Lene Johansen - You Want Me to Cover What

-You want me to cover what?

Navigating unchartered waters between science and foreign relations

Science Diplomacy,-what is it anyway?

Kind: Sharing knowledge resources across state borders

Cynic: One government spending money and resources to redirect another government’s science and technology efforts and resources

I use a broad definition, not just State Dept. funded

Science writers often have naïve political glasses and end up with the “bad guy vs. good guy” political narrative.

October 19, 2010Lene Johansen - CRDF Science Diplomacy Boot Camp for Journalists

Stories – by topic

Natural and Applied Sciences Published articles Applied technology

Public Health Energy Sustainability Agriculture

Social Sciences and Policy International

Development Agreements State to state

contributions Exchange programs Knowledge sharing


Stories – by type

Human Interest Applied technology

Cell phones Drip Irrigation

Muckraking Unintended

consequences Misuse of funds

Indonesia’s REDD Dubious political

motives Norwegian Seed

Bank

Hard science story Journal articles

ISSUE: Need portal! Social Science

Conference delegations/profiles Individual researchers Subsidy programs

Policy story International agreements Visits and delegations Legislation


Applied technology


Muckraking


Hard science & International policy


Sources

SciDev.net’s Science Diplomacy Portal

State Department here and other places

Non-profits that facility knowledge sharing, including CRDF and Grameen Foundation’s technology arm

Research organizations with assistance programs, including AAAS

International organizations, such as UN, WHO

Trade organizations and corporate charity, such as SeedQuest, IFPMA, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Policy magazines, such as Foreign Policy Magazine


Technology

Lene Johansen - You Want Me to Cover What