The next U.N. leader may need to be a science diplomat

As governments begin positioning for the race, scientists and policy leaders are making a new argument: the secretary-general's job is increasingly shaped by science and technology.

Incoming International Science Council President Robbert Dijkgraaf asks candidates how they might make the role of science in the U.N. ‘stronger, more structural, in particular more equitable,’ during a debate on June 9, 2026, in Geneva. (The Science Diplomat)

The next secretary-general of the United Nations will need many of the qualities traditionally …