{"id":22405,"date":"2019-12-23T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T08:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iiasa.ac.at\/?p=22405"},"modified":"2019-12-23T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T09:14:07","slug":"vienna-as-a-global-hub-for-science-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iiasa.ac.at\/2019\/12\/23\/vienna-as-a-global-hub-for-science-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna as a global hub for science diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jan Marco M<\/em>\u00fcller<\/em>, IIASA Acting Chief Operations Officer<\/em><\/p>\n

Jan Marco M<\/em>\u00fcller shares his insights into the recent high-level forum in Vienna that brought together science advisors to ministers of foreign affairs from across the world and other experts in the practice, theory, and discussion of science diplomacy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Established following an initiative by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, IIASA can be considered a child of diplomacy for science<\/em>. At the same time, the institute has always been one of the world\u2019s premier vehicles of science for diplomacy<\/em>, by using science to build bridges between nations including those with special relations. However, there is another dimension of science diplomacy which has gained traction in recent years: the support scientists can provide to diplomats and policymakers in the foreign policy domain \u2013 known as science in diplomacy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 IIASA<\/p><\/div>\n

As global challenges become more complex and interdependent and technological progress advances at an ever-increasing speed, the scientific-technical dimension of foreign policies has gained increasing attention. This is illustrated by four examples:<\/p>\n