On August 30, 2021 the establishment of a “European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance” was presented at the International Conference on Science Advice to Governments – INGSA 2021 “Build Back Wiser: Knowledge, Politics and Public in Dialogue”. Elke Dall (founding chair
The European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance builds on three EU projects, EL-CSID (finished 2019), S4D4C (finished 2021) and InsSciDE (will finish 2022) and was launched at the final meeting of one of them: S4D4C, Using Science In/For Diplomacy For Addressing
Date/Time Date(s) – 30/08/2021 – 02/09/2021 INGSA2021 takes place from August 30 to September 2, 2021 under the title “Build Back Wiser: Knowledge, Policy and Publics in Dialogue”. The conference takes place in a hybrid and virtual format at Palais
The Horizon 2020 project “Using Science for/in Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges” or short S4D4C (see www.s4d4c.eu) was recently concluded but the publication of results continues. Ewert Aukes, Stefan Kuhlmann and Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros from the University of Twente have recently
As featured already in the S4D4C stakeholder voice about a year ago (see https://www.s4d4c.eu/stakeholders-voices-5-a-conversation-with-the-central-european-initiative), science diplomacy is a priority for the Central European Initiative (CEI). In their CEI Plan of Action 2021-2023, an objective to support science diplomacy is included.
In his recent article (June 8, 2021) Andy Tay, Presidential Young Professor at National University of Singapore and WEF Young Scientist, recommends the training programmes and sources for researchers how to understand the interface between science and foreign policy. He
The positions that are called for are: PhD student/ Research Assistant Part-time (65%) / E 13 TV-L, contract 36 months Starting date: 1 September 2021. Deadline for applications: 30 June 2021. Interviews: 15-16 July 2021. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is looking for
At the final meeting of S4D4C, the three cluster projects and their partners announced the launch of an EU Science Diplomacy Alliance for Addressing Global Challenges. According to the most recent publication from the S4D4C project: Elorza, A., Melchor, L.,
As the interaction between science and public policy becomes more important to societal development and environmental stewardship at both the national and international levels, there is a growing need to examine the principles underpinning these interactions, as well as the
The article provides another noteworthy example of Science Diplomacy – including North Korea. In a typical international scientific collaboration, the hardest steps are often developing a strong research idea, building a team, formulating a proposal, and obtaining funding. However, because
