International Council for Science

International Council for Science
Abbreviation	ISC
Merged into	International Social Science Council
Successor	International Science Council
Formation	1931
Dissolved	July 2018
Type	INGO
Headquarters	Paris, France
President	Peter Gluckman
Website	council.science
Formerly called	International Council of Scientific Unions

The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members were national scientific bodies and international scientific unions.

In 2017, the ICSU comprised 122 multi-disciplinary National Scientific Members, Associates and Observers representing 142 countries and 31 international, disciplinary Scientific Unions. ICSU also had 22 Scientific Associates.^[1] In July 2018, ICSU merged with the International Social Science Council (ISSC) to form the International Science Council (ISC) at a constituent general assembly in Paris.^[2]

^ ICSU's Our Members web page, updated on 6 October 2017
^ "Introduction · Documentation on the ICSU/ISSC merger process". icsu-issc.gitbooks.io. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[1] ICSU's Our Members web page, updated on 6 October 2017

[2] "Introduction · Documentation on the ICSU/ISSC merger process". icsu-issc.gitbooks.io. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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