scholarly journals Innovation Diplomacy: A New Concept for Ancient Practices?

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-397
Author(s):  
Pascal Griset
Keyword(s):  
Historical Approach ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Hybrid Concept ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Innovation Diplomacy

Summary This essay questions the concept of innovation diplomacy to determine its true perimeter and its different dimensions. To this end, it quickly addresses the strong points of an argument that appeared in the second half of the 2000s and which establishes in a very general way a filiation, or even a succession, between science diplomacy and innovation diplomacy. A historical approach shows that what is called innovation diplomacy encompasses ancient practices at the crossroads of science, technology, economy and culture. It finds that innovation diplomacy can be understood only as a hybrid concept reflecting organisations and strategies rooted in older practices articulated to the challenges of the present time.

scholarly journals The Institutional Building of Science and Innovation Diplomacy in Latin America: Toward a Comprehensive Analytical Typology

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva ◽  
Gabriela Gomes Coelho Ferreira ◽  
Janina Onuki ◽  
Amâncio Jorge Nunes de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Innovation Diplomacy ◽  
Dynamics Of Science ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Science and Innovation Diplomacy (S&ID) has emerged in recent years as a relevant scholarly movement and interdisciplinary research agenda internationally. This field is promoting a significant impact on the understanding of the cultural and political dynamics of Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I), implementing initiatives from local to global level. Notwithstanding, S&ID is growing asymmetrically around the world, setting up over a particular configuration in the so-called Global South (GS) societies. In Latin America (LA), although S&ID is a recent, unequal and intra-nationally fragmented process, there are important achievements that have been able to create a favorable mix of approaches, agendas, and practices in this field. Addressing the scope of the special issue “Science Diplomacy and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Latin America,” this article aims to present a comprehensive analytical typology to the study of the emerging experiences of S&ID in LA, catching the diversity of this research agenda. This is a qualitative merged method-based study, sustained by a literature review, documentary research, online data analysis, and typology building. We understand S&ID in LA as a tentative re-organization of different states and subnational actors around the study and institutionalization of the governance of contemporary transformations on the systems of ST&I.

scholarly journals Institutional Capacity for Science Diplomacy in Central America

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Esteli Jarquin-Solis ◽  
Jean-Christophe Mauduit
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Central American ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Integration System ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) is increasingly gaining in importance on the foreign policy agenda of governments worldwide. However, the implementation of science diplomacy strategies requires STI institutional capacity and strong interfaces with policy and diplomacy. This research first maps the STI public institutions of the six member countries of the Central American Integration System (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) and then draws their capacity to connect internationally in order to highlight their potential for science diplomacy. Variables such as the year of creation and mandates of scientific councils, secretariats, national academies, international cooperation departments and ministries are analyzed. The study reveals several public management challenges stemming from the institutional disparity and complexity of the region, already marked by significant asymmetries of human development between the various countries. Highlighting and understanding such challenges may be helpful for countries in the region in developing meaningful strategies around science diplomacy.

scholarly journals CONTEÚDO DE ENTROPIA NA FÍSICA DO ENSINO MÉDIO: ANÁLISE DO MATERIAL DIDÁTICO E ABORDAGEM HISTÓRICA

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Zanoni Tadeu Saraiva dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Second Law Of Thermodynamics ◽  
School Level ◽  
Second Law ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
History Of

RESUMO O ensino da segunda lei da termodinâmica e do seu conceito, associado à entropia, tem sido considerado problemático por vários autores. Nesse trabalho iremos compilar os problemas levantados por alguns destes autores na perspectiva de sintetizar as questões e soluções sugeridas, como forma de ampliar a discussão sobre como tratar didaticamente a segunda lei da termodinâmica e a entropia na Física do ensino médio. Fizemos um breve levantamento da abordagem dada ao assunto pelos livros didáticos e propomos que a história e a epistemologia da ciência tenham um papel estruturante em uma prática educativa pautada pelo diálogo. Sugerimos, como parte da construção de um caminho para a entropia, o estabelecimento de três momentos epistemológicos dentro da história da termodinâmica. Esses três momentos serão os balizadores de uma abordagem mais significativa no sentido de que a história da ciência não tenha apenas um papel periférico para o estudo da segunda lei e da entropia. Palavras-chave: Termodinâmica, entropia, ensino, história da ciência. TEACHING ENTROPY IN SECONDARY PHYSICS: ANALYSIS OF TEXTBOOKS AND A HISTORICAL APPROACH. ABSTRACT Many authors consider teaching the second law of thermodynamics historically problematic. In this paper we will compile problems raised by some of these authors in the perspective of synthesizing questions and solutions suggested, as a mean to widen the discussion on how to treat didactically the second law and entropy in high school level. We did a brief review on how textbooks approach this subject and came to a conclusion that the history of science and the study of relationships among, science, technology and society should be considered as integrating part of any didactical approach grounded in a dialogical educational view. We suggest as part of a way to entropy, the establishment of three epistemological moments within the history of thermodynamics. These three moments will serve as guiding elements for a more meaningful approach, in a sense that the history of science will not only play a peripheral role in the didactic treatment of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. Keywords: Thermodynamics, entropy, teaching, history of science.

scholarly journals What Is a Science Diplomat?

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-423
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Melchor
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Policy Frameworks

Summary The COVID-19 crisis has shown how countries initially responded to a global challenge on their own, instead of relying on a multilateral science diplomacy — based response. Although, science diplomacy has received great attention for the past decade, its meaning and the nature of the diverse practitioners involved remain elusive. Science diplomacy is a transboundary field sitting across national borders, policy frameworks and stakeholders of all natures and professional backgrounds. But what is a science diplomat? What science diplomacy roles formally exist? Who can become a science diplomat? What knowledge and skills are required? This practitioner’s essay proposes a typology of science diplomacy practitioners who bring science, technology, innovation, foreign policy and the international political system altogether closer in either institutionalised or non-institutionalised roles, and it also provides guidance for pursuing a career in science diplomacy. These science diplomats may promote national competitiveness but also facilitate multilateral responses to global challenges.

Biogenesis of Catalase-Positive Rods in Excretory Duct Cells of Salivary Glands

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 62-63
Author(s):  
Dwight K. Romanovicz ◽  
Jacob S. Hanker
Keyword(s):  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Salivary Glands ◽  
Submandibular Gland ◽  
Excretory Duct ◽  
Exocrine Glands ◽  
Duct Cells ◽  
Peroxidatic Activity ◽  
Microscopic Studies ◽  
Different Dimensions

The presence of catalase-positive rods (Fig. 1) of different dimensions, which frequently have a crystalline appearance by light microscopy, has been reported. They seem to be related to peroxisomes which were characterized morphologically and cytochemically in parotid and other exocrine glands of the rat by Hand in 1973. Our light microscopic studies of these spherical microbodies and rods of different sizes, stained by virtue of the peroxidatic activity of their catalase, indicate that they are almost entirely confined to the cells of the striated and execretory ducts of the submandibular gland in the mouse. The rods were usually noted only in the proximity of the ductal microbodies. The latter frequently showed a tendency to appear in linear close array, or even to be contiguous (Fig. 2). This suggested that the rods could be formed by the fusion of microbodies.

Science, Technology and Society

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bridgstock ◽  
David Burch ◽  
John Forge ◽  
John Laurent ◽  
Ian Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Technology And Society ◽  
Science Technology

The Embittered Mind

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hansjörg Znoj ◽  
Sandra Abegglen ◽  
Ulrike Buchkremer ◽  
Michael Linden
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Roc Curve Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
First Time ◽  
Common Understanding

Abstract. There is a growing interest in embitterment as psychological concept. However, little systematic research has been conducted to characterize this emotional reaction. Still, there is an ongoing debate about the distinctiveness of embitterment and its dimensions. Additionally, a categorical and a dimensional perspective on embitterment have been developed independently over the last decade. The present study investigates the dimensions of embitterment by bringing these two different approaches together, for the first time. The Bern Embitterment Inventory (BEI) was given to 49 patients diagnosed with “Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)” and a matched control group of 49 patients with psychological disorders with other dominant emotional dysregulations. The ability to discriminate between the two groups was assessed by t-tests and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves (ROC curve analysis). PTED patients scored significantly higher on the BEI than the patients of the control group. ROC analyses indicated diagnostic accuracy of the inventory. Further, we conducted Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) to examine the different dimensions of embitterment and their relations. As a result, we found four characteristic dimensions of embitterment, namely disappointment, lack of acknowledge, pessimism, and misanthropy. In general, our findings showed a common understanding of embitterment as a unique but multidimensional emotional reaction to distressful life-events.

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