Conference
22-24 July, European Cultural Centre of Delphi
The conference delves into Greece's scientific and cultural diplomacy across the 20th century to the present, emphasizing its impact on European and international organizations. Papers will illuminate how scientific, technological, and cu...
Simply put, science diplomacy frequently aims to influence the policy of another country in ways favourable to the first country by using science as a major tool. But how does this work in practice and is science really as exceptional and objective as policy advisors like to argue? Which comes down...
Deep transformations of the role of science in international affairs together with the rapid evolution of innovations are leading to renewed geopolitical rivalries and fragmentation. For example, the terrifying prospect of a nuclear conflict and the recent pandemic make science and health diplomacy more important than ever...
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As the Russian war in Ukraine has forced the redrawing of the global geopolitical map, national foreign science policies face novel challenges: from climate change and the role of artificial intelligence in all aspects of human life to the reemergence of the nuclear threa...
Science Diplomacy - Studies in the Historical Entanglement of Science, Technology and Diplomacy
This series seeks to place the relation among science, technology and diplomacy within a historical perspective. Works in the series may focus on the complexities of the tangled relationship between two ...
On April 24, 19:00, Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi will give a public keynote lecture on the subject of “Why Do We Need Diplomats? The Birth of Science Diplomacy and the Challenge to Be International.” The lecture is part of the symposium “Science and Diplomacy: The Physics Community in the Post-war Perio...
IKYDA project (no. 57628081)
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Schedule
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | Central European standard time
09:50 – 10:00 Introductory Words by the Organizers
Maria Rentetzi & George Vlachakis
10:00 – 10:40 ...
Deep transformations of international relationships together with the rapid evolution of innovations are leading to renewed geopolitical rivalries and fragmentation. At the same time, the terrifying prospect of a nuclear conflict makes the use of nuclear military technologies a real threat. Understa...
An interview with Professor Rentetzi was published in the latest issue of ZEIT GERMANY: Study & Research. In it, she explains what the concept of science diplomacy – which is “suddenly on everyone’s lips” – is all about, and she also gives some insight into her personal career path. Read the int...
Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi recently wrote a piece for the Diplomatic Courier, arguing for a more sophisticated science diplomacy for the 21st century.
Also, on June 9, 2022, German newspaper DIE ZEIT published an interview with Prof. Rentetzi on the value of international relations in times o...
