IFS at Almost-50: Moving Ahead with Clarity in a New Year

In a year of challenges and victories, how reassuring and pleasant it has been to know that we can count on so many dedicated colleagues and friends of IFS. On behalf of the Secretariat, I extend our appreciation to each and every one of you for your valuable contributions to IFS and our present and former grantees. With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, inadequate progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and climate change, growing societal concerns about inequality and social cohesion, and the opportunities and risks presented by evolving technologies, the need for scientists to be engaged in and with the world is more acute than ever.