Science diplomacy. Using global environmental change as an opportunity for public diplomacy

Lips, K.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-1551 & Gore, M.L. (2025). Science diplomacy. Using global environmental change as an opportunity for public diplomacy. In: Handbook on Public Diplomacy. Eds. Aday, S., pp. 310-322 Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-80392-655-1 10.4337/9781803926568.00035.

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Abstract

Public diplomacy involves explaining US policy and perspectives and building relationships to foster greater collaboration and understanding of the US and the world. Science and technology increasingly permeate daily life in a multitude of ways, from providing healthy food, clean water, and new materials to enabling highly complex medical procedures and technological advances. As a result, public diplomacy relies on supplementing traditional diplomatic exchanges of education and culture with science and technology to foster international collaboration. Public diplomacy can use these scientific and technological advances to connect citizens, students, and scientific communities around the world as never before. Global environmental challenges (e.g., climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, food and water insecurity) encompass a series of interconnected issues that increase risks to well-being and security. These common threats unite people around the world in new ways and forge connections to scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs in the search for sustainable and just solutions. Global challenges do not recognize national borders and cannot be solved by individual nations, meaning that diplomats occupy solution spaces where they enable trusted relationships and cultural understanding among scientists, policymakers, and communities by integrating science and technology into public diplomacy activities. Solutions that provide benefits from science and technology to human societies require productive relationships among stakeholder groups, including public engagement with science to promote collective action from citizens and policymakers at local, regional, subnational, or national levels (Biden, 2021). Here, we capitalize on the opportunity to contribute a chapter on science diplomacy with a focus on global environmental challenges to illustrate the positive outcomes and impact that can be achieved by integrating science with public diplomacy.

Item Type:	Book Section
Research Programs:	Directorate (DIR)
Depositing User:	Michaela Rossini
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2025 08:17
Last Modified:	19 Aug 2025 08:19
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/20827

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