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Policy Brief on Science Diplomacy Capacity Building: Current State and Future Directions

11/2024  |  The EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

Authors  Katharina Höne, Maria Josten, Simone Arnaldi, Paul Berkman, Theodota Lagouri, Alessandro Lombardo, Jean-Christophe Mauduit, Peter F. McGrath, Ralf Mitschke, Christine Nardini

This position paper summarises the current practice and thinking of Alliance members on science diplomacy capacity building. It is based on a qualitative and quantitative data collection via an online...

THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON STUDENT AND ACADEMIC MOBILITY

10/2024  |  Department of Science Policy, Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK (SRUK/CERU)

Authors  Sara Alvira de Celis, Igor Arrieta. Cristina Barrero Sicilia, Rafael Carrascosa Marzo, Irene Echeverria Altuna, Javier Pardo Díaz

Building European Science Diplomacy from the Bottom Up

10/2024  |  Science&Diplomacy

Authors  Jan Marco Müller

The article discusses the development of a science diplomacy agenda at the European level and the bottom-up, inclusive co-creation process initiated and coordinated by the European Commission.

Science Diplomacy and the Rise of Technopoles

10/2024  |  Issues in Science and Technology

Authors  Vaughan Turekian, Peter Gluckman

During the era of increasing globalization, science diplomacy was a key tool for addressing global challenges. Today, among fracturing alliances, the field must evolve.

Leveraging Science Diplomacy in Times of Conflict

07/2024  |  Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Authors  Luk Van Langenhove & Eric Piaget

War and conflict have profound effects on society, including the critical fields of science. The paper argues that scientific protectionism, which includes restricting international collaborations and...

Shaping science diplomacy: Perspectives of universities of science & technology

06/2024  |  CESAER

On 18 June, CESAER published its position paper called 'Shaping science diplomacy: Perspectives of universities of science & technology'. The association welcomes ongoing efforts towards a European...

Europe reviews science diplomacy policy after Ukraine invasion shock

06/2024  |  Science Business

Authors  David Matthews

Commission is to set out a new framework for how research can bolster diplomacy. It is not clear if links with Russia are helpful.

Science and Sanctions: Lessons Learned from Twelve Years of Collaboration with the DPRK (North Korea)

05/2024  |  Science&Diplomacy

Authors  James Hammond

The use of international sanctions has increased dramatically since the end of the second World War (Figure 1) and these have become more complex due to their multinational nature when implemented...

A comparison of British and German parliamentary discourses on science diplomacy over time

02/2024  |  Global Policy

Authors  Anna-Lena Rüland and Nicolas Rüffin

How do members of parliament of different political parties discuss ‘science diplomacy’ – broadly speaking all activities at the intersection of science and foreign policy – on the...

Strengthening Science Diplomacy In and For Europe Through Horizon Europe

02/2024  |  EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

Authors  Luk Van Langenhove, Diana Shendrikova, Claire Mays

Co-Authors, Contributors   Javier Pardo-Diaz, Jean-Christophe Mauduit, Izaskun Lacunza, Charlotte Rungius, Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Martin Reinhart, Emanuela Colombo, Elke Dall

The European Science Diplomacy Alliance POLICY BRIEF "Strengthening Science Diplomacy In and For Europe Through Horizon Europe" was prepared by Luk Van Langenhove, Diana Shendrikova and Claire Mays...

Research, innovation, and technology policy in times of geopolitical competition

10/2023  |  Publications Office of the European Union

Authors  Dixson-Declève, Sandrine; Renda, Andrea; Schwaag Serger, Sylvia; Soete, Luc; Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Christophilopoulos, Epaminondas; Dunlop, Kirsten; Martins, Francisca; Pedersen, Gitte; Walz, Rainer; Charveriat, Céline; Isaksson, Darja; Mir Roca, Montserrat; Stres, Spela; Golebiowska-Tataj, Daria; Huang, Ailin

In its latest publication, the Expert Group on the Economic and Societal Impact of Research and Innovation (ESIR) underlines how Europe’s established model of openness is being challenged. In an era...

New architectures for bottom-up science diplomacy: Learning from the evolving Portuguese diaspora in the UK

08/2023  |  Global Policy

Authors  Luís Miguel Lacerda, Manuel Heitor, Jean-Christophe Mauduit

Scientific diasporas and related non-state actors have increasingly been coming into play to permeate and promote modern science diplomacy. However, these non-formal collaborative architectures are...

Science Diplomacy: Foundations and Practice

09/2023  |  EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste

Authors  Ed. Simone Arnaldi

What is science diplomacy? Why is it important in a world marked by global challenges such as climate change and confrontation between great powers? What knowledge can be mobilised to study this...

Seminar Report 2023: Thinking, Debating, and Shaping Science Diplomacy

02/2023

Authors  Eric Piaget, Diana Shendrikova, Luciana Radut-Gaghi, and Luk Van Langenhove

The field of science diplomacy holds immense potential for addressing global challenges and fostering ...

Comprendre l’essor de la diplomatie scientifique

05/2023  |  The Conversation

Authors  Marielle Payaud, Olfa Zéribi

Our dear colleagues and Alliance members from the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) Marielle Payaud and Olfa Zéribi recently published an interesting piece in "The Conversation". Titled...

History and Science Diplomacy (Histoire et diplomatie scientifique)

02/2022  |  Histoire, Europe et Relations Internationales

Authors  edited by Léonard Laborie

Co-Authors, Contributors   Léonard Laborie, Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Daniella Palmberg and Pierre-Bruno Ruffini et. al.

This special issue on history and science diplomacy is published in French, but also contains highly interesting contributions in English language. Among the team of authors are Léonard Laborie,...

The Precarious Balance Between Research Openness and Security

03/2023  |  Issues in Science and Technology

Authors  Colglazier, E. William

Colloquia on Science Diplomacy MMXXII

06/2023  |  Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.A

Authors  Edited by Roberto Antonelli, Giorgio Parisi and Wolfango Plastino

The Colloquia on Science Diplomacy, organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, promote the values of Diplomacy...

Where is the Global South in the Science Diplomacy Narrative?

12/2022  |  SSRN - Elsevier

Authors  Andrei Polejack, Jenice Goveas, Sam Robinson, Tim Flink, Gabriela Ferreira

Despite the mainstreaming of trendy terms such as ‘inclusivity, diversity and Global South’, there still exists an unfortunate under-representation of the Global South in science diplomacy...

POST rapid response: Science Diplomacy (Nov. 2022)

11/2022  |  UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

The UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology published a Rapid response on the topic of Science Diplomacy on Thursday, 10 November, 2022. It provides an overview of science diplomacy,...

Annotated collection of guidance for secure and successful international R&I cooperation: 2022 update

07/2022  |  EU Knowledge Network on China (EU KNOC)

This document is an update to the “Analysis of current and publicly available documents on securing international science cooperation” that was published within the EU Knowledge Network on China...

Commission Communication on a European strategy for universities

01/2022  |  European Commission

In the communication, the European Commission emphasises the role of Universities as "Drivers of Europe's Global Role and Leadership" - reaching out to the world, building Europe's connections and...

Innovations in Science Diplomacy (​​JSPG-UCL STEaPP Special Issue)

08/2022  |  Journal of Science Policy & Governance

The Department of Science Technology, Engineering & Public Policy, University College London (one of the associated partners of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance) partnered with the Journal of Science...

Council Conclusions on EU Digital Diplomacy

07/2022  |  Council of the EU

The Council agreed on a more concerted European approach to the challenges posed by new digital technologies and approved conclusions on EU digital diplomacy.

The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy

06/2022  |  IIASA

The "IIASA 50th Anniversary Science Diplomacy Event - the Need for International Scientific Cooperation and Multilateralism" was held on 14 June 2022 in Vienna, Austria. It brought together members of...

All-Atlantic ocean research alliance: a success story of ocean science diplomacy

07/2022  |  Publications Office of the European Union

Authors  Nemeth, S.(editor), Casarotto, E.(editor), Gruber, S.(editor), McDonagh, L.(editor), Segebarth, N.(editor), Nagy, E.(editor)

In February 2020, EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel described the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance as a “concrete positive example” of science diplomacy. It is an SD effort between countries...

Science Diplomacy Edition of MCAA Newsletter June 2022

06/2022  |  MCAA

The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) placed special focus on science diplomacy in their June 2022 newsletter. The edition is guest edited by Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen and Mostafa Moonir Shawrav...

Dispatches from the South China Sea: Navigating to Common Ground

07/2022  |  Universal Publishers

Authors  James Borton

The impact of continuous coastal development, reclamation, destruction of corals, overfishing and increased maritime traffic places all of us on the front lines of preserving our oceans. Marine...

Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Challenge of Science Diplomacy – Ch. 10

07/2022  |  Brill

Authors  Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

‘Science diplomacy’ (SD) appeared at the beginning of the present millennium as a new vocabulary and concept to describe some of the contemporary interactions between science and technology (S&T)...

Tackling R&I foreign interference. European Commission Staff working document

05/2022  |  European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

This publication presents the Staff Working Document on tackling R&I foreign interference. Foreign interference occurs when activities are carried out by, or on behalf of, a foreign state-level actor,...

Knowledge power Europe (S4D4C research article)

03/2022  |  Journal of European Integration

Authors  Mitchell Young and Pauline Ravinet

In the longstanding debate over how to characterize the EU as a global actor, knowledge is conspicuously missing. We introduce the term Knowledge Power Europe to emphasize the importance of knowledge...

Leveraging Science Diplomacy in an Era of Geo-Economic Rivalry: Towards a European strategy

03/2022  |  Ui Report

Authors  Björn Fägersten

Research and innovation are at the pinnacle of great power rivalry and fuel states’ competition over markets, innovation, and influence. This strategy report sketches out what science diplomacy can...

Marseille Declaration on International Cooperation in Research and Innovation

03/2022  |  French Presidency of the Council of the European Union

The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised on 8 March 2022 in Marseille a conference on a global approach of research, innovation and higher education gathering the Ministers...

Alliance Policy Paper: Stressing the Importance of Science Diplomacy within EU Higher Education

01/2022  |  European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance

Authors   Eric Piaget, Andrease Müller, Maria Josten, Nadia Meyer and Mostafa Shawrav

In January 2022, the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance published a policy paper on the importance of science diplomacy within higher education as the Commission prepares to release the EU...

Science and Innovation Diplomacy in the Mediterranean

11/2021  |  Union for the Mediterranean

Authors  Marga Gual Soler and Alicia Perez-Porro

Co-Authors, Contributors   Anna Dorangricchia

Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation: Work of the Science Diplomacy Task Force

12/2021  |  SFIC

SFIC has summarised its achievements in a comprehensive overview paper that also contains a number of topics related to the new ERA actions and the R&I Pact. It is therefore not only a retrospective...

Water Diplomacy – The New Modus Operandi of EU Diplomacy? Innovative Methods in Diplomatic Practice

07/2021  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Eliska Tomalová and Eliska Ullrichová

ERA European Science Diplomacy Agenda

01/2021  |  European Commission

On November 26, 2021, the Pact for Research and Innovation and the Policy Agenda with ERA actions have been adopted at the Competitiveness Council setting out common values and principles for R&I for...

Taking the pulse of science diplomacy and developing practices of valuation

11/2021  |  Science and Public Policy

Authors  Tim Flink

Science diplomacy has caught remarkable attention in public policy and academic research over the last fifteen years. However, the concept is plagued by a huge talk–action discrepancy: its public...

Envisioning a “science diplomacy 2.0”: on data, global challenges, and multi-layered networks

11/2020  |  Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Authors  Simone Turchetti and Robert Lalli

The term “science diplomacy” broadly identifies interactions between scientific and foreign policy communities connected to the promotion of international scientific exchanges (also as a way to...

Advancing the Role of Science Diplomacy in the EU: Proposals from the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance to Strengthen the EU’s Global Approach to Research and Innovation

11/2021  |  EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

Authors  Van Langenhove, Luk, Piaget, Eric, Young, Mitchell, Dall, Elke, Gual Soler, Marga, Josten, Maria, Reschke, Stella, Bertelsen, Rasmus

The European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance has prepared an opinion paper in response to the European Commission’s communication on the Global Approach to Research and Innovation, ‘Europe’s...

Study on Austrian actors, networks and activities in the field of science diplomacy

09/2021  |  Centre for Social Innovation

Authors  Plumhans, Laure-Anne und Dall, Elke and Schuch, Klaus

This study examines science diplomacy in Austria. ZSI was commissioned by the BMBWF between February and September 2021 to research how science diplomacy is currently understood and implemented and...

Space diplomacy in the Cold War context: Cooperation vs. competition – WSDS21 Case Study

08/2021

Authors  Olga Dubrovina

As part of Warsaw Science Diplomacy School 2021 (WSDS), this case explores the repercussions of international relations in space during the Cold War. The WSDS is organized by the Horizon 2020 project...

Science Diplomacy Review – April 2021

04/2021  |  Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

SFIC Opinion on the European Commission Communication „Global approach to research and innovation – Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in achanging world”

09/2021

Authors  Strategic Forum on International Cooperation (SFIC)

The Strategic Forum on International Cooperation published on 23 September 2021 the SFIC Opinion on the European Commission Communication „Global approach to research and innovation - Europe's...

Council Conlusions on the EU Global Approach to Research and Innovation

09/2021

Authors  Council of the European Union

Among other aspects the conclusions underline the importance of openness and international cooperation in research infrastructures for the advancement of science, science diplomacy, tackling global...

Global Approach to Research and Innovation

05/2021

Authors  European Commission

The Global Approach to Research and Innovation (R&I) presents the Commission's perspective for Europe's strategy on international cooperation in research and innovation. It was launched in May 2021

A repository for bilateral science and technology agreements: B-STA-R

04/2021  |  Rüffin, Nicolas

Authors  WZB - Berlin Social Science Center

The B-STA-R dataset provides information on more than 1138 bilateral agreements on cooperation in matters of science and technology, mostly concluded by countries of the G20 and OECD in the period...

France’s Science Diplomacy

06/2020  |  Science Diplomacy

Authors  Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

France is a country that builds on science diplomacy to bridge science, technology, and foreign affairs, and devotes to it substantial financial and human resources. French science diplomacy, however,...

Governing Technosciences in the Age of Grand Challenges

01/2020  |  Technology and Culture

Authors  Stathis Arapostathis, Léonard Laborie

This article explores the co-shaping of global challenges and governance of science and technology through time. It aims to address the issue of governance of science and technology as...

Building a Science Diplomacy Curriculum

08/2020  |  Frontiers in Education

Authors  Jean-Christophe Mauduit and Marga Gual Soler

What Is a Science Diplomat?

08/2020  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Lorenzo Melchor

The Sensationalist Discourse of Science Diplomacy: A Critical Reflection

08/2020  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Tim Flink

For almost twenty years, the concept of science diplomacy has gained momentum in a public discourse that brings together science policy and international affairs. While some policy actions were newly...

Collaboration and Competition: The Twofold Logic of Science Diplomacy

08/2020  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

Innovation Diplomacy: A New Concept for Ancient Practices?

08/2020  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Pascal Griset

This essay questions the concept of innovation diplomacy to determine its true perimeter and its different dimensions. To this end, it quickly addresses the strong points of an argument that appeared...

Decolonizing Science Diplomacy: A Case Study of the Dominican Republic’s COVID-19 Response

03/2021  |  Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

Authors  Aída Mencía-Ripley, Robert Paulino-Ramírez, Juan Ariel Jiménez, Odile Camilo

The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare systems globally to handle a dramatic surge in healthcare utilization while also taxing available testing resources. In the context of healthcare systems in...

Introduction to the Forum on Science Diplomacy

08/2020  |  The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Authors  Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

Science and Diplomacy around the Earth: From the Man and Biosphere Programme to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

09/2020

Authors  Giulia Rispoli and Doubravka Olšáková

In this article we discuss two phases in the evolution of global environmental programs, namely the Man and Biosphere Programme and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, with the aim of...

The (Science Diplomacy) Origins of the Cold War

09/2020

Authors  Simone Turchetti

The US monopoly of information regarding nuclear weapons was one of the distinctive features of the early Cold War. It encouraged US officials to bolster their country’s hegemonic role in post-war...

Just Needham to Nixon? On Writing the History of “Science Diplomacy”

09/2020

Authors  Simone Turchetti, Matthew Adamson, Giulia Rispoli, Doubravka Olšáková, Sam Robinson

This introduction examines the growing interest in science diplomacy and the parallel lack of in-depth historical studies on this new concept. In particular, we first show how the recent attention...

Early Twentieth-Century Ocean Science Diplomacy: Competition and Cooperation among North Sea Nations

09/2020

Authors  Sam Robinson

This paper is a response to a 2018 call for greater understanding of how previous examples of marine science diplomacy could help shape present day efforts to draft a new law of the sea that protects...

In Praise of a Historical Storytelling Approach in Science Education

09/2020

Authors  Daniel Gamito-Marques

In the 1970s and 1980s, the use of history of science in science education was controversial. In the three last decades attitudes have changed, but the question of best practice has not been...

Friends in fission: US–Brazil relations and the global stresses of atomic energy, 1945–1955

09/2020

Authors  Matthew Adamson, Simone Turchetti

This article considers a relatively unknown episode in the early Cold War that involved the US and Brazil, as well as a number of other countries. From 1950, the leading figure in Brazil's nuclear...

On the road to Stockholm: A case study of the failure of Cold War international environmental initiatives (Prague Symposium, 1971)

Authors  Jiří Janáč, Doubravka Olšáková

In May 1971, the Czechoslovak capital hosted an international conference on the environment that brought together high-ranking government officials and scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain....

A Matter of Courtesy: The Role of Soviet Diplomacy and Soviet “System Safeguards” in Maintaining Soviet Influence on Czechoslovak Science before and after 1968

12/2020

Authors  Doubravka Olšáková

In 1969, a few short months after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Sergei I. Prasolov, advisor to the Soviet Ambassador in Prague, informed František Šorm, President of the Czechoslovak...

Science for Competition among Powers: Geographical Knowledge, Colonial‐Diplomatic Networks, and the Scramble for Africa

11/2020  |  History of Science and Humanities

Authors  Daniel Gamito‐Marques

Historical studies on the relationship between science and diplomacy tend to focus on events since World War II and on initiatives for the maintenance of peace or to achieve cooperation over...

Global resilience through knowledge-based cooperation: a new Protocol for Science Diplomacy

08/2021

Authors  Aukes E.; Wilsdon J.; Ordóñez-Matamoros G.; and Kuhlmann S

Diplomats in Science Diplomacy: Promoting Scientific and Technological Collaboration in International Relations

12/2020

Authors  Lif Lund Jacobsen, Doubravka Olšáková

A nuclear monument the size of a football field: The diplomatic construction of soil nuclearity in the Palomares accident (Spain, 1966)

04/2021

Authors  Clara Florensa

The scientific object and material diplomacy: The shipment of radioisotopes from the United States to Japan in 1950

04/2021

Authors  Kenji Ito

This paper asks how a scientific object functions in a diplomatic context by examining the distribution of radioisotopes by the United States to Japan in 1950. In particular, it aims to shed light on...

The seismograph as a diplomatic object: The Soviet–American exchange of instruments, 1958–1964

06/2021

Authors  Lif Lund Jacobsen, Irina Fedorova, Julia Lajus

Orphaned atoms: The first Moroccan reactor and the frameworks of nuclear diplomacy

11/2020

Authors  Matthew Adamson

Materialized internationalism: How the IAEA made the Vinča Dosimetry Experiment, and how the experiment made the IAEA

02/2021  |  Centaurus

Authors  Toshihiro Higuchi, Jacques E. C. Hymans

After a deadly 1958 nuclear reactor accident in Vinča, Yugoslavia, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) engaged in intensive nuclear diplomacy to assemble a major international scientific...

Romancing science for global solutions: on narratives and interpretative schemas of science diplomacy

09/2020  |  Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Authors  Charlotte Rungius and Tim Flink

In recent years, the concept of science diplomacy has gained remarkable ground in public policy. Calling for closer cooperation between actors from science and foreign policy, it is often being...

The Unflinching Mr. Smith and the Nuclear Age

12/2020  |  The History of Science and Humanities

Authors  Simone Turchetti

This article focuses on the U.S. diplomat and nuclear arms control negotiator Gerald (Gerry) Coat Smith in order to cast new light on the importance of diplomats in the context of the set of...