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AASCO-2

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | March 28, 2024

The Arena for the gap analysis of the existing Arctic Science Co-Operations (AASCO-2) project began its 2023-2025 dialogue in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, during the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) on 23-24 March 2024. This transdisciplinary project is funded by the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco with the University of the Arctic (UArctic) as a…

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Conflict or Common Interests? Negotiation Choices with Science Diplomacy

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | March 15, 2024

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution series is sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The seminar considers ways to strengthen the capacity to prevent, resolve, and transform ethnonational conflicts. Part One of a two-part Kelman Seminar series on common-interest building in negotiation…

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European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group Initiative (Vienna, Austria – March 2024)

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | March 12, 2024

European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group 4 (WG4) on building capacity for European science diplomacy convened a two-day co-creation workshop during 6-7 March 2024, hosted by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analyses (IIASA) and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. The initiative, announced by the European Commission in 2023, emerged from the Global Approach Implementation…

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Cold War Lessons for Arctic Diplomacy

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | March 1, 2024

The attached Correspondence about Russia’s Arctic Council Threat Requires Lessons from Cold War Science Diplomacy was written by Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman and published in published in Nature on 29 February 2024: Russia’s threat to withdraw from the Arctic Council is a matter for global concern, with burning cold-war security issues becoming hot again. Since…

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Building Bridges Between the Arctic and Asia

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | March 1, 2024

The 2nd Hokkaido Arctic Initiative for Future Earth and SDG’s (HAI-FES) International Workshop on “Building Bridges between the Arctic and Asia” was convened in Sapporo, Japan, at Hokkaido University on 27 February 2024. Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman shared observations about Science Diplomacy with Informed Decisionmaking Empowers Arctic Sustainable Development.

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Arctic Science Diplomacy: Charting a Path Through Conflict

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | February 21, 2024

The Arctic Science Diplomacy: Charting a Path Through Conflict panel was convened at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Denver on 15 February 2024. This session was organized and moderated by Prof. Saleem Ali from the University of Delaware to consider: How might science diplomacy mitigate the new Cold…

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Navigating Collaborative Futures

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | February 14, 2024

Sponsored by Global Affairs Canada, the International Science and Technology Partnership (ISTP) expert panel was convened by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) to answer the question: In a post-COVID world, how can Canadian public, private and academic organizations evaluate and prioritize STI partnership opportunities with foreign countries to achieve key national objectives, using indicators…

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Arctic Science Diplomacy – The Next Generation

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | January 25, 2024

A panel dialogue with next-generation science diplomats was convened in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 20 October 2023 at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 and can be view on the Science Diplomacy Centerâ„¢ YouTube Channel. The goal of the ‘Arctic Science Diplomacy – The Next Generation’ session was to inspire next-generation science diplomats, helping to build common…

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Arctic Science and Technology Advice with Ministries

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | January 25, 2024

Synthesis 7 in the Science Diplomacy Action serial from the Science Diplomacy Centerâ„¢ emerged from the panel session on Arctic Science and Technology Advice with Ministries, which was convened during the Arctic Circle Japan Forum in Tokyo on 5 March 2023. This session built on transdisciplinary dialogues with the February-March 2022 webinar series on Enhancing…

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International Science Council (ISC) Appoints New Fellows

By Science Diplomacy Center™ | December 20, 2023

The International Science Council (ISC) announced on 19 December 2023 that it has appointed 100 new ISC Fellows, in recognition of outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good.” The Fellowship is the highest honour that can be conferred on an individual by the International Science Council.” Together with the 123 individuals that…