Ichi chidimbu chinoumba chikamu cheblog yakatevedzana mune nhengo dzeISC's Komiti Yerusununguko uye Basa muSainzi (CFRS) vanogovana zvavanofunga nezve Vimba neSainzi yePolisi Nexus Chirevo, chakaburitswa mushure memusangano wakarongwa neInternational Science Council (ISC) uye European Commission's Joint Research Center, pamwe nerutsigiro kubva kuUS National Science Foundation.
Musangano uyu wakaunza pamwechete nyanzvi kuti dziongorore kusimba kwekuvimba nesainzi mukati mekugadzira mitemo uye kufunga nezvemubvunzo uri pakati: kusvika papi panogona kuvimba nesainzi kuti iparadzwe kubva kumibvunzo yakakura yekuvimba mumasangano edemokrasi?
Nezvomunyori: Dr. Jorge A. Huete-Pérez parizvino ipurofesa wekudzidzisa paScience, Technology and International Affairs Program (STIA) paEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service kuGeorgetown University. Iye zvakare igurukota rezvekunze reAcademy of Sciences of Nicaragua uye nhengo yeISC Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science.
Munyika dzine demokrasi dzisina kusimba, kuvimba nesainzi hakugoni kuparadzaniswa nekuvimba nemasangano edemocracy. Kana hurumende dzichishandisa kana kudzvinyirira ruzivo rwesainzi kuti dziite zvematongerwo enyika, dzinoparadza kwete chete kuvimba nesainzi neveruzhinji asiwo hwaro hwehutongi hwakavakirwa pauchapupu. Zvakaitika kuNicaragua zvinoratidza kuti kuvimbika kwesainzi kunova sei mbiru inokosha, uye inowanzova munjodzi, yehupenyu hwedemocracy.
Munguva yedenda reCOVID-19, hurumende yakasarudza kuramba uye kuregeredza pane kujekesa uye kuzvidavirira. Vakuru vakaregeredza nhungamiro dzepasi rose, vakaramba kukomba kwedambudziko iri, uye vakarambidza kuwanikwa kwedata rehutano. Masayendisiti aibvunza nezvemitemo iyi akanyaradzwa kana kusaremekedzwa. Mumamiriro ezvinhu aya, kuvimba neveruzhinji mumasangano esainzi kwakava kusingaparadzaniswi nekusavimba kwakakura mumasangano ehurumende. Kushaikwa kwedata repamutemo rakavimbika kwakawedzera kusaziva, kuvhiringidzika uye kutya.
Pakati pemamiriro ezvinhu ekudzvinyirirwa uku, Academy of Sciences yenyika, pamwe chete nedzimwe nzanga dzesainzi, vakabuda sezviratidzo zvekuvimbika nebasa reveruzhinji. Masangano aya akadzivirira rusununguko rwesainzi uye mutoro wetsika pasinei nekumanikidzwa kwakanyanya kwezvematongerwo enyika uye njodzi yemunhu. Nekuburitsa ongororo dzakazvimirira pahutano hweveruzhinji, kuchengetedza nharaunda nedzidzo, vakaratidza kuti sainzi yakavimbika haingobvi pakururama kwehunyanzvi chete asiwo paushingi hwetsika uye kuzvidavirira munharaunda.
Kuzvipira kweAcademy kukuvimbika kwesainzi kwakatangira denda iri. Nguva inokosha yakauya muna 2014, panguva yemakakatanwa pamusoro pechirongwa cheInteroceanic Canal Project, chirongwa chikuru chakatangwa sechinotsiva Panama Canal. Hurumende yakapa mvumo yakakura yepurojekiti yaizotyisidzira Lake Cocibolca, nzvimbo huru yemvura yakachena munyika, nenzvimbo dzakakura dzezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana. Academy yakaita nekuparadzira ongororo dzesainzi dzakazvimirira dzichiratidza kukuvara kwezvakatipoteredza nemagariro evanhu muchirongwa ichi. Pasinei neruvengo rwehurumende, kujeka uku kwakaita kuti Academy iremekedzwe neveruzhinji uye kwakaita kuti vagari vazive sainzi sechinhu chakanaka cheveruzhinji.
Izvi zvinoratidza kuti kuvimba nesainzi kunokura kana masayendisiti akaita zvinhu nekuvimbika, kunyangwe asina dziviriro yemasangano. Munyika dzine demokrasi dzisina kusimba, uko kutonga kwezvematongerwo enyika kunogona kukanganisa nyaya dzesainzi zviri nyore, zvikoro zvakazvimiririra, mayunivhesiti nekudyidzana kwenyika dzakasiyana-siyana ndizvo zvinochengetedza chokwadi nekuzvidavirira.
Zvidzidzo izvi zvinosimbisa kuti kusimudzira kuvimba nesainzi kunoda zvinopfuura kungogadzirisa mashoko asiriwo—zvinoda kudzivirira kuzvitonga kwesainzi pachayo. Kana masayendisiti achitsigira pachena, kusasarura uye mutoro, havangodziviriri kuvimbika kwavo chete asiwo tsika dzedemocracy dzinotsigira nzanga ine ruzivo.
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