Examines the complex relationship between technology and development in the context of the political and institutional process, using a comparative framework. Its specific objectives are to identify broad political, administrative and policy strategies related to technology transfer and environmentally sound sustainable development; to analyse policy options for dealing with global, transboundary, and domestic issues relating to technological changes and environmental challenges; to examine the ethical, cultural, legal, political, institutional, administrative, scientific and technological frameworks which underlie and shape the human dimension of global change.
To foster a global network of political scientists and others to engage in research in the dynamics of human interactions with science and technology; and to provide a comparative perspective to such issues as sustainable development, managing the environment, technology transfer, global environmental facility, role of international aid agencies.
- Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies in Autocratic and Polarized Societies
Chair: Dr. Preeti Sharma - AI for All? What Governing AI Means for the Global South
Chair: Dr. Marina Kaneti - Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Societies: Perils and Possibilities
Chair: Dr. Leslie Keerthikumar Surabi Mani - Financing Climate Initiatives in Polarized and Autocratic Societies
Chair: Prof. Gerardo Rodríguez de la Vega - Game theory, War, technology and sustainable development
Chair: Prof. Miguel Rocha de Sousa - Global strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in Autocratizing Societies
Chair: Prof. Dhirendra Vajpeyi - Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies with a Focus on Climate Policies
Chair: Ms. Rúbia Marcussi Pontes - The Impact of War on Technological Innovation and Development
Chair: Mrs. Carolina Polito - The Role of Emerging Economies in Global Energy Transition amidst Political Turbulence
Chair: Prof. Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi