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Understanding European Union Science Diplomacy

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  • Alea López de San Román
  • Simon Schunz

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Science diplomacy represents a relatively novel field of EU external action. This contribution provides a better understanding of the under†researched development of this policy domain, asking how and why the EU has extended the scope of its external activities in the scientific area. To answer these questions, it conducts an analysis of EU policy†makers' discourses on external science policies inspired by role theory. It finds that EU role conceptions in this domain take the forms of ‘science for diplomacy’ or ‘diplomacy for science’, and that they correspond either to an image of normative or market power Europe. These findings are confirmed by a study of the EU's recent external science policies. The article argues that the ambiguity of rationales invoked for introducing a genuine science diplomacy in the EU helps to appeal to different constituencies. This, in turn, enhances the Union's chances for successfully expanding the scope of its activities.

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  • Alea López de San Román & Simon Schunz, 2018. "Understanding European Union Science Diplomacy," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(2), pages 247-266, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:56:y:2018:i:2:p:247-266
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12582
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    1. Charlotte Rungius & Tim Flink, 2020. "Romancing science for global solutions: on narratives and interpretative schemas of science diplomacy," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Derya Buyuktanir Karacan, 2021. "Science diplomacy as a foreign policy tool for Turkey and the ramifications of collaboration with the EU," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Ralph Weber & Silvana Tarlea, 2021. "Politics of Immobility: Global Knowledge Production and the Study of Europe in Asia," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(2), pages 371-387, March.
    4. Rüffin, Nicolas, 2020. "EU science diplomacy in a contested space of multi-level governance: Ambitions, constraints and options for action," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(1).
    5. Rüffin, Nicolas, 2020. "EU science diplomacy in a contested space of multi-level governance: Ambitions, constraints and options for action," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 49(1), pages 1-1.
    6. Andrei Polejack & Sigi Gruber & Mary S. Wisz, 2021. "Atlantic Ocean science diplomacy in action: the pole-to-pole All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.

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