Science diplomacy and the global state of affairs

There are urgent and deep challenges to international science. The role of science in addressing the global commons is compromised. There is a growing cultural and political focus on institutions that produce science and on universities and on international collaboration. The science production system is at risk

This address by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, president of the International Science Council, was presented on 27 March 2025 at the European Union Network of Science Advisors and Science Diplomacy Coordinators in Ministries of Foreign Affairs, a satellite event to UNESCO’s Global Ministerial Dialogue on Science Diplomacy. 

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