Abstract
This introduction examines the growing interest in science diplomacy and the parallel lack of in-depth historical studies on this new concept. In particular, we first show how the recent attention toward science diplomacy has led to a proliferation of hagiographic accounts reflecting the urgency to support its growth rather than truly investigate its ancestry. We then turn to consider how our historical understanding of science diplomacy could be improved, and how this knowledge could equally be of significance to science diplomacy practitioners today. This essay is part of a special issue entitled Science Diplomacy, edited by Giulia Rispoli and Simone Turchetti.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-339 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Sept 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:29. See the commission website: https://diplomacy.science.blog/. The first commission conference, “Diplomats in Science Diplomacy,” took place at the Niels Bohr Institute on 19–20 July 2019. The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science has recently organized a conference series on “Science, Technology and Diplomacy during the Cold War and Beyond” (www. mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/cold-war-series-2019-20). 30. Thanks to the funding from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in the context of the SPRINT initiative (http://www.fapesp.br/en/10571). 31. See www.insscide.eu/and innscidsp.com/. 32. See, in particular, the EU project S4D4C at www.s4d4c.eu/.
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Keywords
- Decolonization
- Historiography
- Imperialism
- International relations
- Science diplomacy
- Scientific diplomacy
- Soft power