UNESCO Chair Webinar: Towards an empirical lens for science diplomacy
![](https://staff.merit.unu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PUBLIC-LECTURE-2-1.png)
Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology
Background
Science is an increasingly global activity, as demonstrated through the exchange of knowledge, resources, and people across national borders. Exchanges, however, can often be asymmetrical, leading to concentrations within science. Using bibliometric data, this presentation will explore the scientific product space of nations, how these develop, and the impact of scientific mobility, global funding, and collaboration on national science portfolios. The presentation will discuss threats to an equitable global science system (e.g., helicopter science and isolationism), challenges (e.g., language barriers and the monopoly of a lingua franca), and opportunities (e.g., science diplomacy and collective infrastructure). The presentation will close by a review of relevant global science policies and recommendations for the use of bibliometrics in generating and evaluating national and international science policy.
Practical details
This is the third in a new series of webinars from our UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development for Latin America. The format will be a 45 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. Our intended audiences are scholars and PhD students, but all are welcome to join!
Date: Thursday 20 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Click here for the Zoom link to join the event.
About the speaker and discussant:
Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto is Professor and Tom and Marie Patton School Chair in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines the formal and informal ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, consumed, and supported, with an emphasis on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She holds a bachelor’s in Music Performance, a master’s in Library Science, and a doctoral degree in Information and Library Science all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Fabiana Visentin joined UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University in September 2018. Previously, she worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland, and at the Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, USA.
Her research interests focus on the microeconomics of innovation and the economics of science area. In these topics, her contributions have appeared in the American Sociological Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Research Policy, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Science and Public Policy, and PlosOne.
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Date: 20 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST