Science diplomacy refers to the use of scientific collaboration and cooperation between countries to address global challenges or improve international relations. It involves utilizing scientific knowledge and research to foster understanding, build trust, and promote diplomacy between nations. Essentially, it combines science and diplomacy to solve problems and create a more peaceful and cooperative world.
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Rush Holt, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science family of journals, emphasized the value
of science diplomacy for both developed and developing nations.
For the final session of the workshop, participants were divided into three groups (East, Southern, and West & Central Africa) to discuss reactions to the presentations, and to identify challenges and opportunities
in science diplomacy for their region.
The president of the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan and the U.S. Secretary of State's science and technology adviser are among the global science leaders addressing participants from developing countries at the third AAAS - TWAS summer workshop
on science diplomacy on 11 - 15 July.
IYC and the ACS presidency permitted her to write and speak extensively about the role of
science diplomacy as essential for the future of world harmony and security.
This session will highlight current approaches to
science diplomacy education at universities, research institutions, scientific societies, government agencies, think tanks, and international organizations at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels.
International cooperation on law enforcement and in setting educational and standard practices is the best way to address global cybersecurity challenges, said experts during a panel at the 2017 AAAS
Science Diplomacy Conference on 29 March.
It recognizes an individual or a limited number of individuals working together in the scientific and engineering or foreign affairs communities making an outstanding contribution to
furthering science diplomacy.
He attended scientific conferences including the annual AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, the
AAAS Science Diplomacy Conference 2017, and a science and innovation and diplomacy conference hosted at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
International science cooperation expert Cathy Campbell will describe recent efforts to
promote science diplomacy in Arab countries and outline specific challenges and opportunities that may shape its evolution.
The panel will explore
how science diplomacy facilitates productive scientific collaboration while also supporting security needs.
AAAS has also been co-hosting
science diplomacy workshops in Trieste, Italy since 2014, though this was the first to be presented at AAAS headquarters.
The AAAS Center for
Science Diplomacy aims to catalyze and demonstrate the important and unique role that scientific exchange and collaboration can play between nations, regions, and across the world where there are challenging geopolitical circumstances.
A recent STPF
Science Diplomacy Affinity Group symposium shed new light on climate change and war when an expert on water resources identified climate change as a factor that also contributes to political turmoil.
Our meetings with scientists, university presidents, young entrepreneurs, and government technocrats were like any of the other places
where science diplomacy had taken us.
Zerbo was nominated for the 2018 AAAS Award for
Science Diplomacy by Pierce Corden, a former AAAS visiting scholar and current adjunct lecturer at American University's School of International Service.
At a AAAS - TWAS
science diplomacy event, researchers from Central Asia and India joined to work on climate change and agriculture.
The lecture was introduced by Fernando Quevedo, director of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and by Peter McGrath, coordinator of the
TWAS science diplomacy program.
The Center for
Science Diplomacy leverages science to build bridges between countries and to promote scientific cooperation as an essential element of foreign policy.
There is a growing number of training initiatives geared toward
providing science diplomacy knowledge and skills to both the scientific community and international relations professionals.
Moderator: Mandë Holford, Associate Professor, The City University of New York, Hunter College; Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Co-Director of the
Hurford Science Diplomacy Initiative at Rockefeller University
Session Organizer: Mandë Holford, Associate Professor, The City University of New York, Hunter College; Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Co-Director of the Hurford
Science Diplomacy Initiative at Rockefeller University
NYU science diplomacy course and club for STEM graduate students & postdocs Ursula Koniges New York University
U.S. negotiators agreed to that request, opening the door to several weeks of intense
science diplomacy between the two physicists, who overlapped at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge in the mid-1970s, when Salehi was earning a Ph.D. there in nuclear engineering.
Building on the careers and aspirations of the panelists, the session will discuss the opportunities and challenges of
developing science diplomacy curricula, the importance of experiential learning, and the need to further develop the field and opportunities for aspiring science diplomats.
She currently implements a landmark science cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's
global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Diplomacy.
Since its establishment in 2008, the Center has been a leader in
conceptualizing science diplomacy as a critical aspect of 21st century science and international relations.
The Center hosts visitors for up to one year in areas related to
science diplomacy through the Visiting Scholar Program at AAAS.
In 2017, with TWAS, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), and TWAS's Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS - ROSSA), the Center co-organized a
pilot science diplomacy course in Namibia for southern African countries.
AAAS has partnered with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) since 2011 to organize a week - long summer course at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, to
introduce science diplomacy to participants from the global south and explore key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health.
This panel will discuss the intersection in which natural history museums and science centers are arenas for shaping and
guiding science diplomacy as it pertains to working with nations of conflict, tackling STEM education, and conserving endangered species.
EXAMPLES OF
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY East German scientists at CERN International Space Station AAAS partnership with the Cuban Academy of Sciences
Center for
Science Diplomacy American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005
AAAS noted that Zerbo receiving the award highlights the continued importance of
science diplomacy leadership on the issue of nuclear testing, as well as Zerbo's substantial contributions to these efforts.
More broadly,
science diplomacy benefits foreign policy in somewhat less obvious but no less important ways: Whether we are engaging with Russia or China or Cuba or any other country, we are strongest when we can leverage our signature asset, American ingenuity and when scientific exchanges provide the basis for cooperation.
A Model for
Science Diplomacy Exposure and Training in Graduate - Level Science Education Enrique Lin Shiao University of Pennsylvania