Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
On Thursday, February 8th, 2024, the Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP) welcomed Dr. E. William Colglazier, Editor-in-Chief of Science and Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for a webinar entitled, Is There a Future for Science Diplomacy?
During his presentation, Dr. Colglazier shared a short history of science diplomacy and wisdom gleaned from his three decades of experience in the field working with emerging countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, democratic allies as well as with China, Russia, and Iran.
Colglazier served as the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (2011–2014) and Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Research Council (NRC) (1994–2011). At the Academies he helped to oversee science policy studies advising the nation as well as the work of international committees such as the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the Peoples Republic of China, the Committee on Japan, the Committee on International Security and Arms Control, the Committee on Human Rights, and the Board on Science and Technology for International Development. He continues to serve on the International Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and co-chairs the Global Science Diplomacy Roundtable at the U.S. National Academies.
On Thursday, February 8th, 2024, the Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP) welcomed Dr. E. William Colglazier, Editor-in-Chief of Science and Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for a webinar entitled, Is There a Future for Science Diplomacy?
During his presentation, Dr. Colglazier shared a short history of science diplomacy and wisdom gleaned from his three decades of experience in the field working with emerging countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, democratic allies as well as with China, Russia, and Iran.
Colglazier served as the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (2011–2014) and Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Research Council (NRC) (1994–2011). At the Academies he helped to oversee science policy studies advising the nation as well as the work of international committees such as the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the Peoples Republic of China, the Committee on Japan, the Committee on International Security and Arms Control, the Committee on Human Rights, and the Board on Science and Technology for International Development. He continues to serve on the International Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and co-chairs the Global Science Diplomacy Roundtable at the U.S. National Academies.
