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20.04.2026  

Repositioning science within an uncertain and fractured world

Science diplomacy
Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
speech
03.03.2026  
Science in transition: Sir Peter Gluckman speaks at IIT Mumbai
Science diplomacy
Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
speech
23.09.2025  
Honouring science’s principles in a troubled world
Science diplomacy
View of complex machinery like a particle accelerator at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research
speech
10.04.2025  
Science diplomacy and the global state of affairs
Science diplomacy

 

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04.12.2024  
The potential of innovation and new techniques to reduce agricultural emissions
Sustainability
Sir Peter Gluckman's keynote address to the New Zealand Agriculture & Climate Change Conference 2024
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Speeches
21.11.2024  
Opening remarks to the World Science Forum 2024, Budapest
Science diplomacy
It is 25 years since ICSU (International Council for Science Unions), the predecessor of the ISC and UNESCO, convened the World Conference on Science for the 21st Century in Budapest.
Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
Speeches
21.11.2024  
Advancing science diplomacy through the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
Science diplomacy
Sir Peter Gluckman's keynote speech at the World Science Forum 2024, Budapest
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Speeches
08.11.2024  
Academic freedom
Social cohesion & resilience

Long-term thinking
Sir Peter Gluckman's speech to the Tertiary Education Union.
Speeches
23.10.2024  
Sir Peter Gluckman’s opening remarks at the Pacific Academy of Sciences launch
Science diplomacy
Sir Peter Gluckman gave his opening remarks at the launch of the Pacific Academy of Sciences.
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