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Lene Topp

Lene is an independent science for policy expert, member of the EGU Science Policy Working Group, contributor to the report “A European Framework for Science Diplomacy” as a member of the working group 4 on building capacity for science diplomacy, and she was a consultant to GESDA during the development of initial training framework. Lene has +15 years of experience working with and within the EU institutions in Brussels, and she happily shares her thoughts, questions and reflections on science for policy, science diplomacy and capacity building for these on LinkedIn.

GeoPolicy: Science Diplomacy in a new Geopolitical order

February 27, 2025
GeoPolicy: Science Diplomacy in a new Geopolitical order
Photo taken by Hazel Gibson

We have entered a new era of “harsh” geopolitics. Those were the words of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2025. It is an era with geostrategic rivalries where commitment to international organisations (e.g. UN, WHO) and global solidarity can no longer be taken for granted. By now it is clear that the c ...[Read More]