Science Diplomacy
IIASA was established in 1972 during the Cold War to “build scientific bridges” between East and West. The initiative of US President Lyndon B. Johnson to create an international research organization found support from Soviet Prime Minister Alexey Kosygin. Negotiations took several years and in 1972 IIASA was founded by twelve National Member Organizations from Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, UK, USA, USSR and West Germany.
IIASA continues to successfully provide scientific insight to policymakers worldwide by finding solutions to global problems through applied systems analysis. Building on its strengths, and within its overall research framework, IIASA delivers impact globally and to its member countries by helping them to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations through science diplomacy and through scientific input to international negotiations.
With global problems becoming more complex and the world more divided, the concept of science diplomacy gained new traction. Science diplomacy is seen as a tool to foster relations between nations and as scientific support to foreign policies. Science diplomacy helps to ensure that foreign policies, as well as global policy efforts, remain informed by scientific evidence.
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Grimes R, Ibrahim J, Iorno N, Kinyungu N, Kishi T, Kishida E, Konarzewski M, Kreivienė D, et al. (2018). Science Diplomacy – To 2030 and Beyond. Science Diplomacy Center, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Müller JM & Bona M (2018). Past, Present, and Future of Science Diplomacy in Europe. Science & Diplomacy
Arimoto T, Barros LF, Bergmann M, Berkman PA, AL-Bulushi YBA, Colglazier WE, Copeland D, Chernukhin E, et al. (2017). A Global Network of Science and Technology Advice in Foreign Ministries. Science Diplomacy Action - An Incidental Serial for Rigorous Meeting Syntheses 1: 1-20.