E. Tsyvkunova¹

¹MEPhI

Abstract:

The CTBT Science Diplomacy Generation is a diversified capacity building project of MEPhI aiming to train and nurture the next Generation of Science Diplomacy experts who will address daunting problems facing the Treaty. The project CTBTxSDG comprises regional outreach and education activities including a comprehensive training course in English with the engagement of CTBTO online materials, skype conferences with CTBTO staff, presentation and poster contests, gamification activities, on-site visits to the National Data Center in Dubna and Dukhov All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics. The project is expected to provide a platform for interdisciplinary, multicultural and inter-institutional collaboration to broaden and strengthen the engagement of various scientific communities working in test ban monitoring as well as to enhance their geographical gender representation, involving MEPhI students, pre-university students, academia, legal and technical experts. We use the occasion of the SnT2019 to introduce the modules of the proposed project, its interdisciplinary teaching methods and a multilingual CTBT glossary elaborated by joint efforts. Moreover, we will present the initiative to launch on the margins of the SnT2019 a presentation contest 'CTBT Science Diplomacy Generation to Promote the SDGs' to reinforce linkages between the CTBT and the SDGs, with a 17-slide presentation format.