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Abstract
Grand societal challenges require collective action within and across national borders. Effective action is expected from Europe and it requires targeted inter-governmental and diplomatic efforts and the mobilisation of appropriate scientific knowledge. Science Diplomacy is a promising mechanism to address these grand societal challenges. We understand science diplomacy generally as collaborations between stakeholders from science, policy and diplomacy, which involve various governmental or diplomatic organisations as well as non-governmental scientific organisations. The complexity arising from the existing variety of mechanisms and stakeholders precludes a clear-cut definition of who should ‘do’ science diplomacy in what way. And many stakeholders that could be labelled ‘science diplomacy organisation’ would not do so themselves. This presents challenges for organising the governance of science diplomacy. We suggest here that governing mechanisms for science diplomacy in Europe must observe four premises to be effective. These premises include (a) grand societal challenges require both diplomatic efforts and science-based knowledge, (b) sciencebased knowledge production is diverse and evolving, (c) diplomacy means reconciling a variety of interests, and (d) Science Diplomacy requires combined science and diplomacy literacy. These premises set the stage for the development of governance mechanisms for science diplomacy. Taken seriously, they lead to governance practices that do not pre-define what science diplomacy is, but give interested stakeholders the guidance they need to develop effective science diplomacy mechanisms themselves. This will be presented in a later policy recommendation brief.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Vienna |
Publisher | S4D4C |
Number of pages | 12 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
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Science Diplomacy in the Making – towards effective practice
Stefan Kuhlmann (Invited speaker) & Ewert J. Aukes (Speaker)
24 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Co-creation Workshop: A Science Diplomacy framework – Flexible guidance 2019
Ewert J. Aukes (Organiser), Stefan Kuhlmann (Discussion leader), Gonzalo Ordonez Matamoros (Panel member) & Sanaz Honarmand Ebrahimi (Organiser)
11 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Eu-SPRI conference 2019
Ewert J. Aukes (Discussion leader)
5 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Meta-Governance for Science Diplomacy - towards a European framework
Aukes, E. J., Ordonez Matamoros, G. & Kuhlmann, S., Jul 2019, Enschede: Universiteit Twente - Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STePS), 16 p. (STePS working paper series "Science, Technology & Policy Studies"; vol. 2019, no. 01).Research output: Working paper
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S4D4C - Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges
Aukes, E. J., Honarmand Ebrahimi, S., Ordonez Matamoros, G. & Kuhlmann, S., 5 Nov 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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