S4D4C EUROPEAN SCIENCE DIPLOMACY ONLINE COURSE

1. How to Get Started?
1.1 User Manual- Introduction to the Module
1 Topic
1.1.1 Learning Objectives
1.2 Structure of the Course
9 Topics
1.2.1 What modules are available and what do they cover?
1.2.2 In what order should you take the course?
1.2.3 How can you navigate between modules, lessons and topics?
1.2.4 How do you see the progress?
1.2.5 How can you complete the modules, lessons and topics?
1.2.6 Is there a way to take the course offline?
1.2.7 How can you interact with your fellow course students, the European Science Diplomacy Community and the S4D4C team?
1.2.8 How do you receive the S4D4C certificate?
1.2.9 Licensing of the course
2. What Is Science Diplomacy?
2.1 Science Diplomacy – Introduction to the Module
1 Topic
2.1.1 Learning Objectives and Experts’ Preliminary Insights
2.2 The Worlds of Science and Diplomacy
2 Topics
2.2.1 How Does Science Work? An Overview
2.2.2 The System of Diplomacy and International Relations
2.3 Science Diplomacy in the World Today
8 Topics
2.3.1 What Do We Mean by Science Diplomacy?
2.3.2 The Royal Society and AAAS’s Conceptual Framework
2.3.3 The Strategic Purposes Approach
2.3.4 The Pragmatic Approach
2.3.5 The Madrid Declaration on Science Diplomacy
2.3.6 Science Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges: Stoppers, Warnings and Drivers
2.3.7 A Critical Reflection on the Science Diplomacy Discourse
2.3.8 Can Science Diplomacy Tackle Societal Challenges?
2.4 What Kind of Science Diplomats Are There?
5 Topics
2.4.1 Diplomats
2.4.2 Chief Science Advisers
2.4.3 Science Counsellors, Attachés, Advisers, and Envoys in Embassies
2.4.4 The Activist Researcher – The Organic Science Diplomat
2.4.5 Other Profiles
2.5 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
2.5.1 Brainstorming Questions
Let’s See How Much You’ve Learnt – Quiz Time: What Is Science Diplomacy?
3. Who Are the Science Diplomacy Stakeholders?
3.1 Stakeholders – Introduction to the Module
3 Topics
3.1.1 Learning Objectives and Experts’ Preliminary Insights
3.1.2 The S4D4C Approach to Science Diplomacy: a Multi-Stakeholder Endeavour
3.1.3 Science Diplomacy Stakeholders. Our Proposal
3.2 Types of Science Diplomacy Stakeholders
6 Topics
3.2.1 Governmental Stakeholders
3.2.2 Intergovernmental and Supranational Stakeholders
3.2.3 Research Stakeholders
3.2.4 Academic Stakeholders
3.2.5 Private Sector Stakeholders
3.2.6 Civil Society Stakeholders
3.3 Types of Science Diplomacy Networks
4 Topics
3.3.1 Sub-national Networks
3.3.2 National Networks
3.3.3 Sub-global Networks
3.3.4 Global Networks
3.4 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
3.4.1 Brainstorming Questions
Let’s See How Much You’ve Learnt – Quiz Time: Stakeholders
4. How Does the EU Practice Science Diplomacy?
4.1 The EU and Science Diplomacy – Introduction to the Module
1 Topic
4.1.1 Learning Objectives and Experts’ Preliminary Insights
4.2 The European Union
7 Topics
4.2.1 The History of the European Union: a Cooperation/Integration Process
4.2.2 The European Union Institutional Framework I
4.2.3 The European Union Institutional Framework II
4.2.4 Euroscepticism on the Rise
4.2.5 The European Green Deal
4.2.6 Recovery Plan for Europe after COVID-19
4.2.7 The Global Gateway
4.3 The European Science and Innovation System
5 Topics
4.3.1 Framework Programmes and the European Research Area
4.3.2 European Scientific and Innovation Organisations
4.3.3 European Research Infrastructures
4.3.4 European Scientific Collaborations with the World
4.3.5 Freedom of Scientific Research
4.4 EU Science Diplomacy
7 Topics
4.4.1 The EU Science Diplomacy Ecosystem I: EU Level
4.4.2 The EU Science Diplomacy Ecosystem II: Member States Level
4.4.3 The EU Science Diplomacy Vision
4.4.4 From Vision to Implementation: the EU Science Diplomacy State-of-the-Art
4.4.5 First Research Insights into EU Science Diplomacy
4.4.6 The EU Science Diplomacy Cluster
4.4.7 The European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance
4.5 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
4.5.1 Brainstorming Questions
Let’s See How Much You Have Learnt! Quiz Time – The EU and Science Diplomacy
5. What Are the National, Regional and Thematic Approaches of Science Diplomacy?
5.1 Approaches to Science Diplomacy – Introduction to the Module
2 Topics
5.1.1 Learning objectives and preliminary experts’ insights
5.1.2 Structure and content of the module
5.2 Regional and National Science Diplomacy Strategies
8 Topics
5.2.1 Differences and similarities in national and regional approaches
5.2.2 China
5.2.3 USA
5.2.4 Germany
5.2.5 France
5.2.6 Japan
5.2.7 Spain
5.2.8 India
5.3 Science Diplomacy Strategies for Global Challenges
5 Topics
5.3.1 Food and Nutrition Security
5.3.2 Water
5.3.3 Oceans
5.3.4 Health
5.3.5 COVID-19 Crisis
5.4 How to Design a Science Diplomacy Approach
2 Topics
5.4.1 Procedural principles
5.4.2 Infrastructural principles
5.5 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
5.5.1 Brainstorming Questions
Let’s See How Much You’ve Learnt – Quiz Time: National, Regional, and Thematic Science Diplomacy Approaches
6. What Set of Skills Do I Need to Be a Good Science Diplomat?
6.1 Skills – Introduction to the Module
2 Topics
6.1.1 Learning Objectives and Preliminary Experts’ Insights
6.1.2 Challenges in Science Diplomacy Training
6.2 Skills in the literature
3 Topics
6.2.1 Skills for Working at the Science-Policy Interface
6.2.2 Skills for Science Advice in Foreign Policy
6.2.3 Science Advisers to Foreign Ministries
6.3 The Science Diplomat’s Toolbox
3 Topics
6.3.1 Negotiation Skills
6.3.2 Role-play Simulations
6.3.3 Languages and Intercultural Communication
6.4 Science Diplomacy Curriculum and Training materials
6.5 Summary
6.6 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
6.6.1 Brainstorming questions
Let’s see how much you’ve learned – Quiz Time: What set of skills do you need to be a good science diplomat?
7. Hands On! Case Studies
7.1 Case Studies – Introduction to the Module
4 Topics
7.1.1 Learning Objectives and Experts’ Preliminary Insights
7.1.2 Rationale for S4D4C Case Studies
7.1.3 Transversal Analysis of S4D4C Case Studies
7.1.4 Historical Case Studies from InsSciDE
7.2 Infectious Diseases
4 Topics
7.2.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.2.2 Research Methodology
7.2.3 Main Findings
7.2.4 Main Recommendations
7.3 Food Security in EU-Africa
4 Topics
7.3.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.3.2 Research Methodology
7.3.3 Main Findings
7.3.4 Main Recommendations
7.4 Open Science
4 Topics
7.4.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.4.2 Research Methodology
7.4.3 Main Findings
7.4.4 Main Recommendations
7.5 SESAME
4 Topics
7.5.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.5.2 Research Methodology
7.5.3 Main Findings
7.5.4 Main Recommendations
7.6 Designing a European Health Diplomacy
4 Topics
7.6.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.6.2 Research Methodology
7.6.3 Main Findings
7.6.4 Main Recommendations
7.7 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
4 Topics
7.7.1 The Science Diplomacy Dimension
7.7.2 Research Methodology
7.7.3 Main Findings
7.7.4 Main Recommendations
7.8 Question Time
1 Topic | 1 Quiz
7.8.1 Brainstorming Questions
Let’s see how much you’ve learnt – Quiz Time: Case Studies
8. How Can You Dive Deeper into Science Diplomacy?
8.1 Introductory Remarks
8.2 Science Diplomacy: Definitions and Conceptualizations
8.3 National and Regional Approaches to Science Diplomacy
8.4 Science Diplomacy: Skills and Stakeholders
8.5 Science Diplomacy at its best
Satisfaction Survey
Satisfaction Survey
2 Topics
Section A: Demographics
Section B: Questions regarding the course
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7.2.4 Main Recommendations

S4D4C EUROPEAN SCIENCE DIPLOMACY ONLINE COURSE 7.2 Infectious Diseases 7.2.4 Main Recommendations

The two main recommendations coming from this research case study are as follows:

  1. The use of science diplomacy in the context of global epidemics should not be taken for granted. While the science diplomacy concept has its place in the diplomatic and scientific communities, it seems to be used less intuitively by stakeholders responsible for public health management.
  2. Science diplomacy for infectious diseases will need to adapt not only to the medical aspects of the infectious diseases but also to a changing political and societal environment, such as new migration patterns, the erosion of governance structures in many low income countries and the shift in the vaccination paradigm in developed states.

What the experts think

The lead author of this research case study, Prof Ivo Šlosarčík, has been interviewed to provide you with some key highlights.

Ivo Slosarcik

Ivo Šlosarčík

Professor of European Integration Studies and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Politics and Administration and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law,  Charles University in Prague

What are your main recommendations to better integrate science diplomacy into the management of infectious diseases? To whom would you address them?

Read more!
You may get all the information about this S4D4C case study in the following references:
– Šlosarčík, I., N. Meyer, J. Chubb (2020): Science diplomacy as a means to tackle infectious diseases: The case of Zika. In: Young, M., T. Flink, E. Dall (eds.) (2020): Science Diplomacy in the Making: Case-based insights from the S4D4C project (Link).
– Poster Report: ·”Science diplomacy and infectious diseases: between national and European narratives” (Link).

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