingeborg’s main goal is to make sure that society is able to use research.
Senior researcher. Rodrigo's research focuses on the development of new social media metrics (altmetrics), new scientometric applications at the individual-level and the study of funding acknowledgements.
Researcher and member of the UNESCO Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science. André is a research fellow at the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and he is also affiliated with the Brazilian Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES).