Science Diplomacy in Times of Global Crisis with EU Science Diplomacy Alliance
Science diplomacy is an often-promulgated concept for tackling global challenges in an increasingly interconnected and competitive world order. Science diplomacy fosters peace and understanding between nations and has often been utilized to argue for more cooperation and openness among adverse states. Can science diplomacy keep up with its promise in an ever-more fragmented multipolar world? Does the concept and its basic tenets need to be revised, or has science diplomacy never been more valid and important?
This event explores science diplomacy in current global affairs from at least two perspectives in times of multiple crises: the need for openness and collaboration in tackling global challenges and the need for safeguarding indisputable values, principles and interests. The first perspective will be addressed with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (Session 1: “Open science diplomacy for an ethical and trustworthy global AI”), and the second perspective will be covered by attending to the risks of foreign interference, intellectual property right, misinformation and manipulation in international science cooperation (Session 2: “Science diplomacy in a fragmented, multipolar world”).
Both sessions will take place on Friday morning, September 15th.