Abstract

Scientific collaboration yields many advantages, especially in fields that require interdisciplinary approaches, as it fosters the sharing of knowledge and resources and is essential for the implementation of complex projects. The concept of scientific internationalism emerged around the 1900s, emphasizing that science surpasses national boundaries and promotes global peace and collaboration. International scientific cooperation is halted by geopolitical tensions and conflicts, such as World War II and the Cold War. Nevertheless, many examples show that scientific collaboration can surpass conflicts and bring scientific and society development, such as in the cases of the Tick-borne Encephalitis vaccine, the Apollo-Soyuz test project and more recently the international endeavour for COVID-19 vaccine development. In this contest, UN and WHO have an imporant role to promote peace and scientific cooperation, examplified by the 16th Sustainable Development Goal, to “Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies”.

This review aims to assess the available literature regarding international scientific collaboration and the role of scientific societies in promoting scientific cooperation.

Scientific societies have proved to be pivotal in bridging cultures and promoting international cooperation. Apart from the historical example of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, which showed an important cooperation between Western and Eastern countries during the Cold War, the scientific society European Biotechnology thematic network Association (EBTNA) has international scientific cooperation as one of its critical goals.

Scientific societies such as EBTNA will be pivotal in promoting international scientific cooperation and fostering international activities and scientific research.

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Title
Promoting International Scientific Cooperation: the Role of Scientific Societies
Author
Vráblová, M 1 ; Bonetti, G 2 ; Henehan, G 3 ; Brown, R E 4 ; Sykora, P 5 ; Marks, R S 6 ; Miertus, S 7 ; Lorusso, L 8 ; Tartaglia, G M 9 ; Ergoren, M Cerkez 10 ; Dundar, M Sait 11 ; Dundar, M 12 ; Michelini, S 13 ; Miertus, J 14 ; Connelly, ST 15 ; Martin, D 16 ; Bacu, A 17 ; Herbst, K L 18 ; Bertelli, M 19 

 Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic 
 MAGI’S LAB, Rovereto (TN), Italy; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy 
 School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 
 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
 Centre for Bioethics, Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia 
 The Avram and Stella Goldstein Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 
 Department of Biotechnology, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia; International Centre for Applied Research and Sustainable Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia 
 UOC Neurology and Stroke Unit, ASST Lecco, Merate, Italy 
 Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; UOC Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Dentistry, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy 
10  Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus 
11  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences, Abdullah Gul University, Kayseri, Turkey; Halil Bayraktar Health Services Vocational School, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 
12  Department of Medical Genetics, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey 
13  Vascular Diagnostics and Rehabilitation Service, Marino Hospital, ASL Roma 6, Marino, Italy; Diagnostic and rehabilitative Service - San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Rome, Italy 
14  MAGI’S LAB, Rovereto (TN), Italy; Génius n. o., Medical Geneticists’ Office, Trnava, Slovakia 
15  San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA 
16  Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, SyNaBi, Grenoble, France 
17  Department of Biotechnology, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania 
18  The Roxbury Institute, Beverly Hills, California, and Tucson, Arizona, USA 
19  MAGI’S LAB, Rovereto (TN), Italy; MAGI EUREGIO, Bolzano, Italy; MAGISNAT, Atlanta Tech Park, Peachtree Corners (GA), USA 
Pages
115-121
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
e-ISSN
2564615X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3159513400
Copyright
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