Rewiring science diplomacy

A new article in Science by Sir Peter Gluckman, Director of Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures, and science diplomat Vaughan Turekian explores how science diplomacy must adapt to shifting geopolitical realities.

Traditionally framed as aspirational, which focused on bridge building and dialogue, science diplomacy later took a pragmatic turn, emphasising shared problem-solving. Gluckman and Turekian argue that a third mode is now emerging: transactional science diplomacy, where science and technology are treated as strategic assets in an era of intensifying geopolitical competition.

Read the article in Science: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb4815