USC Center on Public Diplomacy

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The University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy is an academic research, teaching and training center created by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences' School of International Relations at University of Southern California.https://research.usc.edu/news/2022/02/center-on-public-diplomacy/ USC Center on Public Diplomacy] USC Office of Research and Innovation; 2022. Accessed August 3, 2024.

In 2008, USC received the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy from the U.S. State Department in recognition of the university's teaching, training, and research in public diplomacy.[https://www.aapss.org/the-importance-of-deep-involvement-in-the-world-of-action/ The Importance of “Deep Involvement in the World of Action”] The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2008. Accessed August 3, 2024.[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/partnerships/award/ Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy] U.S. Department of State. Accessed August 3, 2024.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Portland, a UK-based consultancy firm, together have published an annual Soft Power 30 index.[https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-tops-global-ranking-of-nations-soft-power-india-not-on-list-1884326 UK Tops Global Ranking Of Nations' Soft Power, India Not On List] NDTV, 2018. Accessed August 3, 2024.McClosky, Jonathan [https://softpower30.com/author/jonathan/ The Soft Power 30] The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, 2017. Accessed August 3, 2024.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is a full member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), a group of public policy, public administration, and international studies schools.