The Committee agreed on 9 November 2011 to launch a new inquiry examining science and international development.
Terms of Reference
Science and International Development inquiry terms of reference.
Forthcoming oral evidence
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
At 9.15 am
- Dr Jo Beall, Director Education and Society, British Council
- Kate O'Shea, Deputy Director, UK Collaborative on Development Sciences
- Sir Mark Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust
- John Young, Director of Impact Assessment, Partnerships and Head of the RAPID Programme, Overseas Development Institute
A further evidence session in this inquiry will be announced in due course.
Oral evidence
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Professor Anthony Costello, Professor of International Child Health and Director, UCL Institute for Global Health, Dr John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Professor Melissa Leach, Director, STEPS Centre, and Professor Andrew Westby, Director, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Professor Graham Furniss, Chair of the Africa Panel, British Academy, Professor Peter Guthrie OBE, Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Robert Souhami CBE, Foreign Secretary, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Dr Beth Taylor, Director of Communications and External Relations, Institute of Physics
Written evidence
The Committee invited written submissions on the terms of reference by 16 December 2011.