The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS), Washington DC, USA and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in the annual summer course on science diplomacy to be held on 17 – 21 June 2024 in person in Trieste, Italy.
To strengthen the connection between scientists and government officials, policymakers and diplomats, applications to attend the course are being invited from ‘participant pairs’. Both participants in the participant pair should ideally be living and/or working in the same country, but not be working at the same institution. Priority will be given to participant pairs from developing countries, and especially Science and Technology lagging countries.
The applicants in the ‘particular pair’ should share some common interest in the areas of science, technology and innovation. However, it is not necessary that they work or have been working together in the past.
The ‘participant pair’ will include:
Participant 1: a Early-Career Scientist (preferably 40 years or below) whose research and wider engagement has international policymaking implications or applications, and Participant
2: a Policymaker from the policymaking arena, working on science, technology, and innovation-related matters.