“…Interest in the circulation of science diplomacy is inspired by the discussions revolving around the (global) 'circulation of knowledge'. Following the literature that touches upon various circuits, different contexts and meanings (Bergwik, 2018;Heidenblad, 2019;Hellman, 2020;Jacobsen & Olšáková, 2020, pp. 467-468;Kunkel, 2021, p. 481;Šime, 2021a;Turchetti & Lalli, 2020) and country-specific approaches towards soft power (Winkler, 2020), neither ESG nor science diplomacy are treated as monolithic and monotonous topics of scholarly enquiry.…”