He established departmental science advisory roles in major departments, and this group has been increasingly used by Government as a formal process of advice on matters relating to evidence and policy. He was given the additional appointment of Special Science Envoy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2010 to assist his role in science diplomacy. Gluckman has extensively explored the principles of science advice through a blog, lectures, and in the scientific press. In 2012 he established and chaired the first formalized regional network of Chief Science Advisors and Equivalents of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. He also established the Small Advanced Economies Initiative (SAEI) as a mechanism to bring together policy makers from small, advanced countries where science and innovation are core tools of development, to work collaboratively on shared issues and ideas. In 2013 he was requested by the International Council for Science (ICSU; now the International Science Council) to consider the development of an international network of science advisors. This led Gluckman to host and chair the inaugural Science Advice to Governments Conference, convened by the International Council for Science, in August 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the first global meeting of high-level science advisors, academies, and academics. In June 2018, Gluckman stepped down from his role as the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, and was replaced by Juliet Gerrard. On 5 July he was elected to the position of President-elect of the International Science Council at its inaugural meeting in Paris. He is Director of the newly established Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, a University of Auckland Faculty of Arts Research Centre. Gluckman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, an honour bestowed on just 42 New Zealand-born scientists since the Society's establishment in 1660. In 2001, Gluckman received New Zealand's top science award, the Rutherford Medal. In 2004 Gluckman was named as the "New Zealand Herald" New Zealander of the Year, also winning the KEA/NZTE World Class New Zealander Award in 2006. In the 2008 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (later reassigned to Knight Companion in 2009) for services to medicine, having previously been made a CNZM in 1997. Gluckman was appointed Member of the Order of New Zealand, the highest New Zealand honour that is restricted to 20 living New Zealanders, in 2015. Gluckman received the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for Science Diplomacy, in 2016.