City Diplomacy: A Melbourne Masterclass
The City Diplomacy Masterclass is an online professional short course for city diplomats. It is delivered by research and practice experts from the Melbourne Centre for Cities through live interactive course delivery, combined with peer-to-peer learning and practical application of skills and knowledge.
The course provides participants with access to world-leading evidence on the landscape of city diplomacy and global urban governance, develops skills relevant to their everyday practice, such as strategic international engagement and international negotiation, and support peer exchange of city diplomats across global North and South, for cities large and small.
Australia-China Local Government Exchange 2025
Applications for the 2025 Austraila-China Local Government Exchange, a specialist track of the City Diplomacy Melbourne Masterclass, are open until 27 June.
Research at Melbourne Centre for Cities
The City Diplomacy Masterclass is underpinned by world-leading research from the Melbourne Centre for Cities, including the following projects:
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City Diplomacy
Do cities need foreign policies?
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City Networks
The networked frontier of city leadership
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Leading Cities
Is urban governance delivering on its promises?
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Cities and the UN
What place do cities have in the United Nations?
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Great Powers and Urbanisation Project
How is geopolitics being shaped in the ‘urban age’?