Dora Vargha is spokesperson and organizer of the 2022-23 Institute’s Colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin. This year’s series focuses on Science Diplomacy and Science in Times of War.
In recent months and years, a series of major armed conflicts across the globe and the succession of several pandemics have given rise to a series of disturbing questions about the interplay between science and politics in a global context.
The Institute’s Colloquium series of 2022/23 is dedicated to the rethinking of science and scientific knowledge in times of peace and in times of crises and war. Within this framework, the colloquium series will interrogate the history and concepts of "science diplomacy," its applicability across time and space; limits and opportunities of scientific cooperation across borders, cultural and national contexts, fluctuating between peace and war; legitimation of using science and scientists as means of sanctions and geopolitical tools; and if we should differentiate between politically and diplomatically usable science and politically/diplomatically irrelevant science.
The colloquium is held in a hybrid format at the Institute and is open to all. See the colloquium’s website for details on how to register.
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