TY - JOUR
T1 - Global resilience through knowledge-based cooperation
T2 - a new Protocol for Science Diplomacy
AU - Aukes, Ewert
AU - Wilsdon, James
AU - Ordóñez-Matamoros, Gonzalo
AU - Kuhlmann, Stefan
N1 - Funding Information:
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 770342 (Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges [S4D4C]).
Funding Information:
The authors begin by observing that many of the contemporary societal problems can only be solved with the help of international cooperation and scientific knowledge, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic being a case in point. For policies and initiatives at this nexus of science and foreign policy, Aukes et al. distilled 12 overarching principles that aim to "help to create a constructive and productive interaction space." They distinguish procedural from infrastructural principles. The former are meant to be considered in the design of actual SD-projects; the latter address prerequisites of successful SD-policies. Yet the authors do not provide the reader with a toolbox of ready-made solutions but rather a framework of ideas that should guide the design of (any) SD-initiative. Nevertheless, the principles are not theoretically deduced guidelines. On the contrary, each point is supported by, and rooted in, empirical findings from a Horizon 2020 research project.
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Copyright: © 2021 Aukes E et al.
PY - 2021/8/18
Y1 - 2021/8/18
N2 - The world is currently dealing with one of the most severe health, economic and social crises in recent memory, through coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Scholars are converging on the perspective that traditional means of addressing these crises have served their time. On the additional backdrop of a global political landscape in transition, realising a post-pandemic recovery will require new modes of international collaboration with scientific knowledge and expertise figuring more prominently. A smart approach to science diplomacy—to global resilience through knowledge-based cooperation—does not prescribe the content, but rather focuses on the process of science-based international exchange. The new Protocol for Science Diplomacy presented in this policy brief inspires the alignment of shared, cosmopolitan interests and their application to cross-border societal challenges. It comprises a set of 12 procedural and infrastructural principles with which actors can create a space for constructive and productive science diplomacy interactions. These principles are: sensitivity; inclusiveness; transparency; deliberation; reciprocity; complementarity & manoeuvrability; legitimacy; alignment; evaluation; capacities; capabilities; trust. Our Protocol for Science Diplomacy identifies ground rules for international scientific and policy collaboration that enable us, inter alia, to make meaningful steps towards tackling the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by their 2030 deadline. As such, it offers a roadmap for science diplomacy in the next decade and beyond.
AB - The world is currently dealing with one of the most severe health, economic and social crises in recent memory, through coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Scholars are converging on the perspective that traditional means of addressing these crises have served their time. On the additional backdrop of a global political landscape in transition, realising a post-pandemic recovery will require new modes of international collaboration with scientific knowledge and expertise figuring more prominently. A smart approach to science diplomacy—to global resilience through knowledge-based cooperation—does not prescribe the content, but rather focuses on the process of science-based international exchange. The new Protocol for Science Diplomacy presented in this policy brief inspires the alignment of shared, cosmopolitan interests and their application to cross-border societal challenges. It comprises a set of 12 procedural and infrastructural principles with which actors can create a space for constructive and productive science diplomacy interactions. These principles are: sensitivity; inclusiveness; transparency; deliberation; reciprocity; complementarity & manoeuvrability; legitimacy; alignment; evaluation; capacities; capabilities; trust. Our Protocol for Science Diplomacy identifies ground rules for international scientific and policy collaboration that enable us, inter alia, to make meaningful steps towards tackling the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by their 2030 deadline. As such, it offers a roadmap for science diplomacy in the next decade and beyond.
KW - cosmopolitan realism
KW - knowledge-based cooperation
KW - protocol
KW - science diplomacy
U2 - 10.12688/f1000research.55199.1
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.55199.1
M3 - Article
VL - 10
JO - F1000Research
JF - F1000Research
M1 - 827
ER -
