Training Material

The S4D4C project aims to support the European Science Diplomacy community with the content, knowledge and skills necessary to successfully navigate the Science Diplomacy interface in Europe and beyond. To this end, S4D4C is developing a number of capacity development activities (e.g. in-person intensive training workshops, training materials distributed with an open source licence, online modules).

The pages below provide you with a sample of selected training materials, including recommendations on how to use them, so that you can use them for your own science diplomacy seminar.

The compilation is organised around four objectives:

Their combination accounts for an efficient and lasting training experience. We recommend making use of material available in all four sections and combining it for an interactive and productive seminar. Under each objective you will find a set of different materials and ideas and advice on how to best put them into practice.

Alternatively, you can make use of our filter function below to retrieve material per group size, topics, expertise level etc.

Simulation Game on Joint programming: The ‘Common pot’ game

The 'Common pot' simulation game is based on the European research Framework programmes, the main funding instrument for research and ...
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Infographic: Strengthening science diplomacy to tackle global challenges together – the case of the COVID-19 pandemic

The infographic builds upon the S4D4C Policy brief: Building Better Science Diplomacy for Global Challenges: insights from the COVID- 19 ...
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Figure “Science Diplomacy At The Intersection Of Science Policy And Foreign Policy Discourses”

The figure provides scientists and diplomats with a deeper understanding of the origins and gradual emergence of the science diplomacy ...
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Figure “Science Diplomacy Triangle Of Society, Policy And Science”

The figure is especially helpful to familiarize new science diplomacy actors with the subject matter and basic links between science ...
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Figure “Science Diplomacy: Vision, Instruments And Actors”

Showing this figure will allow trainees to understand ways in which science diplomacy can contribute to solving global challenges, to ...
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Co-creation workshop

With this training material S4D4C presents an empirically founded co-creation approach to exploring and understanding the contemporary topic of science ...
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Open Science Diplomacy

The presentation builds on the S4D4C case study on Open Science Diplomacy. It includes basic information about Open Science and ...
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SciDiplo Bingo

This tool aims to foster networking and interaction among workshop attendees. It combines professional and personal information exchange and provides ...
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Closing quiz on science diplomacy

This is an interactive competitive session where participants reply to questions in an online survey that tests their acquired knowledges ...
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Exercise on Negotiations Skills

This exercise introduces the topic of negotiations. This session adds an interactive element to your training: the participants can exchange ...
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Generally, you are free to share and adapt the materials for any purpose with adequate attribution and for non-commercial use. The majority of the materials is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC-BY). Please check carefully each material’s licence – there are some exceptions (e.g. CC-BY-ND).

We are happy if you drop us a line in case you re-use any of the material to learn about their dissemination: contact@s4d4c.eu.