Pandemics, climate change, the future of the oceans, artificial intelligence and space are among the defining issues of international affairs. Each is at once a scientific and a diplomatic challenge. The Science Diplomacy online course prepares professionals to work where these two worlds meet.

The course follows the journey of the Republic of Meridia, a fictional mid-sized coastal state with real-world challenges. Participants advise its ministers, negotiate on its behalf and design its science diplomacy strategy. They move from the foundations of the field to its main arenas: research cooperation, scientific advice in negotiations, global health, climate and ocean governance, and technology and space diplomacy.

Every module is built around practical work. Participants draft briefing notes, cooperation agreements and options memos, analyse real cases from CERN to the Montreal Protocol, and test their skills in an interactive negotiation simulation. The course ends with a capstone in which each participant designs a complete science diplomacy strategy, for Meridia, their own country or their own organisation.

Designed for diplomats, scientists and researchers, policymakers and public officials, and professionals in civil society and industry, the course requires no scientific background.