Between global collaboration and national competition: Unraveling the many faces of Arctic science diplomacy
It has been argued that science diplomacy (SD) helps avoid or mitigate conflicts among stakeholders in the Arctic. Yet underlying some of these well-intended and sometimes successful initiatives is a one-sided understanding of SD. The most recent literature takes a more differentiated approach towar...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:econstor.eu:10419/263916 2023-05-15T14:33:28+02:00 Between global collaboration and national competition: Unraveling the many faces of Arctic science diplomacy Rüffin, Nicolas Rüland, Anna-Lena 2022-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000158 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/263916 en eng Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Journal: Polar Record ISSN: 1475-3057 Volume: 58 Year: 2022 Issue: (Art. No.:) e20 Pages: 1-12 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press doi:10.1017/S0032247422000158 RePEc:zbw:espost:263916 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/263916 lic_creative-commons ddc:320 arctic governance science diplomacy collaboration competition qualitative content analysis scipo droit Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000158 2023-01-22T19:01:21Z It has been argued that science diplomacy (SD) helps avoid or mitigate conflicts among stakeholders in the Arctic. Yet underlying some of these well-intended and sometimes successful initiatives is a one-sided understanding of SD. The most recent literature takes a more differentiated approach towards the means and ends of SD. It shows that international scientific interaction is shaped by the twofold logic of competition and collaboration. Instruments of SD can be meant to serve national interests, collective regional goals or global agendas. The present paper disentangles these confounding discourses of collaboration and competition based on a conceptually enhanced SD framework. It analyses Arctic strategies and two cases of Arctic SD, the Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation and research activities on Svalbard, to reveal the mechanisms of collaboration and competition in the sphere of international science in relation to security, environment and economy. By pointing out where and how science is currently being used in the Arctic, this article provides (a) a systematic overview of the state of SD in the region and (b) a tool for policy-makers and scientists to assess what impact different facets of SD have in Arctic politics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Svalbard Unknown Arctic Svalbard Polar Record 58 |
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It has been argued that science diplomacy (SD) helps avoid or mitigate conflicts among stakeholders in the Arctic. Yet underlying some of these well-intended and sometimes successful initiatives is a one-sided understanding of SD. The most recent literature takes a more differentiated approach towards the means and ends of SD. It shows that international scientific interaction is shaped by the twofold logic of competition and collaboration. Instruments of SD can be meant to serve national interests, collective regional goals or global agendas. The present paper disentangles these confounding discourses of collaboration and competition based on a conceptually enhanced SD framework. It analyses Arctic strategies and two cases of Arctic SD, the Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation and research activities on Svalbard, to reveal the mechanisms of collaboration and competition in the sphere of international science in relation to security, environment and economy. By pointing out where and how science is currently being used in the Arctic, this article provides (a) a systematic overview of the state of SD in the region and (b) a tool for policy-makers and scientists to assess what impact different facets of SD have in Arctic politics. |
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Between global collaboration and national competition: Unraveling the many faces of Arctic science diplomacy |
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