{"id":12933,"date":"2022-01-14T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2022-01-18T11:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T11:30:25","slug":"science-diplomacy-workshop-translating-science-into-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/01\/14\/science-diplomacy-workshop-translating-science-into-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Diplomacy Workshop: translating science into policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expressions of interest are invited from both staff and students to participate in the workshop \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/news\/Pages\/Science-Diplomacy-Workshop-call-for-applications.aspx\">Science Diplomacy Worksop: translating science into policy<\/a>&#8216;, run in partnership with the University of Aberdeen. ECRs and PhD students are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop will take place <strong>virtually from\u00a08 &#8211; 11 February 2022<\/strong>\u00a0(3 hours per day) and will be framed around\u00a0the role of science diplomacy in the Global\u00a0Leaders Summits\u00a0such as the recent COP26 Climate Summit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The aims of the workshop are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf To help our research community to understand climate, biodiversity and global governance, with emphasis in international\u00a0climate policy and diplomacy frameworks (engagement with NGOs and policy-led institutions e.g. IUCN; intergovernmental\u00a0conventions and processes, such as UNFCCC, IPCC, IPBES, CBD; participation in COP26*; UN SDGs and the 2030 Agenda).<br \/>\n\u25cf Learn to convey their research to policymakers using innovative tools and techniques.<br \/>\n\u25cf Develop communication and negotiation skills to navigate international and cultural boundaries, to establish research\u00a0partnerships with other universities, as well as governments, NGOs, multilateral \u00a0organizations and the private sector and to\u00a0address shared challenges and increase our collective impact.<br \/>\n\u25cf Develop a \u2018train the trainers\u2019 toolkit to empower institutions to replicate the training and adapt it to their needs.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop is structured as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Module 1 &#8211; <\/strong>Introduction to science diplomacy<br \/>\nIntroduction to science diplomacy and climate, biodiversity, data and health governance<br \/>\nframeworks and policy interfaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Module 2 &#8211; <\/strong>How to make your research matter at the negotiation table?<br \/>\nKnowledge and skills: policy brief assignment.<br \/>\nCommunication and negotiation skills: simulating science diplomacy scenarios using scenic arts methodologies and negotiation simulations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Module 3 &#8211; <\/strong>Impact into practice<br \/>\nPlenary with relevant stakeholders (e.g. Tara Shine)<br \/>\nBreakout sessions<br \/>\nPitching session to a high-level climate policy expert panel<br \/>\nPeer-to-peer exchange: evaluation and feedback on the policy brief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Module 4<\/strong> &#8211; Mock COP26<br \/>\nTrain the trainers: workshop trainees become school facilitators<\/p>\n<p><strong>Module 5 &#8211; <\/strong>Workshop debrief<\/p>\n<p>Further information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/news\/Pages\/Science-Diplomacy-Workshop-call-for-applications.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expressions of interest are invited from both staff and students to participate in the workshop \u2018Science Diplomacy Worksop: translating science into policy&#8216;, run in partnership&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/01\/14\/science-diplomacy-workshop-translating-science-into-policy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-12933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-research-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12933"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12947,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933\/revisions\/12947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}