Newsletter #214

INTERCONTINENTAL ACADEMIA

From April 17 to April 30, the IEA-USP led the first stage of the Intercontinental Academia, an initiative that fosters a network research and the formation of new leaderships. Organized by the UBIAS network, an international association that brings together 34 institutes of advanced study based in universities of 19 countries, the meeting has brought together young researchers from different nationalities and areas of expertise to develop studies on the subject "time". The programme in São Paulo has also included a discussion about new ways of academia. The second phase of the project will be held next March in Nagoya, being hosted by the Institute for Advanced Research of the Nagoya University.

Check the complete coverage of the Intercontinental Academia below.

Young researchers present the structure of a MOOC on 'time'

The proposal was detailed in the last session of the meeting, on 29 April. According to the participants, the free online course will be an interactive online guide for those who wish to broaden their knowledge on the concept of time. The content of the classes will be finalized in the second immersion period of the Intercontinental Academia at the Nagoya University, in March, 2016.

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Participants of the Intercontinental Academiatour around São Paulo and get to know USP's influence in the city

São Paulo’s cultural and scientific multifariousness

Scientific & cultural tour reveals aspects of São Paulo’s social inequality and interculturalism

A laboratory for new educational formats and knowledge building

The Brazilian Minister of Education, presidents of universities and experts in research on higher education discussed the future of universities during the Intercontinental Academia.

Higher education should strive to sharpen minds, says the Brazilian Minister of Education

University presidents discuss changes and new accountabilities

Goldemberg talks about USP’s contributions to society

'Time' is approached from different disciplinary points of view at 16 conferences

Time in individuality

Carolina Escobar
The importance of regular biological rhythms to health

Ruud Buijs
The Interaction between the biological clock and physiological processes

Till Roenneberg
The social jet lag syndrome

Takao Kondo
Discerning the biological clock of single-celled organisms

Regina Markus
A theory of the relationship between the sleep hormone and the body’s defense

Leopold Nosek
The relationship between consciousness of self and perception of time

Time in collectivity

Laymert Garcia dos Santos
Cross-cultural artistic experience between brazilians, yanomamis and germans

Karl-Heinz Kohl
Conception of time in different societies

Sami Pihlström
A philosophical reflection on time and eternity

Massimo Canevacci
The space-time dimension in digital culture

Time in nature

Matthew Kleban
The arrow of time and the evolution of the universe

René Nome
Molecular dynamics in short-lived phenomena

Eliezer Rabinovici
The attempts of physics to build time

Hideyo Kunieda
The relationship between time and astronomy in the theory of relativity

Tiago Quental
Fossils as a tool to analyze the dynamics of biodiversity

Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho
Climate time scales and climate change

Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
The importance of biodiversity for the future of life

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