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John Nixon's book "Towards the Virtuous University” was reviewed on Saturday June, 15, 2019 at NRISP.

One of the major challenges facing developing countries is to make science and technology an essential part of the culture of the people. A number of historical, cultural, political, social and economic situations have resulted in the need to develop policies and strategies that favor the popularization of science and technology in the developing countries.

Science Popularization Department of the National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran in partnership with the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), New Delhi, India, is jointly organizing an International Workshop on ‘Policy Making in Popularization of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)’ in Tehran, Iran during 17-19 June, 2019.

A two- day International Workshop on Research Management was held by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and  Leibniz, Helmholtz, DFG, DLR Research Institutes on 7th.-8th. May, 2019. Some of the managers of the Iranian research institutes affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Energy Research Institute participated at the workshop.

The 2nd. Popularization of Science Festival in Student Theses and Dissertations was held on Wednesday, 1st. May 2019 at the Faculty of Psychology & Education, Tehran University. At this ceremony selected theses and dissertations were honored.

The consensus meeting of the Minister of Science, Research and Technology with the professors and leading scholars of the universities was held on Monday, 15 April, 2019.

The meeting was organized by NRISP. At this meeting, Dr. Gholami, Minister of Science; Dr. Ahmadi, NRISP President; Dr. Bagheri, Vice- Minister of MSRT; Dr. Boroumand, Deputy Minister For Research& Technology; and Dr. Ghaffari, Deputy Minister for Culture and Social Affairs were present.

NRISP will organize an International Workshop on “Policy making in Popularization of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)” in collaboration with NAM S&T Centre during the period 17-19 June 2019.

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A conference in celebration of World Future Day was held on Saturday, 2nd of the March, 2019 at the Faculty of Economics - University of Tehran. Thanking Iran Future Association for holding the conference, Dr. Vahid Ahmadi, Advisor to the Minister of Science and NRISP President said; since 2012, the 1st of the March has been named as the World Future Day, and various events are being held on this occasion.

The academic system, as one of the nodes in the network of the society, either by looking at its history or by analyzing its international status and its functions, cannot exist without interacting with the other nodes of the network or play a role. The creation of an academic system is the result of changes that have taken place outside of this system in human thought, culture, and politics, and in its active role produces many of the changes that have taken place in contemporary intellectual, cultural, industrial, and political relations.

The first National Conference on “The Interaction of the Academic System and the Social Sphere” was held by NRISP at Tarbiat Modares University on Monday February, 18, 2019. At this conference, NRISP President, NRISP Deputy of Research and Technology and some officials gave speeches. Below is a summary of the speeches.

Establishing connection between the government, elites and the community is the first step towards social responsibility of the universities