Science for Peace? Historical Legacies and New Beginnings in German Science Diplomacy, 1950-2020 - Einzelansicht

This course follows the history of German science diplomacy from 1950 to the present. It will focus on the relevant actors both in science and policymaking, on the changing aims, instruments as well as cooperation paradigms of international scientific collaboration. West German science diplomacy has undergone a considerable transformation during the first decades of its existence, continuously increasing in scale and scope before becoming a fully-fledged pillar of German foreign relations after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Special attention is paid to the ambitious but competing aims put forward for science diplomacy by different federal ministries, the implementing organizations and the scientific community itself.

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Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2020. Short Version. Berlin 2020.

Ruffini, Pierre-Bruno: Science and Diplomacy: A New Dimension of International Relations. Cham 2017.

Royal Society: New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy: Navigating the Changing Balance of Power. London 2010.

Simon, Dagmar et al. (eds.): Handbook on Science and Public Policy. Cheltenham 2019.

Mitzner, Veera: European Union Research Policy: Contested Origins. London 2020.

Petitjean, Patrick (ed.): Sixty Years of Science at UNESCO 1945-2005. Paris 2006.

Weingart, Peter / Taubert, Niels C. (eds.): Das Wissensministerium: Ein halbes Jahrhundert Forschungs- und Bildungspolitik in Deutschland. Weilerswist 2006.

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