SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMACY

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMACY

• Calestous Juma
• Kennedy School of Government
• Harvard University
• January 7, 2005

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Outline

• Trends
• Discontinuities
• Challenges
• Responses
• New directions
• Priorities

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Trends

• Environmentalism
• Globalization
• Regionalism

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Technological discontinuities

• Platform technologies
• Institutional adjustments
• Public debates

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Challenges

• Basic needs
• International trade
• Sustainability transition

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Diplomatic responses

• Treaty obligations
• Political advocacy
• Resistance

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New directions

• Emerging nations
• Technological alliances
• Global innovation networks

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Priorities for cooperation

• Policy environment
• Infrastructure
• Human capabilities
• Business development
• Global economy

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