Mobility, migration and networking within the Cuban scientific community: developing scientific capital in the digital age

Since 1959 Cuba has developed a strong base of higher education and has used this as a foundation for an active scientific research sector to support the national economy. Following the global political changes of the early 1990s the country has maintained this trajectory. These influences have impacted on the normal processes of mobility, migration and networking in the scientific community. This paper reports on a programme of investigation which will study the influence of changes in the global scientific community and the impact of emerging digital communication technologies on the development of the Cuban scientific community. The main historical influences and the contemporary context are reviewed, a pilot study using bibliometric analysis is reported and some key propositions examined which will be used to guide future studies and define investigative questions

Transportation, Terrorism and Crime: Deterrence, Disruption and Resilience

Abstract: Terrorists likely have adopted vehicle ramming as a tactic because it can be carried out by an individual (or “lone wolf terrorist”), and because the skills required are minimal (e.g. the ability to drive a car and determine locations for creating maximum carnage). Studies of terrorist activities against transportation assets have been conducted to help law enforcement agencies prepare their communities, create mitigation measures, conduct effective surveillance and respond quickly to attacks. This study reviews current research on terrorist tactics against transportation assets, with an emphasis on vehicle ramming attacks. It evaluates some of the current attack strategies, and the possible mitigation or response tactics that may be effective in deterring attacks or saving lives in the event of an attack. It includes case studies that can be used as educational tools for understanding terrorist methodologies, as well as ordinary emergencies that might become a terrorist’s blueprint

From Nascar to Cirque du Soleil: Lessons in Audience Development

Examines marketing trends and principles in entertainment and performance. Case studies include nonprofit arts organizations, mega-concert promoters, for-profit entertainment conglomerates, sports promoters and religious organizations

IDRC annual report 1998-1999

Print version has parallel text in English and Frenc

IDRC annual report 1997-1998

Print version has parallel text in English and Frenc

Leading in public life : Emerging African Leaders programme : the first 100+ 2015-2018

The Emerging African Leaders Programme (EALP) aims to strengthen public leadership in Africa and create new networks, connecting a strong cohort of courageous and ethical leaders committed to driving change in their own countries and across the continent. This policy brief provides biographies of participants, and enlarges on the activities of EALP and the Nelson Mandela School. It provides a recently published LinkedIn Mandela School Alumni page so that connections between participants can be better maintained. Training the next generation of Africa’s leaders is a key focus of the Mandela School’s “Building Bridges” team, who also co-ordinate the EALP programme.Ford Foundatio

Contexts and Contributions: Building the Distributed Library

This report updates and expands on A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services, originally commissioned by the DLF as an internal report in summer 2003, and released to the public later that year. It highlights major developments affecting the ecosystem of scholarly communications and digital libraries since the last survey and provides an analysis of OAI implementation demographics, based on a comparative review of repository registries and cross-archive search services. Secondly, it reviews the state-of-practice for a cohort of digital library aggregation services, grouping them in the context of the problem space to which they most closely adhere. Based in part on responses collected in fall 2005 from an online survey distributed to the original core services, the report investigates the purpose, function and challenges of next-generation aggregation services. On a case-by-case basis, the advances in each service are of interest in isolation from each other, but the report also attempts to situate these services in a larger context and to understand how they fit into a multi-dimensional and interdependent ecosystem supporting the worldwide community of scholars. Finally, the report summarizes the contributions of these services thus far and identifies obstacles requiring further attention to realize the goal of an open, distributed digital library system

Are heavy metal music bands-musicians, managers of their own music business?: a multiple case study: portuguese vs. Finnish bands

The Music Industry is a very complex world that embraces different and broad segments needing of academic exploration. The big majority of studies and/or academic approaches to this unique business world have been focusing greatly on the record labels side but have failed to address the role of those who make the music – the musicians/artists. This is exactly what the present study aimed to understand: What is the role of the musicians in the music business? Aren’t they one of the key elements, essential players, within the whole industry, if not the most important elements ever? The industry of music includes a large number of creative and wise musicians/bands behind one of the most discriminated music genres in the music history - Heavy Metal Music. However, diverse studies have demonstrated that Heavy Metal is recognized as a music genre that generates profit, with an increasing legion of fans all over the world hence, also considered popular music. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand how Heavy Metal Music bands and musicians succeed and how they manage to conciliate artistic creativity and commercial demands. By making a multiple case study analysis within two different settings – Portugal versus Finland – it will be shown that Heavy Metal bands / musicians possess business skills that allow them to manage and conduct both the artistic and business activities of their music business. In some of the cases, it will also be raised their entrepreneurial skills in innovating and finding new ways of reaching the audience and becoming more successful whilst doing what they love the most – making music and playing it live