Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and co-published with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in over a decade. Hundreds of social scientists from around the world contributed their expertise to the publication. Gudmund Hernes, President of the ISSC, Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Hebe Vessuri, Director, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), and François Héran, Director of Research, National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), France, are among the experts who presented the Report during its official launch at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 25 June 2010.
ISSC & UNESCO (2010) World Social Science Report 2010
25 January 2013
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