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1. Diplomacy is facing many challenges because of globalisation and digitalisation. From the list below, select the challenge that is NOT affecting diplomacy.

a. The rise of additional stakeholders in public diplomacy beyond state actors
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b. The rise of new powerful nation states that requires global power rebalance
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c. The bigger influence in international relations of soft-power assets such as culture, science, art, tourism, etc
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d. The lack of scientific networks doing research on global issues such as climate change, energy sustainability, infectious disease, etc.
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2. What is science diplomacy? Out of the following possible definitions, select the WRONG one!

a. Science diplomacy is the use of scientific collaborations among nations to address the common problems facing 21st century humanity and to build constructive international partnerships. There are many ways that scientists can contribute to this process
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b. Science diplomacy is a series of practices at the intersection of science, technology and foreign policy that also relates to the increasing role and relevance of science in world politics
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c. Science diplomacy refers to the increasing internationalization of science through larger number of publications of scientific papers in international collaborations and increased mobility of researchers
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d. Science diplomacy has been defined as the use and application of science cooperation to build bridges and enhance relationships among countries
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3. The Royal Society and AAAS provided the first conceptual framework for science diplomacy. With this taxonomy, the use of scientific expert advice to informing foreign policy objectives would be framed as:

a. Science in Diplomacy
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b. Diplomacy for Science
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c. Science for Diplomacy
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d. None of the above
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4. According to scholars Tim Flink and Ulrich Schreiterer, there are three strategies to characterise concrete policies and actions of individuals, organisations and entire state approaches in the field of science diplomacy. These are:

a. Trust, Reputation and Rationality
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b. Competition, Cooperation, and Integration
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c. Espionage, Income Inequality, and Global Supremacy
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d. Access, Promotion, and Influence
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5. Four renowned experts have proposed a pragmatic framework that divides science diplomacy actions into different kinds of pursued interests:

a. Local, regional and global needs
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b. National, cross-border and global needs
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c. Bilateral and multilateral needs
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d. Scientific, diplomatic, and societal needs
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6. Diplomats are increasingly considering science, technology, and innovation (STI) as essential parts of their foreign policy agenda, and so they can be assigned to specific roles in science diplomacy such as:

a. Chief science advisers, science counsellors and science attachés
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b. The government's science diplomat
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c. Science policy officers
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d. Special ambassadors or envoys for science diplomacy, science counsellors, international delegates, and other diplomatic roles with a STI portfolio, etc.
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7. Some national governments appoint scientists as Chief Science Advisers (CSA) to their Foreign Affairs Departments to promote science diplomacy, international scientific cooperation and international relations. Their role usually entails different responsibilities shown below. Please select the WRONG one!

a. Serving as evidence brokers in the increasingly transboundary world with emerging complexities
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b. Publishing confidential and other sensitive international affairs information in high-impact factor journals to promote transparency and scientific literacy among the diplomatic corps
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c. Providing information and options to decision-making for national and international policy-makers
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d. Co-coordinating the network of science counsellors, attachés or advisers abroad
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8. The role of science counsellors, science attachés or science advisers working in embassies comprises different responsibilities. Select from the list below the most appropriate one:

a. Collecting and analysing information, facilitating contacts between scientific communities of both countries, promoting intellectual productions from their country and enhancing its scientific and technological image, organising the reception of official delegations, and delivering science advice to the embassy departments
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b. Collecting and analysing information, facilitating contacts between scientific communities of both countries, promoting the cultural and financial industry from their countries, organising the reception of official delegations, and delivering science advice to the embassy departments
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c. Collecting and analysing information, facilitating contacts only between political communities of both countries, promoting intellectual productions from their country and enhancing its scientific and technological image, organising the reception of official delegations, and delivering science advice to the embassy departments
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d. Collecting and analysing information only about the latest scientific publications in the host country, facilitating contacts between scientific communities of both countries, promoting intellectual productions from their country and enhancing its scientific and technological image, and organising the reception of official delegations
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9. Individual scientists can engage in science diplomacy actions in a role we have called here as the organic science diplomat. This is a growing global trend because of:

a. The need for active engagement between citizens, scientists and policy makers in a public dialogue about the benefits and risks associated with a particular research.
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b. The need for scientists to provide the scientific evidence for better policy-making processes
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c. Governments and public research funding agencies are implementing policies that make scientists more involved in public debate and society and also recognise these actions as fundamental parts of their research output
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d. All of the above
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10. Professionals working in science diplomacy hold…

a. Only formal functionary (institutionalised) positions in governmental departments (in embassies, ministries and other state agencies)
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b. A degree in Science Diplomacy and Scientific International Relationships provided by S4D4C
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c. Not only formal functionary (institutionalised) positions in governmental departments (in embassies, ministries and other government departments) but also other positions without an institutional mandate (individual scientists, science managers and administrators, civil society representatives, etc.) who can engage in science diplomacy
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d. Legitimacy before the diplomatic and social media community
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