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Abstract
In a roundtable of discussion three executives discussed the impact and role of scientists and science in contemporary society are presented. The program director, Leslie Swartz, a Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University and Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science, stressed the importance of the relationship between science and society in his opening. He drew the attention of the audience and the presenters to the interest sparked by this webinar in calling upon scientists to have a conversation on the impact of science on society. On a different note, Ernest Dube, an agronomy research scientist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Resource Management at Nelson Mandela University, spoke to the audience about agronomy and food security in South Africa. He maintained that current food production in South Africa is mostly driven by agronomy research. Agronomy is, according to Dube, 'the application of different scientific methodologies for the improvement and management of major stable food crops'.
Highlights
The panellists included Mwazvita Dalu, an NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Unisa and Research Associate with the Open University, UK; Ernest Dube, an agronomy research scientist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Resource Management at Nelson Mandela University; and Jennifer Fitchett, an Associate Professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Witwatersrand
The programme director, Leslie Swartz, a Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University and Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science, stressed the importance of the relationship between science and society in his opening. He drew the attention of the audience and the presenters to the interest sparked by this webinar in calling upon scientists to have a conversation on the impact of science on society
Dube spoke to the audience about agronomy and food security in South Africa
Summary
The panellists included Mwazvita Dalu, an NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Unisa and Research Associate with the Open University, UK; Ernest Dube, an agronomy research scientist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Resource Management at Nelson Mandela University; and Jennifer Fitchett, an Associate Professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Witwatersrand. The webinar was entitled: How do we know if and when science makes a difference? He drew the attention of the audience and the presenters to the interest sparked by this webinar in calling upon scientists to have a conversation on the impact of science on society.
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