From the Back Cover
This book addresses the understudied phenomenon of why and how contemporary international higher education, research and innovation can contribute to strengthening international relations. The author proposes the concept of knowledge diplomacy and carefully examines its fundamental rationales, actors, principles, instruments, and strategies. This is the first book that compares the similarities and differences between knowledge diplomacy and related terms such as soft power, cultural diplomacy, science diplomacy and public diplomacy to capture the expanding role of international higher education and research in bilateral and multilateral relations. The analysis of initiatives from around the world helps to ground and illustrate the key features of a knowledge diplomacy approach.
"This book makes a highly original and important contribution to the study of knowledge diplomacy and soft power. It brings together the latest thinking and trends in the study of contemporary diplomacy and international higher education. The author is well known for the clarity and perspicacity of her definitions and analysis and this applies to her in-depth examination of knowledge diplomacy which she convincingly distinguishes from soft power and other forms of diplomacy. The discussion of issues and challenges which require further exploration and research will be valuable to international relations and international higher education scholars, policy makers and students."
Professor Ruth Hayhoe, University of Toronto, and President Emerita, the Education University of Hong Kong
"This timely book offers a sound framework for studying the expanding role of higher education, research and innovation in international relations. A key strength is that viewpoints and experiences from all of the world's regions have been included in this lucid, interdisciplinary contribution to our understanding of knowledge diplomacy."
Professor Jan Melissen, Leiden University and University of Antwerp, Editor-in-Chief The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
"This is a must-read book for scholars, policy makers and diplomats who want to understand how international higher education, research and innovation can help to address the complexities of contemporary global challenges through knowledge diplomacy.".
Professor Chika Sehoole, Pretoria University, South Africa
Professor Jane Knight, affiliated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Johannesburg is a longstanding scholar of the international, intercultural and global dimensions of international higher education and more recently of international relations. Her work in over 75 countries with universities, governments, and UN Agencies helps to bring a comparative, development, and international perspective to her research, teaching and policy work. She is the author of numerous publications and sits on the advisory boards of different international organizations, universities, and journals. She holds a PhD in Higher Education and a PhD in Political Science and is the recipient of several international awards including two honorary doctorates.
