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LifePorte Educational project implements several educational flagship projects geared towards science engagement and advocacy. These includes Science advocacy for youngsters (SAPFY) and Train-the-trainers Biology workshop (TTTBW). Science advocacy program for youngsters (SAPFY) exposes elementary and high school students to basic science experiments. Students are trained to be creative with scientific…

The Global Education Movement (GEM) provides learners affected by conflict and economic disinvestment the opportunity to earn accredited bachelor’s degrees and pathways to meaningful employment. With a curriculum focused on building marketable skills for 21st century employment, GEM is unlocking the potential of a new generation of leaders that can…

Background and Aim In Japan, it has been noted that interest in science declines as the school year progresses. According to the 2019 TIMSS results, the percentage of elementary and middle school students who say “studying science is fun” declined as they reached middle school, falling below the international average…

Chuan He: Breaking the Wall to a New Green Revolution – Falling Walls Science Summit 2023 Crop scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, presents a daunting challenge for our future food security. Rising global temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events like droughts and floods directly impact…

Shaping Future Cities Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. In this Falling Walls Circle Table, the panel asked how we can…

The nominating institution German Aerospace Center on the project: It is a challenge to provide adequate living for a rapidly growing urban population. To cope with population influx, demographic shifts and climate change requires functioning and resilient cities. Here, a combination of Big Earth Data, AI and modern ICT can…

Trishla Sinha is investigating the impact of early life exposures, particularly the gut microbiome, on the later onset of diseases such as allergies, asthma, and obesity. Her solution involves studying 1500 mother-infant pairs, considering genetics, immune system, and environment, to develop novel preventive measures, including personalised nutrition, to modulate the…

Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and…

Presented by: Natalie Jing Ma Felix Biotechnology was founded in 2019 to accelerate the deployment of novel biotherapeutics treating microbial infections, a growing threat in human health and beyond. It combines cutting-edge synthetic biology technologies from Yale and Berkeley into a pipeline that enables it to target, engineer, and deploy…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Sheila Jasanoff. She talked about her role as Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School, the ethics of genome editing and the importance of doing interdisciplinary research.…