Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Theoretical considerations on interdisciplinarity of science and diplomacy; Basic model, goals, and its issues in 21st century

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Author

Hasan Jabbarinasir

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Institute for Cultural, Social, and Civilization Studies, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2025.5351.5061
Abstract
Diplomacy, the art of managing communication building and interactions, can be traced back to the earliest human social ecosystem. Complex challenges, along with fundamental changes in the nature of international relations, economics, and technology, with the agency of science and technology, have led to the development of a type of science-based interactions and communications known as science diplomacy. Understanding the paradigm of scientific diplomacy and its significance as an interdisciplinary research, this paper based on theoretical considerations, demonstrates an explanation of the theoretical approach of the Royal Society of Great Britain and the American Association for the Advancement of Science is presented in the form of three pillars: "Science in Diplomacy", "Science for Diplomacy", and "Diplomacy for Science". The paper aims to display ambiguity of the three pillars and its incapacity to include the emergence and increasing role of a large number of national actors and multinational corporations and technology giants, as well as the significant and vital development and progress in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) outside the control of national governments and international organizations, and other similar cases. Explaining science diplomacy in a complex and disrupted era in various fields, this article shows that this theoretical approach and other complementary theoretical approaches, such as the theoretical approach of Gluckman et al., lack serious explanation in the field of the mentioned missions, indicating the necessity for the development of   the approaches and explanatory reform. To elaborate the theoretical conceptualization of science diplomacy, this research studies the significance, objectives and reasons of SD within a descriptive methodology.

Keywords

diplomacy
science
global challenges
national interests
non-state institutions
attractiveness
age of distortion

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