The Asia-Europe Science & Technology Diplomacy Report maps out the different country strategies, priorities, policy tools and their performance in the Science and Technology Diplomacy field across 40 Asian and European countries, the European Union and the ASEAN Secretariat. The report aims to provide insights into the status of Science and Technology Diplomacy efforts across Asia and Europe.

The Royal Society (UK) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have published “New frontiers in science diplomacy”, a report seeking to update the framework for science diplomacy, emphasizing its use as a tool to achieve diplomatic objectives and highlighting the need for awareness of national security risks in scientific collaborations, among others: https://royalsociety.org/about-us/what-we-do/international/science-diplomacy/

At a time when geopolitical tensions and technological advancements are reshaping our world, the meeting aims to advance international dialogue on creating a new global framework for science diplomacy that addresses the current needs of society.

In a world shaped by rapid scientific and technological advancements, the challenges of integrating these breakthroughs into society’s consciousness are immense. At the recent 2024 World Science Forum (WSF), Dr Margaret Hamburg, Co-President of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), sat down to talk with the WSF about the panel she participated in on “Risk Assessment – Weighing Risk in Policymaking” and her views on policymaking.

The World Science Forum 2024, held in Budapest, brought together leading scientists and policymakers from around the globe to address pressing challenges facing the scientific community. While one of the central themes emerging from the discussions was the apparent decline in trust in science, this trend, as the conversations revealed, might not be as universal as often portrayed in Western media. This complexity of the global scientific-trust landscape became particularly evident in an…

The World Science Forum (WSF) had the opportunity to speak with Professor Ana Maria Cetto after the two sessions she was involved in as a speaker at this year’s event. A wide range of topics came up in our conversation, including the lack of science in people’s lives, how Open Science should be rethought, the commercialisation of science and free access, and bringing science closer to people.