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If more research is openly available than ever before, and open is framed as a way to build trust, why isn't public trust in science at an all-time high?
Debates on contested emerging technologies illustrate how publics make sense of science and technology by making unexpected connections between scientific insights, values, hopes and fears.
New research from the University of Southampton has found that trust in representative institutions, such as parliaments, governments and political parties, has been declining in democratic countries around the world.
In what is considered the most comprehensive post-pandemic survey of trust in scientists, researchers have found a majority of people around the world carry widespread trust in scientists.
Public communication on controversial issues has meant that science is more relevant than ever before. At the same time, it has made researchers vulnerable to attacks that undermine their credibility.
Anti-science attitudes have historically encumbered societal progress in the U.S., often with serious ramifications. The scientific community is now bracing for upheaval as the Trump administration prepares to take office.
Journalists can help scientists earn the public’s trust by pointing out when scientists are being responsive to alternative hypotheses and the public’s values.
Research integrity and trust in science have made global news this year. Building trust in science requires commitments to social and technical means of ensuring transparency and reproducibility across scientific processes.
Nobel laureate and physicist Giorgio Parisi was attacked for presenting evidence on Covid - it made him reflect on how we can rebuild faith in science.
Dr. Mandy Cohen has been on a national tour. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she aims to rebuild trust in that troubled agency at a moment when Covid-19 cases are rising again and the Biden administration has begun a new vaccine campaign.
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Facebook began to remove vaccine misinformation as a matter of policy. This study evaluated the efficacy of these policies using a comparative interrupted time-series design.
