ABSTRACT

Science and Innovation Diplomacy (S&ID) has emerged in recent years as a relevant
scholarly movement and interdisciplinary research agenda internationally. This field is
promoting a significant impact on the understanding of the cultural and political dynamics
of Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I), implementing initiatives fromlocal to global
level. Notwithstanding, S&ID is growing asymmetrically around the world, setting up over
a particular configuration in the so-called Global South (GS) societies. In Latin America
(LA), although S&ID is a recent, unequal and intra-nationally fragmented process, there
are important achievements that have been able to create a favorable mix of approaches,
agendas, and practices in this field. Addressing the scope of the special issue “Science
Diplomacy and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Latin America,” this article
aims to present a comprehensive analytical typology to the study of the emerging
experiences of S&ID in LA, catching the diversity of this research agenda. This is a
qualitative merged method-based study, sustained by a literature review, documentary
research, online data analysis, and typology building. We understand S&ID in LA as a
tentative re-organization of different states and subnational actors around the study and
institutionalization of the governance of contemporary transformations on the systems
of ST&I.

Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva
Health Ethics and Policy Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gabriela Gomes Coelho Ferreira
Center for International Negotiation Studies, Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Janina Onuki
Center for International Negotiation Studies, Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Amâncio Jorge Nunes de Oliveira
Center for International Negotiation Studies, Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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